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Indonesia1966Wars
The conclusion of three years of proxy warfare between Indonesia and Malaysia over Borneo reflected shifting Cold War alignments and Suharto's rise to power in Jakarta.
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia. - summary
United States1964Tech launches
IBM's modular computer family revolutionized enterprise computing with backward compatibility and standardization, dominating mainframe markets for two decades.
Most of the engagements of this conflict occurred in Vietnam. - summary
Japan1964Tech launches
Honda's debut in Formula One marked Japan's arrival in international motorsport and the beginning of a manufacturing legend's global ambitions.
Honda's entry into Formula One in 1964 marked Japan's first serious attempt to compete at motorsport's highest level. - summary
Japan1964Sports
Tokyo's first Asian Olympics showcased Japan's postwar recovery and introduced the bullet train and modernist Olympic innovations to global audiences.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. - summary
United Kingdom1963Festivals
The Beatles' 'Please Please Me' topped the UK charts, igniting Beatlemania and launching the British Invasion that would dominate popular culture for a generation.
is a German compilation album of songs recorded in Hamburg in 1961 and 1962 by Tony Sheridan with the Beatles as his backing group. - summary
Soviet Union1962Tech launches
Venera 2 became the first spacecraft to reach Venus, marking humanity's first successful planetary exploration beyond Earth's orbit.
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. - summary
United States1962Tech launches
Glenn's orbital flight narrowed the space race gap and revived American confidence after Soviet dominance, anchoring the race to the moon.
Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. - summary
Soviet Union1961Tech launches
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, crowning Soviet dominance in the early space race.
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. - summary
United States1960Elections
Kennedy's narrow victory over Nixon, aided by television's emerging power, ushered in a new generation of political leadership and media influence.
Kennedy, then junior United States senator from Massachusetts, was formally launched on January 2, 1960, as Senator Kennedy announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the Uni… - summary
United States1960Protests
Four Black college students refused to leave a segregated lunch counter, sparking the sit-in movement across the Jim Crow South.
Dudley High School and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) in Greensboro, North Carolina, when, over the course of May 21 to May 25, gunfire was exchanged between student protesters, polic… - summary
Cuba1959Revolutions
The Cuban Revolution established the Western Hemisphere's first communist state and reshaped Cold War geopolitics, with comprehensive historical records.
Fidelito, he was the eldest son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his first wife, Mirta Díaz-Balart. - summary
France1958Elections
De Gaulle's return to power during the Algerian War crisis ended the Fourth Republic and established the Fifth Republic's presidential system.
The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution of 13 October 1946. - summary
Soviet Union1957Tech launches
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 carrying the dog Laika, becoming the first living creature to reach orbit and amplifying Cold War space race tensions.
Sputnik 2, or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2, launched on 3 November 1957, was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, and the first to carry an animal into orbit, a Soviet space dog named Laika. - summary
United States1955Protests
Parks' refusal to surrender her seat ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became the spark that accelerated the American Civil Rights Movement.
She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. - summary
Japan1955Disasters
The memorial park and museum dedicated to the atomic bomb's victims became a global symbol of peace and a permanent testament to nuclear devastation.
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, instantly killing an estimated 70,000 people and leaving the city a wasteland of rubble and radiation. - summary
United States1952Elections
Eisenhower's televised campaign and landslide victory marked the first presidential election dominated by television advertising and mass media strategy.
Eisenhower and Senator Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic ticket of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II and Senator John Sparkman in a landslide victory, becoming the first Republican president in 20 years. - summary
United States1951Tech launches
Ampex Corporation demonstrated the first practical videotape recorder, enabling broadcasters to record and replay live television for the first time.
Videotape is magnetic tape used for storing video and usually sound in addition. - summary
