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1960's Timeline

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1957

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Russian Sputnik 1 launched. 10/4/1957
Russian Sputnik 1 launched.

1958

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U.S. Explorer 1 launched. 1/31/1958
U. S. Explorer 1 launched.

1959

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Alaska is admitted to the Union. 1/3/1959
Alaska is admitted to the Union.
Hawaii is admitted to the Union. 8/21/1959
Hawaii is admitted to the Union.

1960

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U2 plane shot down.   U2 plane shot down. 5/1/1960
U2 plane shot down.
Kennedy - Nixon debates. 1960's
Kennedy - Nixon debates.
Fall 1960
New Lexington High School opens.
Kennedy wins election. 11/8/1960
Kennedy wins election.

1961

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Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth. 4/12/1961
Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth.
4/17/1961
Bay of Pigs.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., first American in space - "Freedom 7" - 9:34 am. 5/5/1961 (Friday)
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., first American in space - "Freedom 7" - 9:34 am.
The Berlin Wall is started. It won't come down until 11/9/1989. 8/13/1961
The Berlin Wall is started. It won't come down until 11/9/1989.
Roger Maris hits 61st homer. 10/1/1961
Roger Maris hits 61st homer.
12/11/1961
First U.S. troops (advisors) arrive in Vietnam.

1962

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John H. Glenn, Jr., orbits the earth - "Friendship 7" - 9:47 am 2/20/1962 (Tuesday)
John H. Glenn, Jr., orbits the earth - "Friendship 7" - 9:47 am.
Johnny Carson replaces Jack Parr on the Tonight Show. 10/2/1962
Johnny Carson replaces Jack Parr on the Tonight Show.
Cuban missile crisis.   Cuban missile crisis. 10/22/1962 - 10/27/1962
Cuban missile crisis.

1963

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6/17/1963
Prayer in public schools declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court.
6/26/1963
Kennedy visits Berlin.
Civil Rights march on Washing. "I have a dream" 8/28/1963
Civil Rights march on Washington. "I have a dream"
Kennedy assassinated.
Kennedy assassinated.
Kennedy assassinated.
11/22/1963 (Friday)
Kennedy assassinated.
Jack Ruby assassinates Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV. 11/24/1963
Jack Ruby assassinates Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV.

1964

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Civil Rights Act signed into law. 7/2/1964
Civil Rights Act signed into law.
8/7/1964
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Johnson wins reelection. 11/3/1964
Johnson wins reelection.

1965

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3/8/1965
Combat troops arrive in Vietnam.
Edward H. White, Jr. - Gemini 4 - first U.S. spacewalk. 6/3/1965
Edward H. White, Jr. - Gemini 4 - first U.S. spacewalk.

1966

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6/13/1966
Supreme Court rules on Miranda rights.
Medicare enrollments begin. Commissioner Bob Ball outlines SSA's plans for implementation. 7/1/1966
Medicare enrollments begin. Commissioner Bob Ball outlines SSA's plans for implementation.
U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany caught fire in Gulf on Tonkin and 43 died. 10/26/1966
U. S. aircraft carrier Oriskany caught fire in Gulf on Tonkin and 43 died.

1967

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1/15/1967
First Super Bowl - Green Bay beat Kansas City.
Apollo fire - Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Edward H. White, Jr. 1/27/1967
Apollo fire - Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Edward H. White, Jr.
6/5/1967 - 6/10/1967
6 day war - Israel.

1968

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1/31/1968
Tet Offensive.
Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated. 4/4/1968
Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated.
6/5/1968
Robert Kennedy assassinated.
8/20/1968
Russia invades Czechoslovakia.
Democratic National Convention - Chicago, Illinois. 8/28/1968
Democratic National Convention - Chicago, Illinois.
Nixon wins election. 11/5/1968
Nixon wins election.

1969

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Senator Edward Kennedy - Mary Jo Kopechne - Chappaquiddick Island 7/18/1969
Senator Edward Kennedy - Mary Jo Kopechne - Chappaquiddick Island.
U.S. lands Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Armstrong aboard the "Eagle" on the moon - 4:18 pm EDT. Michael Collins orbits above.  At 10:56 pm the "Giant Leap" takes place. 7/20/1969
U.S. lands Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Armstrong aboard the "Eagle" on the moon - 4:18 pm EDT. Michael Collins orbits above. At 10:56 pm the "Giant Leap" takes place.
Woodstock. 8/15/1969 - 8/17/1969
Woodstock.