A to Z by Decade: 1960s

Chemical agent and herbicide used during the Vietnam War

Site of a failed US invasion of Cuba in 1961

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

City where US president John F. Kennedy was assassinated

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

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

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

Vietnamese revolutionary and president who died in 1969

1969 hit by the Jackson 5

Revolutionary guitar legend behind Purple Haze and Voodoo Child

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

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

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

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

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

1960 Alfred Hitchcock thrkller starring Anthony Perkins

1964 cartoon series: Jonny _____

1967 hit by Aretha Franklin

Actress murdered by members of the Manson Family in 1969

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

American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union

Group referred to as “Charlie” during the Vietnam War

Legendary 1969 music festival held in Bethel, New York

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

Cosmonaut who became the first man in space in 1961

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