Major Events in the Sixties

 

 

 

 

Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1961
1965
War On Poverty Launched
Violence In Selma
Voting Rights Act Of '65
Riots In Watts
Medicare
Immigration Act Of 1965
1962
1966
Miranda Decision
National Organization Of Women Founded
1967
Large Scale War Protest Held
Johnson Meets Kosygin
1968
Tet Offensive In Vietnam
1963
Johnson Will Not Run For Reelection
Martin Luther King Assassinated
Robert Kennedy Killed
Nixon Wins Election
1969
President Kennedy Assassinated
Landing on the Moon
1964
Woodstock
Beatles in America
1970
American Troops Intervene In Dominican Republic
Invasion Of Cambodia
 
1972
  Nixon Goes to China
Warren Commission Report

1973

Civil Rights Act

Spiro Agnew Resigns

  Gerald Ford Becomes Vice President
1964 Election
Arab Oil Embargo
 
1974
  Saturday Night Massacre
  Arab Oil Embargo
  1974-Richard Nixon Resigns