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The Little Rock Nine
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration The little rock nine were a group of nine black students that were enrolled at formerly all-white central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Castro Takes Over in Cuba
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro Castro was captured and prisioned after leading 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Many of his men were also killed in the process. -
John F. Kennedy Elected to Presidency
https://www.jfklibrary.org/ Kennedy won over Nixon with a total of 118,550 votes. He was the youngest man ever elected president, and catholic. -
First Man in Space
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-man-in-space Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gargarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. -
Bay of Pigs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs This was a failed military invasion to Cuba. A counter-military group, trained by CIA intended to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the U.S and the Soviet Union. -
Murder of Medgar Evers
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/medgar-evers-assassinated Medgar Evers was shot to death by a white supremacist Bryon De La Beckwith. Evers was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virgnia. -
1963 March on Washington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom The Great March on Washington was made to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans, and other POC. That's when Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech in front of the Lincoln memorial. -
First American Troops Arrive in South Vietnam
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1965.html The first U.S combat troops arrived in Vietnam to defend the American air base at Da Nang. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 This was a landmark that prohibited racial discrimination in voting. The Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965.
