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SNCC Formed
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First Airing of "The Flintstones"
The very first episode aired on September 30, 1960. Titled "The Flintstone Flyer" (P-2), it was actually the second Flintstones episode produced (after The Swimming Pool, P-1), but the first to air. -
President Kennedy is elected
In a close election, Democrat U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon. -
Russians Send the First Man into Space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race. -
The Berlin Wall
the Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Germany. the Wall completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin -
Roger Maris beats Babe Ruth's single season home run record.
Roger Maris breaks home-run record. On October 1, 1961, New York Yankee Roger Maris becomes the first-ever major-league baseball player to hit more than 60 home runs in a single season. -
Marilyn Monroe Dies
Famous actor and model Marilyn Monroe dies. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Dr. Kings "I have a Dream" Speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
James Meredith
James Howard Meredith is a Civil Rights Movement figure, writer, political adviser and Air Force veteran. He enrolled at Ole Miss in 1962 -
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated
Kennedy was shot during the parade to run for reelection. -
The Beatles Arrive in New York
The Beatles arrive in the U.S for the first time. -
New York's World's Fair Begins
This was the biggest world fair that has ever been seen before. 1964 had never seen something better. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Authorized President Lyndon Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression" by North Vietnam. -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
Democratic United States President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm x was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. Sadly in 1965 he was assassinated. -
San Francisco "Summer Love" Begins
The Summer of Love began on January 14, 1967, when some 30,000 people gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. They came to take part in counterculture poet Allen Ginsberg and writer Gary Synder's "Human Be-In" initiative, part of the duo's call for a collective expansion of consciousness -
First NFL Super Bowl
Taken place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. -
Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's album.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. -
Thur good Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court. President Lyndon Johnson appoints U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. -
Tet Offensive
This was a series of attacks by the Vietcong which hit the southern parts of Vietnam. Since the US were allied with the southerners, the Vietcong had to do this. -
Robert Kennedy is Assassinated
Robert Kennedy is Assassinated -
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City -
Martin Luther King Jr is Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination -
Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Protests against the Vietnam war began at the convention to try and pull out of the war. This was known to happen since word got around before hand but was never taken into consideration as a big problem. -
LSD is delcared illegal in the U.S.
LSD which is a hallucinogenic drug is declared illegal. -
Richard Nixon is Elected
Richard Nixon is elected as President after Lyndon Johnson finished his term. -
American Astronauts Land on the moon
When Apollo 11 was the first ship to make it to the moon. Its crew men included Michael Collins Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. They Landed four days after the launch. -
Manson Family murders Sharon Tate
The Tate murders were perpetrated by members of the Charles Manson "Family" in Los Angeles, California. They murdered five people, and two more the following evening. -
Woodstock Concert
on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 40 miles southwest of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Bethel Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 400,000 -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival
This music festival was one of the most violent and crazy festival of the time period. From mosh pits to fist fights, it was a change to music. -
Watts Race Riots
Marquette Frye, whose fight with the police after a routine traffic incident on a muggy summer night in 1965 ignited the Watts riot, has died of pneumonia, a coroner's spokesman said today.
