"Yesterday" By lsmith Jan 1, 1955 Dr. Benjamin Spock's, "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" is obtained by many Americans Jan 1, 1955 Consumerism rises Jan 1, 1955 Americans purchase televisions Period: Jan 1, 1955 to Dec 31, 1976 US History Apr 12, 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk develops the polio vaccine Apr 15, 1955 Ray Kroc opens the first franchised McDonald's restaurant Jul 18, 1955 Disneyland opens Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man and sparks the Montgomery Buis Boycott Jan 1, 1956 Elvis Presley's first number one hit Jun 29, 1956 Interstate Highway Act Sep 9, 1957 Crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas Oct 4, 1957 Launch of Sputnik Jan 1, 1958 American Express credit card Jul 29, 1958 NASA established Jan 1, 1960 medtronic develops the first fully implantable pacemaker Jan 1, 1960 Beatnik movement Apr 5, 1960 SNCC organized May 1, 1960 U-2 Incident May 6, 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1960 Sep 26, 1960 First televised debate Jan 1, 1961 Alliance for Progress Mar 1, 1961 Peace Corps established Apr 12, 1961 Race to the moon begins Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Jul 1, 1961 Vietnam War officially begins Feb 19, 1963 The "Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan published Aug 28, 1963 March to Washington Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Assassinated Jan 1, 1964 Grape Boycott Jan 1, 1964 President Johnson proposes the Great Society Feb 26, 1964 Tax Reduction Act Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 20, 1964 Economic Opportunity Act Jan 1, 1965 Appalachian Regional Development Act Jan 1, 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Jan 1, 1965 Omnibus Housing Act Jun 6, 1965 Edward White II takes the first spacewalk by an American Jul 30, 1965 Medicaid and Medicare enacted Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Oct 3, 1965 Immigration Act of 1965 Jan 1, 1966 Demonstration Cities and Metroppolitan Areas Redevelopment Act Jul 30, 1966 National Organization for Women (NOW) founded Jan 1, 1967 Air Quality Act Jan 1, 1967 First "Living Room War" Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated Jul 1, 1969 "Vietnamization" begins Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon Aug 15, 1969 First Woodstock Festival Apr 22, 1970 Earth Day established May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings May 14, 1970 Jackson State killings Oct 5, 1970 Public Broadcasting Service launched Dec 3, 1970 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established Mar 23, 1971 26th Amendment ratified Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Scandal Dec 17, 1972 Apollo 17 flies to the moon Jan 27, 1973 Paris Peace Accords Aug 9, 1974 President Nixon resigns Apr 4, 1975 Bill Gates founds Microsoft Apr 30, 1975 Fall of Saigon Oct 19, 1976 Copyright Act of 1976