1970 The nineteenth U.S. census reveals the nation's population on April 1 is 203,302,032.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: populationEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1970
1969 On August 15-17, the Woodstock Music Festival draws 400,000 fans to a farm in upstate New York.Timeline State: New YorkTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: popular cultureEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1969
1969 U.S. astronauts, led by Neil Armstrong, land on the moon on July 20.Timeline State: N.A.Timeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: science & technologyEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1969
1969 The Stonewall Inn Riot in New York City on June 28 intensifies the struggle for Gay rights.Timeline State: New YorkTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: civil rightsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1969
1968 Over 400 feminists stage the first major protests of the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City on September 7.Timeline State: New JerseyTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: women's rightsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1968
1964 The "Freedom Summer" voter registration campaign begins in Mississippi on June 1.Timeline State: MississippiTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: civil rightsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1964
1966 The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded on June 30, in Washington, D.C.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: women's rightsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1966
1967 On February 10, the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which defines presidential disability procedures, becomes law with its ratification by Nevada.Timeline State: NevadaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: constitutional amendmentsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1967
1968 U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5.Timeline State: CaliforniaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: violence & terrorismEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1968
1968 On April 11, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which bans housing discrimination.Timeline State: District of ColumbiaTimeline Country: United StatesTimeline Subjects: civil rightsEra: 1901-2000 Read more about 1968
