A to Z by Decade: 1960s

A

Chemical agent and herbicide used during the Vietnam War

B

Site of a failed US invasion of Cuba in 1961

C

13 day confrontation in 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union, which nearly resulted in nuclear war

D

City where US president John F. Kennedy was assassinated

E

Policy placed on Cuba by the US in 1960 barring trade between the two nations

F

Second wave of this social justice movement which began in the early 1960s

G

Musician who started out as the guitarist for the Beatles before later going solo after the band’s split

H

Vietnamese revolutionary and president who died in 1969

I

1969 hit by the Jackson 5

J

Revolutionary guitar legend behind Purple Haze and Voodoo Child

K

Rolling Stones’ guitarist who would go on to inspire Captain Jack Sparrow decades later

L

Site where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech

M

American actress and model who captivated the hearts of many, who took her own life in 1962

N

Astronaut who became the first man to walk on the moon in 1969

O

Major organization formed by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela in 1960

P

1960 Alfred Hitchcock thrkller starring Anthony Perkins

Q

1964 cartoon series: Jonny _____

R

1967 hit by Aretha Franklin

S

Actress murdered by members of the Manson Family in 1969

T

Anti morning-sickness drug rejected by the FDA in 1960 which caused birth defects in Europe and Canada

U

American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union

V

Group referred to as “Charlie” during the Vietnam War

W

Legendary 1969 music festival held in Bethel, New York

X

Name taken by many in the Nation of Islam (including a prominent 1960s civil rights activist) to symbolize their lost pre-slavery tribal African name

Y

Cosmonaut who became the first man in space in 1961

Z

Chamber built by NASA in the 1960s in Cleveland which simulated these conditions for astronauts during the Space Race