60's Timeline

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  • John Kennedy is elected President

    John Kennedy is elected President
    U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA
    ADOLF EICHMANN CAPTURED
    GREENSBORO SIT-IN
    BIRTH CONTROL PILL APPROVED FOR CONTRACEPTIVE USE
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    The 60's

  • Berlin wall was constructed

    Berlin wall was constructed
    BAY OF PIGS
    PEACE CORPS
    FREEDOM RIDES
    OPEC FORMED
    GAGARIN FIRST TO ORBIT EARTH

  • Cuban Missile crisis begins

    Cuban Missile crisis begins
    RACHEL CARSON’S “SILENT SPRING”
    SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
    TELSTAR TRANSMITS THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEVISION

  • Kennedy is assasinated

    Kennedy is assasinated
    CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON
    EQUAL PAY ACT
    WASHINGTON-MOSCOW "HOT-LINE"
    LYNDON JOHNSON BECOMES PRESIDENT

  • Civil rights act

    Civil rights act
    GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION
    NELSON MANDELA SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
    KRUSHCHEV DEPOSED
    U.S. SURGEON GENERAL AFFIRMS CIGARETTE SMOKING CAUSES CANCER

  • First Spacewalk

    First Spacewalk
    MALCOLM X ASSASSINATED
    VOTING RIGHTS ACT
    U.S. COMBAT TROOPS IN VIETNAM
    U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

  • U.S supreme court approves Miranda rights.

    U.S supreme court approves Miranda rights.
    MEDICARE
    CHINAS CULTURAL REVOLUTION

  • First african american supreme court justice

    First african american supreme court justice
    ISRAELI-ARAB SIX DAY WAR
    PBS CREATED
    FIRST SUCCESSFUL HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT

  • ASSASSINATIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND ROBERT KENNEDY

    ASSASSINATIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND ROBERT KENNEDY
    RICHARD NIXON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT
    TET OFFENSIVE
    MY LAI MASSACRE
    APOLLO 8 ORBITS MOON

  • Apollo 11 lands on the moon

    Apollo 11 lands on the moon
    STONEWALL RIOT
    WOODSTOCK
    GADDAFI ESTABLISHES ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IN LIBYA