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To give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement.
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between U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, in Chicago at the studios of CBS's WBBM-TV.
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on September 30, 1960, at 8:30 pm Eastern time, and quickly became a hit.
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The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. In a closely contested election, Democrat United States Senator John F. Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee.
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aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.
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The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.
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New York Yankee Roger Maris becomes the first-ever major-league baseball player to hit more than 60 home runs in a single season.
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a 1962 political manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
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Marilyn Monroe was a famous American actress, model, and singer.
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after troops took control, Meredith became the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
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Dr. No had its worldwide premiere at the London Pavilion, on 5 October 1962, expanding to the rest of the United Kingdom three days later.
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A The 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
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"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy often referred to by the initials JFK and Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.
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the Beatles arrived in the United States and their televised performances on The Ed Sullivan Show were viewed by approximately 73 million people.
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The Beatles, with their Edwardian suits and mop-top haircuts, made their first American television appearance—LIVE—on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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It was 50 years ago today that the 1964–'65 World's Fair opened in New York City, bringing a plethora of innovative exhibits to Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens.
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The USS Maddox incident was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War.
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Incumbent Democratic United States President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee.
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an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
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Los Angeles police officer Lee Minikus tried to arrest Marquette Frye for driving drunk in the city's Watts neighborhood—an event that led to one of the most infamous race riots in American history.
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This is the first television series in the Star Trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series' three seasons, along with the series' original pilot
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30,000 people gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
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the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) smash the American Football League (AFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in the first-ever AFL-NFL World Championship.
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boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted ... cited religious reasons for his decision to forgo military service.
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
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On this day in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to fill the seat of retiring U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Clark.
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Rock, pop, and folk, including blues-rock, folk-rock, hard rock, and psychedelic rock styles.
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St. Joseph's Hospital, Memphis.
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He got assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel.
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A series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam.
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Protest activity against the Vietnam War took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as acid, is a hallucinogenic drug.
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The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
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New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon.
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The Tate–LaBianca murders were perpetrated by members of the Charles Manson "Family" in Los Angeles, California.
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Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Bethel Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 400,000.
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"The violence just in front of the stage was incredible," Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones recalls of The Altamont Speedway free concert.
