Events in the Late 1960s
1965
* President Johnson called for bombing raids on North Vietnam and Americans began protesting against the war.
* The world's first roofed stadium was built and it was called the Houston Astrodome. 
1966
* Walt Disney, who was the creator of Mickey Mouse, died of cancer on December 15, 1966.
1967
* The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa.
1968
* Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Two months later, Robert Kennedy, who was John F. Kennedy's brother, was assassinated. Both were civil rights leaders.
* On November 5, 1968, Shirley Chisholm was elected America's first black woman in Congress.
1969
* Nearly half a million people came to a 600 acre farm in New York for the . Many top rock musicians were there and it lasted three days. It was a weekend of music, love and peace.
* July 20, 1969, 4:18 p.m., one of the biggest events of history happened. Apollo 11 landed on the moon, astronauts aboard. Neil Armstrong's gave his famous speech for the historical steps, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
