This is an interactive timeline of key events during the 1960s in America. The 1960s are America’s most historically and culturally complex decade. Events and personalities connect, collide, and carom across years and themes. Because space is limited, this timeline offers just a fraction of newsworthy happenings from the era. The events used in this interactive timeline were chosen on the basis of importance at the time, and continuing significance for American culture at the start of the 21st century.