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1960sThis was the most dangerous decade.
FACTS about this decade. Population 177,830,000 Unemployment 3,852,000 National Debt 286.3 Billion Average Salary $4,743 Teacher's Salary $5,174 Minimum Wage $1.00 Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years Females 73.1 years
The U-2 Incident
May 1, 1960
Aftermath
Aftermath
Effects of the U2 incident1. The Paris meeting collapsed, and there was no Test Ban Treaty.2. There was no discussion of the problem of Berlin - which led ultimately to the Berlin Wall. 3. The incident was seen as a defeat for the US - so they elected John F Kennedy as President because he promised to get much tougher on the Russians.
The Cuban Revolution
Castro!
China
China breaks relations off with the Soviet Union!
1960
China's first intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
Kennedy elected president!
1961
Bay of Pigs
April 17, 1961
President Kennedy receives the Brigade 2506 flag in Miami in Dec. 29, 1962 and declares: "I promise to return this flag in a free Havana."
The Berlin Wall
Yuri Gagarin
First man in space
Nuclear Test Ban
August 5, 1963
Assassination of JFK
November 22, 1963
Lee Harvey OswaldJohnson being sworn in as president.
Brezhnev
1964
U.S.S. Pueblo
January 23, 1968
Prague SpringJanuary 5 – August 20, 1968
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