The MAIN Chronology

The following major events are covered in the Main Chronology of MultiEducator's "The Sixties" CD-ROM:

1961

  • President Kennedy Inaugurated
  • Peace Corps Founded
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Kennedy Kruschev Summit
  • Berlin Crisis

    • 1962

  • First American in Space
  • Steel Prices Rolled Back
  • US Commitment of Vietnam deepens
  • Prayer Unconstitutional in Schools
  • Environmental Movement Launched
  • First Black at University of Mississippi
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    • 1963

  • Feminine Mystque
  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
  • March on Washington
  • University of Alabama Integrated
  • Medgar Evers slain
  • Kennedy Visits Berlin
  • President Kennedy Assassinated

    • 1964

  • Beatles in America
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • American troop Intervene in Dominican Republic
  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution
  • Warren Commission Report
  • Dr King Receives Nobel Prize
  • 1964 Election

    • 1965

  • War on Poverty Launched
  • Violence in Selma
  • Voting Rights Act of 65
  • Riots in Watts
  • Immigration Act of 1965

    • 1966

  • Miranda Decision
  • National Organization of Women Founded

    • 1967

  • Large Scale War Protest Held
  • Johnson Meets Kosygin

    • 1968

  • Tet Offensive in Vietnam
  • McCarthy Wins 40% of new Hampshire Vote
  • Johnson Will Not Run of Reelection
  • Martin Luther King Assassinated
  • Robert Kennedy Killed
  • Violence Mars Democratic Convention
  • Nixon Wins Election

    • 1969

  • Landing on the Moon
  • Woodstock

    • 1970

  • Invasion of Cambodia

    • 1973

  • Gerald Ford Become Vice President

    • 1974

  • Richard Nixon Resigns

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