The sixties & seventies

113 historical events from the sixties & seventies. 1960 – 1979

• 1960 CEDomino's Pizza Is Founded
• 1960 CEJFK Elected President
• 1960 CEJohn F. Kennedy Is Elected President
• 1960 CEOPEC Founded
• 1960 CESharpeville Massacre
• 1960 CEThe First Paralympic Games Are Held
• 1961 CEBay of Pigs Invasion
• 1961 CEBerlin Wall Built
• 1961 CESix Flags Over Texas Opens
• 1961 CEYuri Gagarin Orbits Earth
• 1962 CEAlgerian Independence
• 1962 CECuban Missile Crisis
• 1962 CETaco Bell Is Founded
• 1962 CETarget Opens Its First Discount Store
• 1962 CEThe First Walmart Store Opens
• 1962 CEThe Space Needle Opens
• 1963 CEI Have a Dream Speech
• 1963 CEJFK Assassinated
• 1963 CEMarch on Washington
• 1963 CEMichael Jordan Is Born
• 1963 CEPartial Test Ban Treaty
• 1963 CEValentina Tereshkova Flies in Space
• 1964 CECivil Rights Act
• 1964 CEFreedom Summer
• 1964 CEGulf of Tonkin Resolution
• 1965 CESelma March
• 1965 CESingapore Becomes Independent
• 1965 CEThe Sound of Music Opens
• 1965 CEThe Voting Rights Act Is Signed
• 1965 CEUS Ground Combat in Vietnam
• 1965 CEWatts Riots
• 1965 CEWinston Churchill Dies
• 1966 CECultural Revolution Begins
• 1966 CEPet Sounds Is Released
• 1967 CESgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Is Released
• 1967 CESix-Day War
• 1967 CEThe Boeing 737 Makes Its First Flight
• 1967 CEThe First ATM Is Installed
• 1967 CEThe First Super Bowl Is Played
• 1968 CEApollo 8 Orbits the Moon
• 1968 CEMLK Assassinated
• 1968 CEPrague Spring Crushed
• 1968 CERFK Assassinated
• 1968 CEShirley Chisholm Is Elected to Congress
• 1968 CETet Offensive
• 1968 CEThe Computer Mouse Is Publicly Demonstrated
• 1968 CEThe First Legoland Park Opens
• 1969 CEApollo 11 Moon Landing
• 1969 CEARPANET Sends First Message
• 1969 CEJets Win Super Bowl III
• 1969 CEStonewall Uprising
• 1969 CEThe Beatles Release Abbey Road
• 1969 CEThe Brady Bunch Premieres
• 1969 CEWoodstock Music Festival
• 1970 CEApollo 13 Crisis
• 1970 CEKent State Shootings
• 1971 CEBangladesh Declares Independence
• 1971 CEBangladesh Liberation War
• 1971 CEElon Musk Is Born
• 1971 CEPentagon Papers Published
• 1971 CEStarbucks Is Founded
• 1971 CESticky Fingers Is Released
• 1971 CEThe First Network Email Is Sent
• 1971 CEWhat's Going On Is Released
• 1972 CENixon Visits China
• 1972 CEPong Hits Arcades
• 1972 CEThe Godfather Opens
• 1972 CEThe Watergate Break-In Occurs
• 1972 CETitle IX Enacted
• 1973 CEChile Coup
• 1973 CEOPEC Oil Embargo Begins
• 1973 CEParis Peace Accords
• 1973 CEThe Dark Side of the Moon Is Released
• 1973 CEThe First Cell Phone Call Is Made
• 1973 CEThe Sydney Opera House Opens
• 1973 CEYom Kippur War
• 1974 CENixon Resigns
• 1974 CEThe First UPC Barcode Is Scanned
• 1974 CETurkish Invasion of Cyprus
• 1975 CEHelms-Baker Act on CIA
• 1975 CEJaws Opens in Theaters
• 1975 CEMicrosoft Founded
• 1975 CEPortuguese Colonial Wars End
• 1975 CESaigon Falls
• 1975 CEThe First Cricket World Cup Is Held
• 1975 CEThe First Digital Camera Prototype Is Built
• 1975 CEVietnam War Ends
• 1976 CEApple Founded
• 1976 CEHotel California Is Released
• 1976 CEJimmy Carter Is Elected President
• 1976 CEMao Zedong Dies
• 1976 CENadia Comăneci Scores the First Perfect 10
• 1976 CERocky Opens
• 1976 CESongs in the Key of Life Is Released
• 1976 CEThe CN Tower Opens
• 1977 CEChuck E. Cheese Is Founded
• 1977 CERumours Is Released
• 1977 CEStar Wars Opens in Theaters
• 1977 CEThe Centre Pompidou Opens
• 1978 CECamp David Accords
• 1978 CEFirst IVF Baby Is Born
• 1978 CEJonestown Massacre
• 1978 CEParallel Lines Is Released
• 1978 CEThe First Ironman Triathlon Is Held
• 1979 CEESPN Launches
• 1979 CEIranian Revolution
• 1979 CELondon Calling Is Released
• 1979 CEMargaret Thatcher Becomes Prime Minister
• 1979 CENASCAR's Daytona 500 Gets a National TV Breakthrough
• 1979 CESony Ships the Walkman
• 1979 CESoviet Invasion of Afghanistan
• 1979 CEThe Wall Is Released
• 1979 CEVisiCalc Is Released