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Election of John F. Kennedy
On January 20th, 1961 John F. Kennedy was elected the President of the United States -
Alan Shepard: First man in Space
On May 5, 1961, Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket . His 15-minute sub-orbital flight made him the first American in space. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis—known as the October crisis in Cuba and the Caribbean crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, in October 1962. It is one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, and is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On November 22nd, 1963 while driving down the road in Dallas, Texas John F. Kennedy was shot and died later in the emergancy room. -
Tonkin Gulf Incident
A clash between naval forces of the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) in August 1964 marked a significant turning point in the Cold War struggle for Southeast Asia. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
While Malcolm X was just about to give a speech a commotion had broke out behind him. The room later filled with smoke and Malcolm was the shot twice from a man sitting in the front row of the audience. -
The Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive destroyed the Presidency of Lydon Johnson. -
The Assassination of Robert Kennedy
The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California, during the campaign season for the United States Presidential election, 1968. After winning the California and South Dakota primary elections for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, Kennedy was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel and died in the Good Samaritan Hospital twenty-six hours later. -
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago
The primary cause of the demonstrations and the subsequent riots during the 1968 Chicago convention was opposition to the Vietnam War. Young peace activists had met at a camp in Lake Villa, Illinois on March 23 to plan a protest march at the convention. -
First Man Landing on the Moon
In 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong became the very first man to walk on the moon.
