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The 1960s saw John F. Kennedy elected to the White House and gains in civil rights before America splintered amid cultural divisions and ...

1960s | Timeline | Virtual Museum and Archive of the History of ...

The Timeline highlights significant developments in the history of financial regulation against US and world events.

1960s: Counterculture and Civil Rights Movement | HISTORY

The 1960s were a tumultuous decade defined by the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the emerging "generation gap."

The Sixties . Timeline . Text Version | PBS

The Sixties: Moments in Time · First Televised Presidential Debate Airs · Kennedy Elected · Bay of Pigs: Failed Invasion of Cuba · U.S. Denies Soviet Control of ...

Timeline of 1960s Events - 60s Memories

Baseball player Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run in the last game of the season, against the Boston Red Sox, beating the 34-year-old ...

A Year in History: 1960 Timeline - Historic Newspapers

Of the many things that happened in 1960, peaceful sit-in protests for the advancement Civil Rights became more common. 52 people, including Dr ...

1960s - Wikipedia

During the 1960s the United States was in the postwar economic boom · On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy became the president of the United States. In his ...

Overview of the 1960s - Digital History

The 1960s was a decade when hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans gave new life to the nation's democratic ideals. African Americans used sit-ins, freedom ...

The 60s: The Years That Changed America - YouTube

Comments138 ; The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History #40. CrashCourse · 4.6M views ; The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis - Matthew A.

The Sixties in America - ARSOF History

The 1960s were a tumultuous period in American history. The pressures of Civil Rights and racial equality, combined with increasingly violent political ...

These Historic Moments Defined the 1960s - Ask.com

These Historic Moments Defined the 1960s · The Greensboro Four Take a Seat · The FDA Introduces the Birth Control Pill · Kennedy Escalates the ...

Historical Events in 1960 - On This Day

Chess Championship ; May 7 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confesses to being a CIA spy ; May 8 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations ; May 9 The United ...

1960 – 1969 World History - InfoPlease

22). Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner (Nov. 24). Kenya achieves independence.

16 – 1960s: An Overview | History Hub

Bobby Kennedy rose to the head of the Democratic pack among those pledging withdrawal from Vietnam. The night James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr ...

Growing Up in the 1960s - Historic Geneva

Growing up in the 1960s, we saw assassinations, a space race, men walking on the moon, the Vietnam War, Civil Rights marches, segregation, integration.

Historical Events of the 60's timeline - Timetoast

Sep 26, 1960. First Televised Debates. First Televised Debates · Jan 20, 1961. JFK Inauguration. JFK Inauguration · Advertisements · Apr 17, 1961. Bay of Pigs ...

Murder, Divorce, and Rock & Roll: The True History of the 1960s

It was in the '60s that the murder rate and the divorce rate jumped by over 50 percent. Overall, violent crime increased by a whopping 124 ...

The 1960s - Pieces of History - National Archives

Robert “Bobby” Kennedy was a politician known as the father of modern American liberalism. As President John F. Kennedy's younger brother.

The 1960s: A Decade of Revolution - ARSOF History

The 1960s were a decade of sweeping changes around the globe. The world evolved from a strictly bipolar one divided along East-West lines, to one of regional ...

US History: Resources by Decade: 1960s - LibGuides

The Vietnam war unfolds as Cold War policy, high-stakes politics buffeted by powerful popular movements, and searing in-country experience.