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In April 1960, on the Shaw University campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, students of the sit-in movement met with Ella Baker, executive secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and they established SNCC. -
Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy. The first-ever televised debate between presidential candidates was held on September 26, 1960. -
The very first airing of The Flintstones premiered on September 30th 1960. This is considered a legacy cartoon for many. -
John F Kennedy saw a victory against candidate Lyndon B Johnson. He was officially deemed president of the United States on January 20th. -
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space, Travelling on Vostok 1. -
On August 13th 1961 the Berlin Wall was constructed in Berlin separating East and West Berlin from each other. West Berlin belonged to the allied powers whilst East Berlin belonged to the Soviet Union. -
Maris hit 61 home runs during the 1961 season breaking Babe Ruth's MLB single season home run record of 60 home runs at the time. -
It was written by SDS members, and completed on June 15, 1962, at a United Auto Workers retreat outside of Port Huron, Michigan , for the group's first national convention. -
On August 4th 1962 Marilyn Monroe died at the age of 36. The cause of her death was an overdose barbiturates. -
James Meredith officially became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi on October 2, 1962. He was guarded twenty-four hours a day by reserve U.S. deputy marshals and army troops, and he endured constant verbal harassment from a minority of students. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct confrontation between the U.S and Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Soviet Union had placed missiles on the border of Cuba which is only 90 miles away from Florida. Historians speculate this could have started WWIII. -
The first James Bond film, Dr. No, premiered in London on October 5, 1962 at the London Pavilion cinema on Piccadilly Circus. -
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963 at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This speech called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. -
President John F Kennedy was assassinated on November 22nd 1963, The 46-year-old president was riding in a Lincoln convertible in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas, next to his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, when a bullet pierced Kennedy's back and exited his neck. -
After their mass popularity the Beatles make the decision to come to the United States. This boosted their popularity even more and made them one of the stand out bands of the 60s. -
The Night That Changed Music Forever: The Beatles' American Debut on The Ed Sullivan Show sixty years ago, on February 9, 1964, four lads from Liverpool took to the stage for their first televised performance in America. -
The fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding". It featured 139 pavilions, including exhibits from 80 countries, 24 US states, and 350 corporations. -
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1964, less than a year following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who won the previous presidential election. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory. -
Malcolm X who was a black Muslim and civil rights activist was associated on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39. He was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan. -
Watts Riots of 1965, series of violent confrontations between Los Angeles police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighbourhoods of South-Central Los Angeles that began August 11, 1965, and lasted for six days. -
The franchise began with Star Trek: The Original Series, which premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. In the US it debuted on September 8, 1966, on NBC. -
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, later known as Super Bowl I, which took place on January 15, 1967. -
Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was drafted into to the Vietnam War. Ali refused militaries service and was incarcerated and stripped of his title shortly after. -
The summer of 1967 marked the beginning of the Summer of Love. It was a major social phenomenon and helped promote the counter culture of the 1960s -
In 1967 the Beatles release their newest album Sgt. Pepper. it became the soundtrack to the "summer of love". -
First African American Supreme Court Justice. On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated distinguished civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. -
The Tet Offensive was one of the biggest military campaigns during the Vietnam War. This was a series of coordinated attacks from the North to the South Vietnamese outposts. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was associated on the top of Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot to death by James Earl Ray. -
In addition to JKF, Robert F Kennedy was also assassinated. He was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California and pronounced dead the following day. -
The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968, and drew an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 anti-war protesters in total. -
Republican nominee and former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace. -
Stonewall riots, series of violent confrontations that began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, between police and gay rights activists outside the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. As the riots progressed, an international gay rights movement was born. -
American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. This marked a major achievement for America at the time as they were competing against the Soviet Union. -
On August 15th 1969 the famous Woodstock concert began, this was a testimate of the counter culture promoted in the 60s and the start of many famous bands and musicians. -
The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture rock concert in the United States, held on Saturday, December 6, 1969, at the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California. Approximately 300,000 attended the concert, with some anticipating that it would be a "Woodstock West". -
In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), prohibiting many psychedelics in the United States. Several states had already prohibited LSD and other psychedelics starting in 1966.