- Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
-Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
-First woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova
1964
-The Beatles arrive in America
-Civil Rights Act of 1964
-Vietnam War begins
1965
-Watts Riots
-Voting Rights Act of 1965
-First manned spacewalk: Alexei Leonov
1966
-Cultural Revolution begins in China
-France withdraws from NATO
-The Supremes become the first all-female group to have a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
1967
-Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations
-Summer of Love in San Francisco
-The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968
-Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
-Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
-Apollo 8: First manned mission to orbit the Moon
1969
-First manned moon landing: Apollo 11
-Woodstock Music Festival
-The Beatles release Let It Be