United States
- 1960 – United States presidential election, 1960 – The key turning point of the campaign was the series of four Kennedy–Nixon debates; they were the first presidential debates held on television.
- 1961 – Newly elected President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took office in 1961; Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
- 1963 – Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., on August 28.
- 1963 – President Lyndon Johnson became president and pressed for civil rights legislation.
- 1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was elected in his own right, defeating United States Senator Barry Goldwater in November.
- 1964 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This landmark piece of legislation in the United States outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment.
- 1964 – Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3.
- 1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey took office in January.
- 1965 – National Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States.
- 1968 – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon was elected defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in November.
- 1969 – U.S. President Richard Nixon was inaugurated in January 1969; promised "peace with honor" to end the Vietnam War.
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