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SNCC formed
SNCC stands for The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The SNCC was one of the major groups that was involved in the Civil Rights movement of 1960. The founder was Ella Baker from Shaw University -
First televised Presidential debate
The first televised presidential debate was between US senator John F Kennedy from Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon. -
First airing of "The Flintstones"
Was broadcast in a "Prime Time" slot.The Flintstones based its story line on "Modern everyday concerns but in the Stone Age period." -
President Kennedy elected
Democrat John F Kennedy beats the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon. JFK was the 44th president of the USA. -
Russians Send The First Man Into Space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was "the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth". To this day he is still widely celebrated in Russia. -
Berlin Wall is constructed
In order to the stop the huge migration of East Germans from fleeing to the West -
Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth's single season home run record
New York Yankee's Rodger Maris becomes the first ever MLB player to hit over 60 home runs in a single season. His record would be beaten in 1998 by Mark McGwire. -
SDS releases its Port Huron statement
"The Port Huron Statement is a 1962 political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)". -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Found dead in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 8, 1962. Died from a barbiturate overdose. -
James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
"Meredith was the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi. The school had originally rejected his application, and a legal battle ensued. In 1962, segregationists protesting his admittance to Ole Miss led to bloody riots on campus." -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
"Dr.No" the first James Bond movie premiers
Dr. No (film) Dr. No is a 1962 British spy film, starring Sean Connery, with Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman and Jack Lord. It is the first James Bond film. -
Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" Speech
I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington. In his speech he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism. -
John F Kennedy is assassinated
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. The assassin still lays a mystery but many has speculated that it was Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Beatles arrive in USA
"AT JFK airport five thousand fans, mostly young girls, were crowded onto the upper balcony of the airport's arrivals building, waving placards and banners to welcome the group. A further 200 reporters, photographers and cameramen from radio, television and the press were also clamoring for The Beatles' attention." -
The Beatles appear on Ed Sullivan
"A record setting 73 million people tuned in that evening making it one of the seminal moments in television history.... The Beatles would receive $10,000 for their three appearances and top billing". -
New York World's Fair begins
"The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY." -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, Sr with over 60 percent of the popular vote. -
Malcolm X is assassinated
"In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights". -
Watts Race Riot
The Watts Race Riot went on for 6 days and resulted in over 40 million dollars of property damage. This riot was the "largest and costliest urban rebellion in the Civil Rights era". -
"Star Trek" TV show airs
Director Gene Roddenberry was 40 years old when he heard JFK's inaugural address, he was inspired by Kennedy's message about "volunteerism, bravery, science, and social progress boldly facing humanity, seeking to remake the world in its image". So he created a TV show that incorporated all these ideas. -
First NFL Super Bowl
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) smash the American Football League (AFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in the first-ever AFL-NFL World Championship, later known as Super Bowl I, at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles -
Muhammad Ali refuses Military Service
"Clay v. United States, 403 U.S. 698 (1971), was Muhammad Ali's appeal of his conviction in 1967 for refusing to report for induction into the United States military forces during the Vietnam War." -
The Beatles drop a new album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band remains the most iconic album cover of all time. A total of 58 different people are depicted on the album cover. Characters such as Jesus, Hitler, and Elvis were in the rough draft artwork but was later removed due to complicated reasons. -
San Francisco "Summer of Love" begins
75,000 people attended the "Summer of Love" festival. The Summer of Love Fest incorporated new music, new drugs, and new fashion. -
Thurgood Marshall nominated 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. On August 30, after a heated debate, the Senate confirmed Marshall’s nomination by a vote of 69 to 11. Two days later, he was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren, making him the first African American in history to sit on America’s highest court." -
Monterey Music Festival Held
The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. Crowd estimates for the festival have ranged from 25,000 to 90,000 people -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks conducted by the VC and NVA , on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Authorities apprehended a small time criminal James Ear Ray at a London airport. His fingerprints had matched those found on the rifle that was used to kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Robert Kennedy assassination
"Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight Pacific Daylight Time at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles." -
Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
As delegates flowed into the International Amphitheater to nominate a Democratic Party presidential candidate, tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets to rally against the Vietnam War and the political status quo. -
LSD declared illegal by the U.S. Government
"The last FDA approved study of LSD in patients ended in 1980, while a study in healthy volunteers was made in the late 1980s. Legally approved and regulated psychiatric use of LSD continued in Switzerland until 1993." -
Richard Nixon is elected
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election. Republican nominee Richard Nixon destroys Democratic nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey -
Stonewall Riots
"The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City." -
American Astronauts land on the moon
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The moon landing was watched by more than half a billion people. The fist man to step foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong. -
Manson Family murders Sharon Tate
Charles Manson and family murders Sharon Tate and her unborn son (who was suppose to be delivered in 2 weeks). As she begged for life, Manson stabbed her 16 times and wrote in her blood on her front door "Pig". -
Woodstock Concert
"Considered the grooviest event in music history–the Woodstock Music Festival–draws to a close after three days of peace, love rock ‘n’ roll and drugs in upstate New York." -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont Music Festival
The Altamont Music Festival was designed to rival that of the Woodstock concert, not much planning went into the festival and the venue was only arranged days before the concert. The rolling Stones had hired several Hell's Angle gang members as security. The most notable thing from the music festival was the death of an 18 year old kid who was stabbed by a Hell's Angel gang member.
