Shannon Hurley's Decade Project (1960_1969) wrote, @ 2003-05-01 05:05:00

Events That Made the Headlines
1963:
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a motorcade procession in Dallas on November 22nd. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as chief executive hours after the assassination. American TV networks dropped all programming and advertising to cover the event. Top 40 radio stations began playing sombre choral music. Two days after president's murder, alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Municipal Building. A stunned audience watched the killing on live television as police were escorting Oswald to the county jail.

1964:
The British music invasion began with the Beatles' chart-topping I Want To Hold Your Hand and their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Their first major-label U.S. album, Meet The Beatles, became America's best-selling LP of all time within a week of its release.

1965:
Black Nationalist founder Malcolm X, who had been moving towards a stance of cooperation with whites, was assassinated by rival Black Muslims. Muslim headquarters in San Francisco and New York were torched two days later.

1968:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at a motel in Memphis, shortly after giving a speech in which he hinted that his days were numbered.

1969:
The world's largest TV audience to date watched astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the moon.

From: http://www.archervalerie.com/1900s/1960.html

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