THEN & NOW TIMELINE
Take a look back 40 years. What do you find? War, returning veterans, poverty, pollution, addiction, and more. What about now? Read through the timeline below and see if the answers surprise you. For a visual version, scroll through the timeline above or view it in full screen.
Then
November 1960John F. Kennedy is elected U.S. President
December 1961Military build-up in Vietnam
September 1962Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is published
October 1962U.S. and Soviet Union Cuban Missle Crisis
August 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
November 1963President Kennedy is assassinated
February 1964Beatles tour the U.S.
February 1965Malcolm X is assassinated
August 1965LA Watts Riots
September 1965César Chavez launchs strike
January 1967Bald eagle is listed as endangered
June 1966National Organization for Women (NOW) forms
August 1967Thurgood Marshall becomes U.S. Supreme Court Justice
January 1968Tet Offensive in Vietnam
April 1968Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated
June 1968Robert Kennedy is assassinated
October 1968Police attack protestors at the Democratic National Convention
November 1968Richard M. Nixon is elected U.S. President
January 1969Cuyahoga River fire
April 1969500,000 troops in Vietnam
July 1969Apollo 11 mission to the moon
August 1969Woodstock
November 1969"Sesame Street" debuts
April 1970The first Earth Day is held
May 1970Ohio National Guard soldiers attacks students at Kent State University
June 197026th Amendment lowers voting age
June 1971Pentagon Papers is published
Now
January 2000George Bush is elected as 43rd U.S. President
March 2000Dot-Com bubble bursts
September 20019/11 Attacks
October 2001Afghan War begins
October 2001Original iPod is introduced
January 2002Kenneth Lay resigns
June 2002U.S. abandons Antiballastic Missile Treaty
November 2002Standing in the Shadows of Motown is released
March 2003Iraq War begins
February 2004Facebook launches
August 2005Hurricane Katrina
December 2006The last Tower Records closes
November 2008Election of Barack Obama
December 2008Stock Market crashes/Modern era recession
January 2010Iraq War end of major combat operations
December 2010Space X launches
March 2011Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
September 2011Occupy Wall Street
October 2011iTunes his 16b song mark
December 2011U.S. troops are recalled from Iraq
