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1960's
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FDA approves of the Birth Control Pill
FDA approved of the birth control pill which was a reaction to the baby boom of the 1950s. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest the U.S has gotten to a Nuclear war with the Soviet Union -
Assasination of John F. Kennedy
This is signifigant because our president was not only assainated but in the middle of a parade and while he was in the car with his wife. -
Assasination of Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby shot the killer of John F. Kennedy -
The Civil Rights Act
This is probably the most important event of the 1960s because it was the beginning of several acts such as; social security, and the meat ispection act -
Gulf of Tonkin
The U.S agrees to send troops to help Southeast Asia -
Malcolm X was assasinated
Black Muslim leader was killed right as he began a speech -
Tet Offensive
This was a surprise attack on South Vietnam during the Vietnam war -
Assasination of Martin Luther King Jr.
James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis -
Democratical Natinal Convention
A convention to see which democratic leader would run next. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
The first man to loand on the moon and the end of the space war with the Soviet Russia -
WoodStock
WoodStock was an important music festival because it introduced many new kinds of music and was a comfortable place for "outcasts"
