| A | B |
| Echo 1 | First communications satellite, 1960 |
| First U.S. manned space flight in 1961 | John Glen makes first orbit of earth |
| JFK becomes president in what year | 1961 |
| Peace Corps | Volunteer organization for Americans |
| Bay of Pigs | Planned CIA-led invaision of Cuba 1961 |
| JFK in 1963 | Assassinated in Dallas, TX |
| MLK,Jr. march on Washington | location of I Have A Dream speech |
| Beatlemania begins | 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show |
| Johnson orders bombing of Vietnam b/c.... | N. Vietnamese torpedo ships attack U.S. destroyers |
| "Soft Landing" 1966 | Surveyor lands on moon and takes photos |
| First heart transplant | Performed by Dr. Bernard |
| MLK,Jr. Assassinated | 1968 |
| Armstrong in 1969 | lands on moon |
| Orders gradual withdrawl from Vietnam | Nixon |
| Woodstock | 3 days of music and drugs |