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James Dean's death
As the group traveled to the event via U.S. Route 466 at approximately 5:15 p.m. a 1950 Ford Tudor was passing through an intersection while turning, ahead of the Porsche. Dean, unable to stop in time, slammed into the driver's side of the Ford resulting in Dean's car bouncing across the pavement onto the side of the highway. Dean's passenger was thrown from the Porsche, while Dean was trapped in the car and sustained numerous fatal injuries, including a broken neck. -
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Vietnam War
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Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit. The chief constructor was Mikhail S. Khomyakov. -
Alabama schools desegregated
Twenty black students entered previously all white public schools in Birmingham, Mobile and Tuskegee Alabama. The Governor ordered state patrolmen to block the doors of schools to prevent black students from entering. -
President JFK is shot.
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
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President Lyndon B. Johnson in office
Previously JFK's Vice President. After JFK was assassinated, LBJ was sworn in as the thirty-sixth president of the United States. -
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in LA after winning the California presidential primary. Twenty-two year old Sirhan Sirhan shot him several times. -
Richard Nixon becomes President
Won the election over democrat, and Vice President, Hubert Humphrey. -
Stonewall Riots
A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. -
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Woodstock Festival
Ran for four days. Thirty-two acts performed outdoors before an audience of 400,000 people. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history. Pretty much just a Hippie festival. -
Watergate Scandal
Several burglars were arrested inside an office located in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. It was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Nixon’s reelection campaign They had been caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents. -
Hurricane Carmen
The hurricane started on August 29, 1974 to September 10, 1974. Hurricane Carmen was the most instense cyclone in history. The highest winds were 150 mph. -
Apple, Inc.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to develop and sell personal computers. Apple urrently leads the world in innovation. -
John Lennon's death
Mark David Chapman is an American prison inmate who murdered John Lennon. Chapman shot Lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in Manhattan,New York City. Chapman fired at Lennon five times, hitting him four times in the back.
