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SNCC formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s -
First televised Presidential debate
The first general election presidential debate was 1960 United States presidential debates, held on September 26, 1960, between U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, in Chicago at the studios of CBS's WBBM-TV. -
Flinstones
Popular T.V show -
JFK Election
This was when we elected our 35th president -
Russia Sends a Man Into Space
Russia was the first country to accomplish such a task -
Berlin Wall
The day it was built -
Roger Maris Breaks Ruths Record
Roger Maris on this day hit his 61st home run -
SDS releases its Port Huron statement
The Port Huron Statement is a 1962 political manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society -
Marilyn Monroe Death
The date that Marilyn Monroe died -
James Meredith Registers at Ole Miss
He became the first African American to attend Ole Miss as a student -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The day the missile crisis started with Cuba -
“Dr. No” the first James Bond movie premiers
The day this movie was released -
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King presented the world with his famous I have a dream speech -
JFK Assasination
The day our 35th president was killed -
Beatles Arrive in America
The date when the famous group stepped foot in our country -
Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
The Beatles made their first live U.S. television appearance. -
New York World’s Fair begins
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was a world's fair that held over 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants, representing 80 nations, 24 US states, and over 45 corporations with the goal and result of building exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
Johnson became our president on this day -
Malcolm X Assassinated
On this day Malcolm X was murdered -
Watts race riots
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles -
“Star Trek” TV show airs
Star Trek aired on NBC -
San Francisco “Summer of Love”
The date San Francisco “Summer of Love” began -
NFL Superbowl
The first ever NFL SUperbowl -
Muhammed Ali Refuses to Join the Army
Popular boxer Muhammed Ali was drafted to the army but would not go -
Beatles release Sgt. Pepper
The day the Beatles released their album -
Thurgood Marshall Nominated to the Supreme Court
The date Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Dies
This was the day that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated -
Robert Kennedy Assasination
The day Robert Kennedy was killed -
Protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Protest activity against the Vietnam War took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In 1968, counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups began planning protests and demonstrations in response to the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order -
LSD Became Illegal
On this day the country made this drug illegal -
Nixon Election
This is when president Nixon was elected as president -
Stonewall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid -
American Astronauts Land on the Moon
First time a man has been on the moon -
Woodstock Concert
First day of woodstock -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival
Rolling Stones held their concert which then took a turn for the worst