1962

1962 — Korea: Sino-Korean Border Agreement / China: Sino-Indian War / United States: Cuban Missile Crisis

27 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaSouth Korea 1948–	ChinaChina 1949–	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
Sino-Korean Border Agreement 3월 24일 박정희 최고의장, 대통령 권한대행.KO 4월 2일 농촌진흥청 발족.KO 4월 1일 증권거래서 보통거래 시작.KO 6월 10일 제2차 통화개혁.KO 8월 27일 새나라자동차공장 준공.KO 6월 21일 무역진흥공사 발족.KO 1960April Revolution 19606월 15일 대한민국 제2공화국 헌법 공포, 윤보선 대통령 취임 19604월 19일 4·19 혁명 시작 19604월 26일 이승만 대통령 하야 19603월 15일 3·15 부정선거 1961May 16 coup 1961November. Summit conference for normalization of Korean-Japanese relations. 19615월 18일 장면내각 총사퇴, 미국, 군사정권 인정. 196112월 26일 일본 독도영유권 주장, 정부 항의각서 전달. 19615월 16일 박정희 등이 5·16 군사 정변 (5·16 군사 쿠데타) 을 일으켜 정권 장악. 196112월 12일 재향군인회 결성. 196312월 26일 대한민국 제3공화국 헌법이 공포, 박정희 대통령 취임 19635월 11일 박정희 의장, 연내 민정 이양 발표. 196312월 7일 최고회의, 새 정부기구 확정 부총리제 신설. 19631월 1일 부산직할시로 승격. 민간인 정치활동 재게 허용. 196311월 25일 박 의장, 존슨 미 대통령과 정상 회담. 19635월 14일 민정당 창당. 196310월 15일 제5대 대통령 선거, 박정희 당선. 196312월 17일 제3공화국 발족, 제5대 대통령 취임, 제6대 국회 개원. 19638월 30일 박정희 의장 예편, 민주공화당 입당. 196312월 21일 노동자 첫 해외진출, 광부 1진 123명 독일로 출국. 19637월 18일 민주당 창당. 19634월 25일 동아방송(DBS)개국. 1964Vietnam War 196410월 31일 대한민국과 월남 간에 파병 협정 체결 19645월 7일 울산정유공장 준공	Sino-Indian War 月24日-27日，中共八届十中全会在北京举行，毛泽东在会上提出阶级斗争要“年年讲，月月讲，天天讲”，对刘少奇等人的改革政策表达不满，会议批判了“三自一包”以及“三和一少”。ZH 毛泽东在七千人大会上作自我批评。中印边境战争。10月12日中朝边界条约签订。台灣電視公司開播。胡適逝世。 Yi–Ta incident Sino-Korean Border Agreement 月9日，华侨事务委员会主任廖承志在北京同日本代表高碕达之助签署了《中日长期综合贸易备忘录》，开启“LT贸易”。ZH Earthquake 月11日-2月7日，中共中央在北京举行扩大的工作会议，即“七千人大会 ”，毛泽东在会上作了自我批评、退居二线，由刘少奇、邓小平等人主持中央事务，此后刘少奇、邓小平、陈云、邓子恢等人支持“三自一包”的经济改革政策。月9日，中国人民解放军空军在江西南昌首次击落美制U-2高空侦察机，该侦察机隶属于台湾中华民国空军。ZH 月，小说《刘志丹》被康生指责为“反党小说”。ZH 月-7月，邓小平对三自一包的“包产到户”表示支持，并引用四川（一说安徽）谚语“不管黄猫黑猫，捉到老鼠就是好猫”，“猫论”出台。ZH 1960月1日，中共派刘少奇、邓小平、彭真等率代表团参加在莫斯科召开的共产党和工人党国际会议，该团与苏共发生激烈冲突（参见：中苏交恶）。 1960月19日，中国自主研制的第一枚液体探空火箭T-7M在上海南匯县发射成功。 1960月1日，中华人民共和国和缅甸联邦在北京签订《中华人民共和国和缅甸联邦政府边界条约》，中国方面正式放弃对果敢的主权，让予缅甸，并割让南坎。 1960月24日-26日，彭真率中共代表团参加在罗马尼亚举行的共产党和工人党布加勒斯特会议，期间中苏论战走向公开化、两党关系走向破裂，此后7月-9月，苏联政府撤走全部1390名在华专家、撕毁600份合同、停止供应重要设备（参见：中苏交恶）。 19601960 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election 1960月4日，中共中央派康生等人作为观察员参加《华沙条约》缔约国在莫斯科召开了政治协商会议，中苏矛盾深化。 1960月9日，中共中央下发《关于对在京高级干部和高级知识分子在副食品供应方面给予照顾问题的报告》至全国各地区，自此建立了全国统一的面向高级干部的特供体制。 1960月，顾方舟领导研发的“沙宾型”脊髓灰质炎活疫苗首批500万人份生产成功，在中国大陆十一个城市开始推广，此后顾方舟等人于1962年进一步将其改造为“糖丸”活疫苗。（1959年，顾方舟曾前往苏联学习考察，并获得美、苏的疫苗样本，当时美国科学家阿尔伯特·沙宾正与苏联科学家米哈伊尔·楚马科夫合作以推广其研发的口服疫苗以对抗小儿麻痹症。） 1960月-11月，在甘肃夹边沟农场关押的数千名右派因饥饿死亡，即“夹边沟惨案”。 1960月，解放军与缅甸军方联合展开中缅联合勘界警卫作战，进攻中华民国国军在缅甸北方的势力，使之撤退至台湾。 1960April — Sino-Soviet split: A CCP newspaper accused the Soviet leadership of "revisionism." 1960月25日，中国人首次登顶珠穆朗玛峰。 1960月5日，中国第一枚导弹“东风一号”发射成功，属仿苏地对地近程导弹（参见：两弹一星）。 1960月3日，中共中央发出《关于农村人民公社当前政策问题的紧急指示信》。 1960美国总统艾森豪威尔访问中华民国台湾。台湾中横公路正式通车。东风一号，第一枚近程导弹发射成功。 1960月19日，时任美国总统艾森豪威尔访问中华民国台湾，引发了中国大陆与台湾之间的“六一九砲戰”。 1960月，大同老白洞煤矿瓦斯爆炸事故共造成684人死亡，成为中华人民共和国建国来最严重的矿难事故。 1961月15日，中国第一条电气化铁路宝成铁路建成通车。 1961月，中共中央批发《科研十四条》。 1961月25日，美国中情局支持的四水六岗卫教军在西藏袭击解放军，缴获有关大跃进失败和解放军战斗序列的重要情报。 1961月，中共中央制定《农村六十条》。 1961月，中共中央批准《文艺十条》，后修改为《文艺八条》。 1961月，中共中央批准试行《高教六十条》。 1961台湾第一座核子反应堆建成。8月15日中国第一条电气化铁路宝鸡至凤州段通车运营。10月27日聯合國大會通過决議，蒙古人民共和國加入聯合國，中華民國未出席。 1961月，中共中央批准试行《工业七十条》。 1961月，中共八届九中全会决定对国民经济实行“调整、巩固、充实、提高”的八字方针，标志着“大跃进”实际结束。 1963月5日，《人民日报》发表毛泽东题词：“向雷锋同志学习”，全国开展“学雷锋”活动。 1963Socialist Education Movement 1963月，海河特大洪灾造成5000余人死亡，北京部分地区被淹、天津被困，受灾人口超2200万人，是海河流域历史上最严重的洪灾之一。 1963月16日，十大元帅之一的罗荣桓逝世。 1963月，童第周、严绍颐等人在《科学通报》上发表有关鱼类的核移植《鱼类细胞核移植》的论文。 1963月，中共中央制定《关于农村社会主义教育运动中一些具体政策的规定（草案）》，即《后十条》。 1963月，杭州会议召开，中共中央发布《关于目前农村工作中若干问题的决定（草案）》，即《前十条》，“四清运动”正式展开，此后造成数万人非正常死亡，被视为文化大革命的预演。 1963月6日，《人民日报》和《红旗》开始发表《九评苏共》，中苏论战进入高潮（参见：中苏交恶）。 1964月27日，中华人民共和国与法国建交。 1964October — 596: The Chinese government detonated its first nuclear weapon at Lop Nur. 1964January — Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung was first published. 1964The ROC government outlaws Taiwanese Hokkien language in schools and official settings 19641964 Baihe earthquake 1964月，苏共中央第一书记赫鲁晓夫下台后，周恩来、贺龙率代表团访问苏联，与苏联国防部长马林诺夫斯基发生矛盾，中苏冲突升级（参见：中苏交恶）。 1964月，“文化革命五人小组”成立。 1964The second of two volumes of Simplified Chinese characters ordered by the State Council of China was published. 1964湖口兵变。第一颗原子弹爆炸成功。麥克阿瑟公路通車。6月14日石門水庫峻工典礼。 1964月，中国大陆掀起“工业学大庆、农业学大寨 ”运动。 1964月-8月，中国与苏联在北京就边界问题举行谈判，会谈无果而终。 1964月29日，中国第一枚自主研制的导弹“东风二号”在酒泉发射场成功发射并命中目标（参见：两弹一星）。 1964月16日，中国第一颗原子弹爆炸成功（参见：两弹一星）。 1964月，中国和日本就互派记者达成《中日记者交换协定》。 1964月21日-1965年1月4日，在第三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，刘少奇连任中华人民共和国主席，周恩来连任中华人民共和国国务院总理。 1964月，中华人民共和国第二次全国人口普查显示中国总人口达7.23亿，扫盲运动使得中国文盲率（15岁及以上不识字人的比例）下降到了52%，有约1亿人脱盲。 1964月，设立中国中日备忘录贸易办事处驻东京联络处。	No events recorded for this year 1960Blue boy trial 1960June — The massive Anpo protests against revision of the America–Japan Security Treaty are the largest protests in Japan's modern history, and force the resignation of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and the cancellation of a planned visit by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1963Tokyo Convention 1963에치젠곶 해역 지진 1963(昭和38年) 19641964 Summer Olympics 1964October — The first Shinkansen high-speed train railway line was opened. 19641964 Niigata earthquake 1964東京五輪（オリンピック景気） 1964October — A largest Japanese land reclamation project thus far was completed in Lake Hachirōgata, creating the village of Ōgata out of 195 km of lakebed reclaimed since 1957.	Cuban Missile Crisis The comic-book superhero Spider-Man debuts in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) by Marvel Comics Andy Warhol becomes famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans painting John Glenn orbits the Earth in Friendship 7, becoming the first American to do so Engel v. Vitale, determines that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools Marilyn Monroe dies of apparent acute barbiturate poisoning at 36 Trade Expansion Act Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Baker v. Carr, enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide reapportionment cases 19601960 United States presidential election 1960Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan 1960Author Harper Lee publishes To Kill A Mockingbird 1960Civil Rights Act of 1960 1960Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement. 1960National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam formed 1960John Fitzgerald Kennedy defeats vice president under the Eisenhower administration, Republican Richard Milhous Nixon. The campaign included the first televised United States presidential debate. 1960U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1961Vietnam War 1961Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961Berlin Crisis of 1961 1961OPEC (The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formed 1961Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961Peace Corps established 1961Alan Shepard pilots the Freedom 7 capsule to become the first American in space 1961Alliance for Progress 1961Trade embargo on Cuba 1961US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba 1961Eisenhower gives celebrated "military–industrial complex" farewell address 196123rd Amendment, which grants electors to the District of Columbia 1961January 20, 1961 – Kennedy becomes the 35th president, Johnson becomes the 37th vice president 1963March on Washington 1963Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963Bob Dylan and Columbia Records release The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (his second studio album), which becomes a classic 1963Birmingham campaign 1963The man accused of assassinating President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. The assassination marks the first 24-hour coverage of a major news event by the major networks. 1963The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan published, sparking the women's liberation movement 1963Community Mental Health Act 1963Civil rights activist Medgar Evers assassinated outside his home by Byron De La Beckwith 1963November 22, 1963 – President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas; Vice President Johnson becomes the 36th president. 1963Atomic Test Ban Treaty 1964The Beatles arrive in the U.S., and subsequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, mark the start of the British Invasion (or, an increased number of rock and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular around the world, including the U.S.) 1964Civil Rights Act of 1964 19641964 Alaska earthquake 19641964 United States presidential election 1964The Ford Mustang is introduced 1964Panama Canal Zone riots 1964President Johnson proposes the Great Society, whose social reforms were aimed at the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched later in the 1960s. 1964In the election, President Johnson won by one of the largest victories in U.S. history, defeating Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater 1964Tonkin Gulf incident; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964Economic Opportunity Act 1964January 20, 1965 – President Johnson begins full term, Humphrey becomes the 38th vice president 196424th Amendment, prohibiting both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax 1964Ghetto riots

KoreaSouth Korea 1948–

ChinaChina 1949–

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

Sino-Korean Border Agreement
3월 24일 박정희 최고의장, 대통령 권한대행.KO
4월 2일 농촌진흥청 발족.KO
4월 1일 증권거래서 보통거래 시작.KO
6월 10일 제2차 통화개혁.KO
8월 27일 새나라자동차공장 준공.KO
6월 21일 무역진흥공사 발족.KO

1960April Revolution
19606월 15일 대한민국 제2공화국 헌법 공포, 윤보선 대통령 취임
19604월 19일 4·19 혁명 시작
19604월 26일 이승만 대통령 하야
19603월 15일 3·15 부정선거
1961May 16 coup
1961November. Summit conference for normalization of Korean-Japanese relations.
19615월 18일 장면내각 총사퇴, 미국, 군사정권 인정.
196112월 26일 일본 독도영유권 주장, 정부 항의각서 전달.
19615월 16일 박정희 등이 5·16 군사 정변 (5·16 군사 쿠데타) 을 일으켜 정권 장악.
196112월 12일 재향군인회 결성.
196312월 26일 대한민국 제3공화국 헌법이 공포, 박정희 대통령 취임
19635월 11일 박정희 의장, 연내 민정 이양 발표.
196312월 7일 최고회의, 새 정부기구 확정 부총리제 신설.
19631월 1일 부산직할시로 승격. 민간인 정치활동 재게 허용.
196311월 25일 박 의장, 존슨 미 대통령과 정상 회담.
19635월 14일 민정당 창당.
196310월 15일 제5대 대통령 선거, 박정희 당선.
196312월 17일 제3공화국 발족, 제5대 대통령 취임, 제6대 국회 개원.
19638월 30일 박정희 의장 예편, 민주공화당 입당.
196312월 21일 노동자 첫 해외진출, 광부 1진 123명 독일로 출국.
19637월 18일 민주당 창당.
19634월 25일 동아방송(DBS)개국.
1964Vietnam War
196410월 31일 대한민국과 월남 간에 파병 협정 체결
19645월 7일 울산정유공장 준공

Sino-Indian War
月24日-27日，中共八届十中全会在北京举行，毛泽东在会上提出阶级斗争要“年年讲，月月讲，天天讲”，对刘少奇等人的改革政策表达不满，会议批判了“三自一包”以及“三和一少”。ZH
毛泽东在七千人大会上作自我批评。中印边境战争。10月12日中朝边界条约签订。台灣電視公司開播。胡適逝世。
Yi–Ta incident
Sino-Korean Border Agreement
月9日，华侨事务委员会主任廖承志在北京同日本代表高碕达之助签署了《中日长期综合贸易备忘录》，开启“LT贸易”。ZH
Earthquake
月11日-2月7日，中共中央在北京举行扩大的工作会议，即“七千人大会 ”，毛泽东在会上作了自我批评、退居二线，由刘少奇、邓小平等人主持中央事务，此后刘少奇、邓小平、陈云、邓子恢等人支持“三自一包”的经济改革政策。
月9日，中国人民解放军空军在江西南昌首次击落美制U-2高空侦察机，该侦察机隶属于台湾中华民国空军。ZH
月，小说《刘志丹》被康生指责为“反党小说”。ZH
月-7月，邓小平对三自一包的“包产到户”表示支持，并引用四川（一说安徽）谚语“不管黄猫黑猫，捉到老鼠就是好猫”，“猫论”出台。ZH

1960月1日，中共派刘少奇、邓小平、彭真等率代表团参加在莫斯科召开的共产党和工人党国际会议，该团与苏共发生激烈冲突（参见：中苏交恶）。
1960月19日，中国自主研制的第一枚液体探空火箭T-7M在上海南匯县发射成功。
1960月1日，中华人民共和国和缅甸联邦在北京签订《中华人民共和国和缅甸联邦政府边界条约》，中国方面正式放弃对果敢的主权，让予缅甸，并割让南坎。
1960月24日-26日，彭真率中共代表团参加在罗马尼亚举行的共产党和工人党布加勒斯特会议，期间中苏论战走向公开化、两党关系走向破裂，此后7月-9月，苏联政府撤走全部1390名在华专家、撕毁600份合同、停止供应重要设备（参见：中苏交恶）。
19601960 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election
1960月4日，中共中央派康生等人作为观察员参加《华沙条约》缔约国在莫斯科召开了政治协商会议，中苏矛盾深化。
1960月9日，中共中央下发《关于对在京高级干部和高级知识分子在副食品供应方面给予照顾问题的报告》至全国各地区，自此建立了全国统一的面向高级干部的特供体制。
1960月，顾方舟领导研发的“沙宾型”脊髓灰质炎活疫苗首批500万人份生产成功，在中国大陆十一个城市开始推广，此后顾方舟等人于1962年进一步将其改造为“糖丸”活疫苗。（1959年，顾方舟曾前往苏联学习考察，并获得美、苏的疫苗样本，当时美国科学家阿尔伯特·沙宾正与苏联科学家米哈伊尔·楚马科夫合作以推广其研发的口服疫苗以对抗小儿麻痹症。）
1960月-11月，在甘肃夹边沟农场关押的数千名右派因饥饿死亡，即“夹边沟惨案”。
1960月，解放军与缅甸军方联合展开中缅联合勘界警卫作战，进攻中华民国国军在缅甸北方的势力，使之撤退至台湾。
1960April — Sino-Soviet split: A CCP newspaper accused the Soviet leadership of "revisionism."
1960月25日，中国人首次登顶珠穆朗玛峰。
1960月5日，中国第一枚导弹“东风一号”发射成功，属仿苏地对地近程导弹（参见：两弹一星）。
1960月3日，中共中央发出《关于农村人民公社当前政策问题的紧急指示信》。
1960美国总统艾森豪威尔访问中华民国台湾。台湾中横公路正式通车。东风一号，第一枚近程导弹发射成功。
1960月19日，时任美国总统艾森豪威尔访问中华民国台湾，引发了中国大陆与台湾之间的“六一九砲戰”。
1960月，大同老白洞煤矿瓦斯爆炸事故共造成684人死亡，成为中华人民共和国建国来最严重的矿难事故。
1961月15日，中国第一条电气化铁路宝成铁路建成通车。
1961月，中共中央批发《科研十四条》。
1961月25日，美国中情局支持的四水六岗卫教军在西藏袭击解放军，缴获有关大跃进失败和解放军战斗序列的重要情报。
1961月，中共中央制定《农村六十条》。
1961月，中共中央批准《文艺十条》，后修改为《文艺八条》。
1961月，中共中央批准试行《高教六十条》。
1961台湾第一座核子反应堆建成。8月15日中国第一条电气化铁路宝鸡至凤州段通车运营。10月27日聯合國大會通過决議，蒙古人民共和國加入聯合國，中華民國未出席。
1961月，中共中央批准试行《工业七十条》。
1961月，中共八届九中全会决定对国民经济实行“调整、巩固、充实、提高”的八字方针，标志着“大跃进”实际结束。
1963月5日，《人民日报》发表毛泽东题词：“向雷锋同志学习”，全国开展“学雷锋”活动。
1963Socialist Education Movement
1963月，海河特大洪灾造成5000余人死亡，北京部分地区被淹、天津被困，受灾人口超2200万人，是海河流域历史上最严重的洪灾之一。
1963月16日，十大元帅之一的罗荣桓逝世。
1963月，童第周、严绍颐等人在《科学通报》上发表有关鱼类的核移植《鱼类细胞核移植》的论文。
1963月，中共中央制定《关于农村社会主义教育运动中一些具体政策的规定（草案）》，即《后十条》。
1963月，杭州会议召开，中共中央发布《关于目前农村工作中若干问题的决定（草案）》，即《前十条》，“四清运动”正式展开，此后造成数万人非正常死亡，被视为文化大革命的预演。
1963月6日，《人民日报》和《红旗》开始发表《九评苏共》，中苏论战进入高潮（参见：中苏交恶）。
1964月27日，中华人民共和国与法国建交。
1964October — 596: The Chinese government detonated its first nuclear weapon at Lop Nur.
1964January — Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung was first published.
1964The ROC government outlaws Taiwanese Hokkien language in schools and official settings
19641964 Baihe earthquake
1964月，苏共中央第一书记赫鲁晓夫下台后，周恩来、贺龙率代表团访问苏联，与苏联国防部长马林诺夫斯基发生矛盾，中苏冲突升级（参见：中苏交恶）。
1964月，“文化革命五人小组”成立。
1964The second of two volumes of Simplified Chinese characters ordered by the State Council of China was published.
1964湖口兵变。第一颗原子弹爆炸成功。麥克阿瑟公路通車。6月14日石門水庫峻工典礼。
1964月，中国大陆掀起“工业学大庆、农业学大寨 ”运动。
1964月-8月，中国与苏联在北京就边界问题举行谈判，会谈无果而终。
1964月29日，中国第一枚自主研制的导弹“东风二号”在酒泉发射场成功发射并命中目标（参见：两弹一星）。
1964月16日，中国第一颗原子弹爆炸成功（参见：两弹一星）。
1964月，中国和日本就互派记者达成《中日记者交换协定》。
1964月21日-1965年1月4日，在第三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，刘少奇连任中华人民共和国主席，周恩来连任中华人民共和国国务院总理。
1964月，中华人民共和国第二次全国人口普查显示中国总人口达7.23亿，扫盲运动使得中国文盲率（15岁及以上不识字人的比例）下降到了52%，有约1亿人脱盲。
1964月，设立中国中日备忘录贸易办事处驻东京联络处。

No events recorded for this year

1960Blue boy trial
1960June — The massive Anpo protests against revision of the America–Japan Security Treaty are the largest protests in Japan's modern history, and force the resignation of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and the cancellation of a planned visit by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1963Tokyo Convention
1963에치젠곶 해역 지진
1963(昭和38年)
19641964 Summer Olympics
1964October — The first Shinkansen high-speed train railway line was opened.
19641964 Niigata earthquake
1964東京五輪（オリンピック景気）
1964October — A largest Japanese land reclamation project thus far was completed in Lake Hachirōgata, creating the village of Ōgata out of 195 km of lakebed reclaimed since 1957.

Cuban Missile Crisis
The comic-book superhero Spider-Man debuts in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) by Marvel Comics
Andy Warhol becomes famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans painting
John Glenn orbits the Earth in Friendship 7, becoming the first American to do so
Engel v. Vitale, determines that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools
Marilyn Monroe dies of apparent acute barbiturate poisoning at 36
Trade Expansion Act
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Baker v. Carr, enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide reapportionment cases

19601960 United States presidential election
1960Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
1960Author Harper Lee publishes To Kill A Mockingbird
1960Civil Rights Act of 1960
1960Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
1960National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam formed
1960John Fitzgerald Kennedy defeats vice president under the Eisenhower administration, Republican Richard Milhous Nixon. The campaign included the first televised United States presidential debate.
1960U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace
1961Vietnam War
1961Bay of Pigs Invasion
1961Berlin Crisis of 1961
1961OPEC (The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formed
1961Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
1961Peace Corps established
1961Alan Shepard pilots the Freedom 7 capsule to become the first American in space
1961Alliance for Progress
1961Trade embargo on Cuba
1961US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1961Eisenhower gives celebrated "military–industrial complex" farewell address
196123rd Amendment, which grants electors to the District of Columbia
1961January 20, 1961 – Kennedy becomes the 35th president, Johnson becomes the 37th vice president
1963March on Washington
1963Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1963Bob Dylan and Columbia Records release The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (his second studio album), which becomes a classic
1963Birmingham campaign
1963The man accused of assassinating President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. The assassination marks the first 24-hour coverage of a major news event by the major networks.
1963The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan published, sparking the women's liberation movement
1963Community Mental Health Act
1963Civil rights activist Medgar Evers assassinated outside his home by Byron De La Beckwith
1963November 22, 1963 – President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas; Vice President Johnson becomes the 36th president.
1963Atomic Test Ban Treaty
1964The Beatles arrive in the U.S., and subsequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, mark the start of the British Invasion (or, an increased number of rock and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular around the world, including the U.S.)
1964Civil Rights Act of 1964
19641964 Alaska earthquake
19641964 United States presidential election
1964The Ford Mustang is introduced
1964Panama Canal Zone riots
1964President Johnson proposes the Great Society, whose social reforms were aimed at the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched later in the 1960s.
1964In the election, President Johnson won by one of the largest victories in U.S. history, defeating Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater
1964Tonkin Gulf incident; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1964Economic Opportunity Act
1964January 20, 1965 – President Johnson begins full term, Humphrey becomes the 38th vice president
196424th Amendment, prohibiting both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax
1964Ghetto riots