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SNCC formed
was a first white and black school -
First televised Presidential debate
the debate was Nixon and JFK. Nixon didn't look on TV so many people thought JFK won. People that were listing on the radio thought Nixon won. -
First airing of "The Flintstones"
was one of the first cartoons to air -
President Kennedy is elected
JFK was made president after election and was the 44th president -
Russians sends the first man into space
was the first man into space and went around the world once -
Berlin Wall is constructed
while the wall was being built everyday there was more and more -
Roger Mari of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth"s single season home run record
broke Babe home run record -
SDS releases its Port Huron statement
this failed international peace -
Marilyn Monroe dies
she was the singer, model, and actor -
James Meredith registers at ole miss
let the first African American go to college -
"Dr. No" the first James Bond movie premieres
won a golden glob as best new comer movie -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Helped Cuba then Russia helped and put missiles on Cuba -
Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech
was a speech that King spoke in front of many people in front of thr Lincoln memorial -
John F Kennedy is assassinated
was killed by a shooter in Dallas TX -
The Beatles arrive in the United States
came to the U.S and toured the states -
New York World's Fair Begins
was the first fair for the wold and had many of company there also 80 nations -
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan show
The Beatles appeared on a big American show at the time and gained more fans in American -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The North Vietnamese patrolled torpedo boats and attacked the USS Maddox. This led the US into the Vietnam more -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
this was a election for presidential. Jonson won by lot -
Malcolm x assassinated
he was a human rights actives -
Watts race riots
was a race riot and lased for 5 days -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
he was appointed to be a supreme court -
"Star Trek" TV show airs
did really well when it first aired -
Monterrey Music Festival help
was a theater that held concerts Jimi Hendrixs played there -
San Francisco "Summer of Love" begins
30,000 hippies gathered and made music and poetry -
First NFL Football Super Bowl
Green bay and Kansas City Kansas won -
Boxer Muhammad Ail refuses military service
he refused to go when he was drafted he got 5 year and $10,000 fine -
Beatles Release Sgt. Pepper's album
changed how they looked -
LSD declared illegal by the U.S. government
took a while for the government to make this illegal but they mostly did it because of the hippies -
Tet Offensive
was a series of surprise attacks -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassin
King was killed in Tennessee and killed by James Ray -
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
was shot point blank while walking threw the crowed died in the Hospital in Los Angles CA -
Protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
they were protesting about the Vietnam war -
Richard Nixon was elected
elected president and was the 46th -
American astronauts land on the moon
Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and were the first on the moon -
stonewall riots
was a riot that was a the gay community started by the police -
Manson family murders Sharon Tate
it was really bad like blood on the wall saying Helter Skelter -
Woodstock
big concert in Woodstock PA 300,000 people went -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival
was a concert held for free by the The Rolling Stones
