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		1960
		John F. Kennedy becomes 36th and youngest President of the United States

		Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as JFKçs vice president

		Desegregation begins when four black college students break "white only" policy in North Carolina

		Martin Luther King Jr. urges 250,000 to march on Washington for equality of all people

		Elvis returns to music scene from US Army

		Robert Dunns choreographic workshops signify beginning of Judson Dance Theater

		Judson Dance Theater presents first concert at Judson Memorial Church

		Berlin Wall built by Soviet Union to seal border between east and west Berlin

		Fidel Castro Ruz, dictator of Cuba, declares himself a communist and enemy of the United States
		1961
		Bay of Pigs fiasco, CIAçs secret operation in Cuba fails

		President Kennedy creates the presidents commission on women

		Freedom Riders ride buses into south to force Justice Department to uphold new law on their behalf

		Alan Shepherd is first American in space

		Chubby Checker introduces twist on American Bandstand
		1962
		Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee founded

		United States discovers missile launch pads in Cuba and faces nuclear attack for thirteen days

		Peace Corps formed to promote international literacy and reduce disease and poverty

		First American to orbit earth is John Glenn

		National Organization of Women challenges unequal treatment of women.
		1963
		John F. Kennedy assassinated on November 22 and Lyndon Johnson sworn in as President

		Civil Rights Act

		http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/vii.htmlhttp://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk

		http://www.meredithmonk.org/index.html

		Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Nobel Prize
		1964
		US Surgeon General links smoking to cancer

		Beatles arrive in US and launch "British Invasion"

		Jimmy Hoffa sentenced for jury tampering

		Ford Motor Company introduces sporty "Mustang"
		1965
		Vietnam War becomes public when massive build-up of troops occurs

		Malcolm X assassinated

		EAT, a èHappeningî presented by Allan Kaprow, leads visitors through caves in Bronx

		Anna Halprin creates Parades and Changeswhich helped to bring down the NYC’s cabaret laws

		http://www.americandancefestival.org/Archives/scripps/halprin.html

		Anna Halprin interview

		http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archive/ca/steinberg-halprin.php
		1966
		Draft increases, war protests rise

		The national organization for women, a civil rights organization for women was founded

		Twyla Tharp Dance Company originates as trio at Judson Memorial Church

		Meredith Monk premeres 16 millimeter earrings and begins to experiment with film

		1967
		"Music for a Solo Performance" created by Alvin Lucier, electrodes attached to performer's scalp

		US and USSR propose nuclear nonproliferation treaty
		1968
		Bobby Kennedy assassinated after winning California primary

		Yvonne Rainer premieres The Mind Is a Muscle at Judson Memorial Church

		Richard Nixon sworn in as President

		Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated outside hotel in Tennessee, riots follow

		Meredith Monk forms The House an interdisciplinary approach to performance

		Moon landing of Apollo XI broadcast
		1969
		Woodstock Festival, four hundred thousand congregate at dairy farm in upstate New York

		First man walks on the moon

		Sesame Street debuts

		First Internet, ARPANET, goes online


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