JUNE 11TH
Standing in a doorway, Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks the enrollment of Vivian Malone and James Hood, the first black students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Wallace steps aside when President Kennedy mobilizes National Guard troops to the scene.
JUNE 11TH
Following the confrontation in Alabama. President Kennedy delivers his landmark civil rights address, "I am, therefore, asking the Congress to enact legislation giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public--hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores and similar establishments. This seems to me to be an elementary right.
Eleven months later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law.
AUGUST 5TH
The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union sign the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The treaty signing follows nearly a decade of negotiations aimed at slowing down the arms race and limiting the effect of nuclear testing on the atmosphere and environment. The signing comes one day before the 18th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima near the end of World War II.
Something we can all live with.
All Big Events. --Cooter
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