1960's events

U-2 Spy Plane

American politicians and the military were satisfied. At last a spyplane excelling all modern analogies had been created. It had already flown over the territories of different countries for several years with great success. Up to now it had flown in perfect security anywhere. Neither fighter nor missile could reach this invulnerable aircraft. It was the time to use the spyplane over Russian territory.

Malcolm x assassination

He died on february 21, 1965 in a ballroom in washington heights. The person charged with the killing of malcolm x was Thomas Hagan. After malcolm x autopsy they found out that he had died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Cuban missile Crisis

In the fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the United States, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev began secretly deploying medium range ballistic missiles and intermediate range ballistic missiles to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Once operational, these nuclear-armed weapons could have been used cities and military targets in most of the continental United States.

Martin Luther King Jr assassination

On April 4th, 1968, he was shot and killed at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennesee.

Robert Kennedy assassination

On June 5th 1968 Robert Kennedy, JFK's brother was killed

March on Washington

The 1963 March on Washington, in which a quarter of a million people demonstrated for civil rights

First Man on the Moon

The first man on the moon was Lance Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission on Jul 20 1969. The second man on the moon was Buzz Aldrin.

Woodstock

Woodstock was a counter culture event that took place in the New York State in August of 1969. It was the biggest rock concert ever consisting of a little less than 500,000 people!

jfk assassination

he was assassinated on Friday November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 PM Central time. He was on a campaign and support trip through the south, in the united states in anticipation of the upcoming 1964 presidential election.

Apollo7

it blasted off on Oct. 11, 1968, this was the first time with men aboard. about 13 minis later the elliptical orbit was achieved above the Earth. they circle about 163 times. after about 10 days in space they landed in Atlantic southeast of Bermuda.

Bay of Pigs

it was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Increasing friction between the US government and castros leftist regime led presidnet Dwight D. Eisenhower to break off diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961. Even before that, the Central Intelligence Agency had been training anti-revolutionary Cuban exiles for a possible invasion of the island. The invasion plan was approved by JFK.

Apollo8

launched from Cape Kennedy on Dec. 21, 1968, the people how plotted it where Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William.

The Beatles

they carried the powerful ideas of love, peace, help, and imagination that evoked creativity and liberation that outperformed the rusty Soviet propaganda