The Sixties

Theodore Maiman creates the first working laser

May 16, 1960

University of Chicago

John F. Kennedy was Inaugurated

Jan 20, 1961

PBS

Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space

Apr 12, 1961

NASA

Bay of Pigs Invasion- Cuba

Apr 17, 1961

JFK Library

Founding of the Peace Corps by JFK

May 1, 1961

JFK Library Peace Corpshttp://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Peace-Corps.aspx

Constrution of the Berlin Wall by East Germany

Aug 12, 1961

History Channel

Andy Warhol exhibits his Campbell's Soup Cans

Jan 1, 1962

[Moca Museum](http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?&id=451)

Engel v. Vitale bans prayer in public schools

Jun 25, 1962

Cornell University

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 22, 1962

JFK Library

Betty Friedan publishes her book Feminine Mystique

Feb 19, 1963

C-Span

The Beatles' Debut Album Release

Mar 22, 1963

Rolling Stone Magazine

Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

MLK I Have a Dream

John F. Kennedy is Assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

JFK Library

Passage of the Civil Rights Act

Feb 10, 1964

US Senate

Freedom Summer

Jun 1, 1964

stanford.edu

Beach Boys' Concert Album becomes first live album to top the charts

Oct 1, 1964

History of Rock

U.S. sends troops to Vietnam

Feb 9, 1965

History Channel

Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965

Jul 27, 1965

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

First Hand Held Calculator was created by Texas Instruments

Dec 1, 1966

Texas Instruments

Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria

Jun 5, 1967

Cold War Museum

Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American Supreme Court Justice

Jun 13, 1967

Maryland Law

First Heart Transplant

Dec 3, 1967

History Channel

Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 Make the First Moon Landing

Jul 20, 1969

NASA

Woodstock Festival

Aug 15, 1969

Bethel Woods Center

The Draft for the Vietnam War Begins

Dec 1, 1969

Selective Service System