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First airing of “The Flintstones”
The first animated series with a prime-time slot on television. The show follows the lives of Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their pet dinosaur, Dino, and they later on have a baby girl named Pebbles. -
President Kennedy is elected
Ran in the 1960 presidential election. His campaign gained momentum after the first televised presidential debates in American history, and he was elected president -
Berlin Wall is constructed
construction began to seal off the borders around West Berlin, first with barbed wire and a few days later with walls. It hoped this measure would put an end to the mass exodus to Berlin. It also wanted to stabilize its power and document its sovereignty to the outside world. -
Roger Maris of the Yankees breaks Babe Ruth’s single season home run record
In 1961 Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruths record. -
Marilyn Monroe dies
Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were littered around the room. -
James Meredith registers at Ole Miss
James Meredith officially became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi, he had to be protected and guarded 24/7 at the University. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” Speech
A public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
John F Kennedy is assassinated
John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas. -
The Beatles arrive in the United States
It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a British rock-and-roll band. -
Lyndon B Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B Johnson, Democrat defeats Barry Goldwater, Republican by a landslide. -
Malcolm X assassinated
African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City. -
Russians send the first man into space
Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. -
San Francisco “Summer of Love” begins
The Summer of Love was a major social phenomenon that occurred in San Francisco during the summer of 1967. As many as 100,000 people, mostly young people, hippies, and 1960s counterculture figures, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and Golden Gate Park -
First NFL Football Super Bowl
The first NFL World Championship Game was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Played between the Packers and Chiefs where the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first-ever Super Bowl. -
Boxer Muhammed Ali refuses military service
Ali arrived to be inducted in the United States Armed Forces, however, he refused and said his religion forbade him from serving. -
Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s album
The album proved revolutionary for its psychedelic tone, experimental studio effects, and musical contribution to the late 1960s. -
Thurgood Marshall nominated to the Supreme Court
First African American Supreme Court Justice. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. -
Tet Offensive
During the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive consisted of simultaneous attacks by about 85,000 troops under the direction of the North Vietnamese government. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
He was shot to death on April 4, 1968, as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
LSD declared illegal by the U.S. government
In 1968 LSD was classified as a Schedule I drug. -
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and pronounced dead the following day. -
Richard Nixon is elected
Nixon of the Republican Party from California who previously served as vice president for two terms under president Dwight D. Eisenhower, took office following his close victory. -
Stonewall riots
The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, was raided by the police. Nearly 400 people joined a riot that lasted 45 minutes and resumed on the following nights. -
American astronauts land on the moon
Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo on July 20, 1969, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface. -
Woodstock concert
The Woodstock Music Art Fair took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, NY. Over half a million people came to a 600-acre farm to hear 32 acts (leading and emerging performers of the time) play over the course of four days. -
The Rolling Stones host the Altamont music festival
The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture rock concert in the United States, hosted by The Rolling Stones, held at the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California 300,000 attended the concert.