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Beatles
The Beatles started up this year aand they were very well-known. -
Entertainment
In 1960 Elvis returned to the music scene after joining the US Army. -
Music
A popular music variety that came out at this time was Woodstock which is still around today. -
Sports
Two of our sports icons were Muhammad Ali and Wilt Chamberlain. -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on this day by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Technology
In 1962 the first computer game called Space war was invented. -
Cuban
America was on the verge with war with the East but nothing happened because we both had Nuclear capabilities and it was the closest we have ever came to a Nuclear world war. It is called the Cuban Missile Crisis -
Televison
In this year satelite television was broadcasted throughout the country. -
LBJ sworn in as President of the United States
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn into office at an airfield in Texas two hours after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated -
President johnson and civil rights act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making segregation in public facilities and discrimination in employment illegal -
Douglas Engelbart
invented the computer mouse -
Technology
By this time 9/10 families in the US had a tv. -
Voting rights act
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests and other such requirements that tended to restrict black voting become illegal. -
Britain wins world cup
Britian wins the soccer world Cup. -
National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray and Shirley Chrisholm and became a powerful force in the battle for gender equality. The NOW organized large scale strikes and protests, the largest being the Women’s Strike for Equality in 1970. Ultimately, groups like the NOW began to redefine the role of women in society and pushed for constitutional equality. -
Atlas superviser
It is considered to be the first operationg system.It manages location of processing resources. It was able to respond on many tasks. -
Texas Instruments
USA made the first portable caculator -
MLK
Martin Luther KIng was a big part of this decade up untill assassination in 1968 by James Earl Ray. -
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated by a man named Sirhan who still to this day is in a California prison. -
Overall
This decade can also be summed up with a few well chosen phrases which epitomize the decade " The Space Race ", " Cuban Missile Crisis" , " Continuing Cold War", "Kennedy Assassination", " Martin Luther King", "Vietnam", "Civil Rights and Riots", "Hippies and Flower Power" , "The Beatles and Rock and Roll" -
Space
In 1969 America was the first to get people to land on the moon.
