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SNCC Founded
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in April 1960 by young people dedicated to nonviolent, direct action tactics. -
The First Televised Presidential Debate
70 million American viewers watched the first of four televised presidential debates between candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy -
first airing of the Flintstones
an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera for ABC. It was originally broadcast from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, in a prime time slot, the first such instance for an animated series. -
John F Kennedy elected
In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican opponent Richard Nixon, who was the incumbent vice president. -
The Russians send the first man into space
Aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. -
Berlin Wall Constructed
During the early years of the Cold War, West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. -
Roger Maris break Babe Ruth's Single Season Home Run Record
Maris set the MLB record for home runs during the 1961 season with 61, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs -
SDS release its Port Huron Statement
A political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Found dead of a barbiturate overdose in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 5, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home -
"Dr.No" First James Bond Movie Premiers
A British spy film, starring Sean Connery, with Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman and Jack Lord, which was filmed in Jamaica and England. -
James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
The first African-American student at the University of Mississippi. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
The "I Have A Dream" Speech
A public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. -
John F Kennedy assassinated
assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza -
The Beatles arrive in America
John, Paul, George and Ringo arrived for their first U.S. visit -
The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show
The Beatles, with their Edwardian suits and mop top haircuts, made their first American television appearance—LIVE—on The Ed Sullivan Show. -
The New York World's Fair
Held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations, 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
An international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. -
Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater
With 61.1% of the popular vote, Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote of any candidate since the largely uncontested 1820 election. -
Malcolm X assassinated
an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans -
The Watts Riot
Raged on for six days and resulted in more than forty million dollars worth of property damage -
"Star Trek" TV show airs
This is the first television series in the Star Trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series' three seasons, along with the series' original pilot episode, "The Cage". -
"Summer of Love"
A social gathering that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. -
The first NFL Super Bowl
Played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. -
Muhammad Ali refuses military service
Muhammad Ali refusing to report for induction into the United States military forces during the Vietnam War. -
The Beatles release Sgt.Pepper's Album
The eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967 in the United Kingdom and 2 June 1967 in the United States, it spent 27 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart and 15 weeks at number one in the US. -
Monterey Music Festival held
A three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California with a crowd estimates to range from 25,000 to 90,000 people, who congregated in and around the festival grounds. -
Thurgood Marshall nominated into The Supreme Court
In 1967, Johnson successfully nominated Marshall to succeed retiring Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. -
LSD declared illegal by U.S.
In the 1960s, LSD was deemed too unpredictable to use -
The Tet Offensive
A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
On April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. -
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight Pacific Daylight Time at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Wikipedia -
Protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago
In 1967, counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. -
Richard Nixon elected
The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
The Rolling Stones host The Altamont Music Festival
A concert that would be the West Coast equivalent of Woodstock, in both scale and spirit. -
The Stonewall Riot
A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid -
American Astronauts land on The Moon
Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in the Lunar Module -
Manson Family kills Sharon Tate
Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of acclaimed movie director Roman Polanski, is found murdered along with four other people at her Los Angeles home. -
Woodstock concert
A music festival held on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains, northwest of New York City, which attracted an audience of more than 400,000.
