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1960's
Events.
A list of political events from the 60's


1960

1. Sit-ins against segregation began when black college students demonstrated at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro
2. Tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union grew following the shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane
3. Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon in a squeaker to become President

1961

1. An invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces ends in disaster at the Bay of Pigs
2. Peace Corps formed
3. Commander Alan B. Shepherd Jr. rode the first U.S. suborbital spacecraft

1962

1. Lt. Col. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
2. Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" marked the start of the worldwide environmental movement
3. The U.S. and Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war after a missile buildup in Cuba

1963

1. Gov. George Wallace was forced to step aside and the University of Alabama was integrated
2. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that laws requiring recitation of the Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools were unconstitutional
3. The U.S., Britain and Soviet Union signed a limited nuclear test-ban treaty
4. 200,000 people marched on Washington to demand civil rights for all, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech
5. Betty Friedan's book "Feminine Mystique" marks the start of the women's movement
6. President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Tex.
7. Lyndon Johnson becomes President
8. Alleged Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby.

1964

1. A Southern filibuster broken, a landmark Civil Rights Bill passed Congress
2. President Johnson began the War On Poverty
3. Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, authorizing presidential action in Vietnam
4. Medicare program approved
5. President Johnson crushes Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater in the November election

1965

1. President Johnson orders continuous bombing of North Vietnam
2. Black leader Malcolm X murdered
3. Long Hot Summers begin with rioting in Watts area of Los Angeles
4. Major blackout strikes northeast, with increase in birth rate noted nine months later
5. U.S. forces in Vietnam reach 184,300 at the end of the year
6. Vatican II, which brought liberalization to Roman Catholic Church, concluded

1966

1. Vietnam War extended into Cambodia
2. Over 385,000 U.S. military personnel in Vietnam, and full-scale bombing of Hanoi underway
3. England win the world cup.

1967

1. President Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin hold groundbreaking talks in Glassboro, N.J.
2. 66 people die in race riots in Newark, N.J., and Detroit, Michigan
3. Thurgood Marshall becomes first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
4. Israel defeats combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six Day War

1968

1. Tet Offensive by Communists stuns American forces in Vietnam
2. Peace talks begin on Vietnam War open in Paris
3. Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
4. Presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles\
5. Riots erupt at Democratic national convention
6. Former Vice President Richard Nixon defeats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Alabama Gov. George Wallace in Presidential election

1969

1. In spite of peace talks, U.S. forces in Vietnam peaked at 543,400 in April
2. Withdrawal from Vietnam began in July
3. U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the moon
4. First Woodstock Festival draws 500,000-plus people to small New York town
5. Anti-war demonstrations sweep nation, centered on college campuses
6. 250,000 march on Washington to protest the Vietnam conflict
7. Stonewall Riot in New York City marks start of gay rights movement