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1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro 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.
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; See also: History of the United States (1945–1964) ... Timeline of United States history (1950–1969) ... Events from the year 1950 in the ...
1950 was a watershed year for many cities in the United States. Many cities in the country peaked in population, but started a slow decline caused by suburbanization associated with pollution, congestion, and increased crime rates in urban centers, while the improved infrastructure of the Eisenhower Interstate System more easily facilitated car ...
Pages in category "Timelines of cities in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
March 3 – Elvis Presley returns home from Germany to the United States, after being away on military duty for 2 years. March 5 – Elvis Presley receives his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. March 6 – Vietnam War: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam.
The United States helped form a strong military alliance in NATO in 1949 including most of the nations of Western Europe, and Canada. In Asia, however, there was much more movement. The United States failed to negotiate a settlement between its ally, nationalist China under Chiang Kai-shek, and the communists under Mao Zedong.
People who love the 1960s need to add these locations to their travel bucket lists to experience and remember the things that made the decade so important.
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; ... January 2 – 1966 New York City transit strike: ... Timeline of United States history (1950–1969) References