US History II 1960's

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  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    US spy plane shot down in soviet union. Francis Gary Powers captured but later released
  • American Flag

    American Flag
    Fifty star flag debuted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Plane Crash

    Plane Crash
    The entire US Figure Skating Team was killed in a plane crash going to world championships. 73 people died.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    Attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro.
  • Alan B. Shepard Jr.

    Alan B. Shepard Jr.
    A Mercury capsule was launched 116.5 miles above the earth from Cape Canaveral, Florida
  • Construction

    Construction
    Berlin Wall is built by the soviets
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    In response to the Soviet Union building offensive missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade of military equipment to the island. An agreement is eventually reached with Soviet Premier Khrushchev on the removal of the missiles, ending the potential conflict after thirty-eight days, in what many think was the closest the Cold War came to breaking into armed conflict.
  • Alcatraz

    Alcatraz
    The last twenty-seven prisoners of Alcatraz, the island prison in San Francisco Bay, are ordered removed by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and the federal penitentiary is closed.
  • Limited Test Ban Treaty

    Limited Test Ban Treaty
    The United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain agree to a limited nuclear test-ban treaty, barring all nuclear testing above ground.
  • President Kennedy

    President Kennedy
    President Kennedy was fatally shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Boxing

    Boxing
    1960 Olympic champion Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins the World Heavyweight Championship in Boxing from current champ Sonny Liston.
  • 20th Parallel

    20th Parallel
    President Lyndon B. Johnson orders the continuous bombing of North Vietnam below the 20th parallel.
  • Medicare

    Medicare
    Medicare, the government medical program for citizens over the age of 65, begins.
  • US Senator

    US Senator
    The first black United States Senator in eighty-five years, Edward Brooke, is elected to Congress.
  • Outer Space Treaty

    Outer Space Treaty
    The Outer Space Treaty is signed into force by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, to take effect on October 10, 1967.