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   What happened in the 1960s?

   • This timeline offers a sample of newsworthy happenings from the 1960s. The events used in this interactive timeline were chosen on the basis of importance at the time, and continuing significance for American culture at the start of the 21st century. An armed coalition of communists and insurgents emerge in South Vietnam.

   The Sixties . Timeline . Text Version | PBS

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   What events happened in South Africa in 1960?

   • South Africa -- Independence Fifteen African countries gain independence and South Africa leaves the commonwealth 1960 News Events include Events include US enters Vietnam War, OPEC Formed, US U2 spy plane shot down, The Irish Republican Army begins activities against Britain, Ban The Bomb Rally's, ...

   What Happened in 1960 - Significant Events, Prices, 1960 Top Movies, TV

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   What happened on February 1 1960?

   • February 1, 1960 - Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter, protesting their denial of service.

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   How did the 1960s start?

   • The 1960s started off as the dawn of a golden age to most Americans. On January 20, 1961, the handsome and charismatic John F. Kennedy became president of the United States. His confidence that, as one historian put it, “the government possessed big answers to big problems” seemed to set the tone for the rest of the decade.

   The 1960s History - Events, Timeline & Facts | HISTORY

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   May 25, 2010 · The 1960s saw John F. Kennedy elected to the White House and gains in civil rights before America splintered amid cultural divisions and Vietnam War protests.

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   Oct 14, 2016 · This timeline offers a sample of newsworthy happenings from the 1960s. The events used in this interactive timeline were chosen on the basis of importance at the time, and continuing significance...

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   • 1960. February 1, 1960 - Four black college students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth lunch counter, protesting their denial of service.
   • 1961. January 3, 1961 - Disputes over the nationalization of United States businesses in Cuba cause the U.S. Government to sever diplomatic and consular relations with the Cuban government.
   • 1962. February 7, 1962 - The first sign of a looming Vietnam conflict emerges when President Kennedy admits that the military advisors already in Vietnam would engage the enemy if fired upon.
   • 1963. March 21, 1963 - The last twenty-seven prisoners of Alcatraz, the island prison in San Francisco Bay, are ordered removed by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and the federal penitentiary is closed.

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   1960 Major News Events in History. OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) is formed ; Soviet missile shoots down the US U2 spy plane; The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers are going to be sent to Vietnam ; Construction on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt began

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   Historical events from year 1960. Learn about 608 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1960 or search by date or keyword.

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   1960's Major News Events in History. 1960 Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. Presidential Election after defeating Republican Richard Nixon. 1961 The Bay of Pigs invasion is an unsuccessful U,S, backed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba; 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis has the world on the edge of another World War