1. The Sixties

2. 1960
Richard Nixon is the supposed heir apparent to President Eisenhower.
John Kennedy defeats Nixon in the election to become the 35th President of the United States
3500 troops sent to Vietnam
Psycho and To Kill a Mockingbird debut
Soviets shoot down a US spy plane over Russia

3. 1961 USSR’s Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space in April
Alan Shepard is the first American in space in May
Peace Corps established
Bay of Pigs Invasion fails to oust Fidel Castro from Cuba

4. 1962
World stands on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis
James Meredith becomes first African-American to enroll at Ole Miss
Marvel Comics first published Spider-Man
Marilyn Monroe found dead of apparent drug overdose
Beatles release their first song “Love Me Do”

5. 1963 John Kennedy assassinated in Dallas Beatlemania sweeps the US
Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR becomes the first woman in space
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed

6. 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed Boston Strangler captured
Warren Commission concludes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize

7. 1965 Race riots in Watts, California leave 34 dead
Selma to Montgomery March
St. Louis Gateway Arch completed
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Days of Our Lives debuts
University of California Berkeley hosts the largest anti-Vietnam teach-in during May.

8. 1966 Miranda Warning becomes law Vietnam War protest intensify
Department of Transportation created
Miniskirt invented
Debut of Star Trek and Batman TV shows

9. 1967
Six Day War between Israel and the Arab state Jordan, Syria, and Egypt
PBS created
First successful heart transplant
Loving v Virginia
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Rolling Stone first published

10. 1968 Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy assassinated
Intel Corporation formed
Tet Offensive in Vietnam
My Lai Massacre
President Johnson announces on TV he will not seek reelection

11. 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon Woodstock Music Festival
Project Blue Book concludes with no evidence of alien life
Richard Nixon elected president
Sesame Street known for its Muppet characters, makes it's debut on PBS