The 1960s
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1960
After Soviets downed a U.S. reconnaissance flight, a summit conference with Premier Nikita Khrushchev collapsed. 
 John F. Kennedy 303-219EV Richard M. Nixon  		1961
John F. Kennedy 1st Lady: Jacqueline
Established the Peace Corps. 
     In April, a force of anti-Castro Cubans, trained by the Central Intelligence Agency, staged an unsuccessful attempt to establish a beachhead at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba. 
     In August, East Germany constructed a wall separating East and West Berlin. 
1962
On February 20, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit the earth. 
     After U.S. reconnaissance revealed that Soviet offensive missiles were being installed in Cuba, the United States
     established a naval "quarantine" around Cuba in October. The Soviets then withdrew their missiles.  		1963
On August 5, the United States, Britain, and the USSR signed a nuclear test-ban agreement, prohibiting atmospheric
     testing of nuclear weapons. 
     On August 28, more than 200,000 persons staged a march in Washington, D.C., dramatizing the demands of blacks for
     equal rights. The event was highlighted by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. 
     South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown on November 1. November 22 JFK dies Lyndon B. Johnson 1st Lady: Lady Bird
1964 
Signed an $11.5 billion tax-reduction bill and a major civil-rights bill. 
Proclaimed a war on poverty. 
Lyndon B. Johnson elected to a full term 486-52EV Barry M. Goldwater .  		1965
On February 7, ordered the bombing of targets in North Vietnam and began escalating U.S. troop strength in Indochina. 
In April, ordered U.S. troops into the Dominican Republic to end a rebellion. 
Signed legislation setting up Medicare and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
1966
The Department of Transportation was formed.  		1967
Nominated Thurgood Marshall, a black, as an associate justice to the Supreme Court. 
     Met with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey. 
1968
Withdrew from the 1968 presidential race. 
Ordered a reduction in the bombing of North Vietnam. Richard M. Nixon 301-191-46EV Hubert H. Humphrey George C. Wallace  		1969
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On July 20, Neil A. Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. 

1900's 1960s  

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