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The Woodstock Festival was a music festival that attracted over 400,000 people, held on a dairy farm in upstate New York from August 15-18, 1969. During the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors, […]

The Apollo 11 mission, manned by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, marked the first two humans to walk on the moon. The landing was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience. Armstrong proclaimed the event “one […]

The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly […]

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 3, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He served eight years as Vice President under Dwight Eisenhower, and waged an unsuccessful […]

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and activist who is widely known as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered […]

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe. Wolfe presents an as-if-firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the country in a […]

The Graduate is an American comedy-drama, based on the 1963 novel, which tells the story of 21-year-old Benjmain Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no aim in life, who is seduced […]

The Monkees are a rock and pop band, active between 1965 and 1971, formed in Los Angeles for the television series of the same name, which aired from 1966 to 1968. The band was comprised of Micky Dolenz, Michael […]

Star Trek, now a major media franchise, began as a television series created by Gene Roddenberry, debuting in 1966 and airing for three seasons on NBC. If followed the adventures of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) […]

Batman is a 1960’s live action TV series based on the DC comic book character. It starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Known for its campy style, upbeat theme music, and intentionally humorous, […]

“I Dream of Jeannie” is a fantasy and comedy sitcom starring Barbara Eden as the genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, and eventually her husband. The show aired 139 episodes from […]

Lost in Space is a science fiction television series that follows the adventures of a pioneering family of space colonists who struggle to survive in a strange and often hostile universe after their ship is […]

Opposition to the United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with demonstrations in 1964 against the escalating role of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War and grew into a broad social movement over the […]

The Beach Boys appeared on Ed Sullivan for the first time on September 27, 1964, performing “I Get Around” and “Wendy”. The band knocked out a performance that would be remembered for decades to come. The band […]

The Addams Family is a television series based on the characters from Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons. The series was shot in black and white and aired for two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1964 to April […]

A record setting 73 million people tuned in on the evening of February 2, 1964 to see the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show making it one of the seminal moments in television history.

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016), was a professional boxer and activist.  He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. […]

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 at 12:30pm while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza with his wife Jacqueline, and Texas governor John Connally and his […]