Of course we can’t cover them all but here is a list of some of the signification 1960s events.
1960s Events, International, National, NYC
Riots
Watts 1965
Chicago 1968
Detroit 1967
Harlem 1964 and 1968 Post MLK Assassination
Newark 1967
Reports
1968, the National Commission on Civil Disorder (known as the Kerner Commission)
Pentagon Papers 1967
Knapp Commission about the NYCPD in the 1960s (1972)
Events
Chicago Democratic National Convention Riots 1968
Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1964
Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961
Cuban Revolution 1959
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Apollo Man on the Moon 1969
Assassinations
John F. Kennedy 1963
Martin Luther King Jr 1968
Robert F. Kennedy 1968
Malcom X NYC 1965
NYC Events
Wall Street 1968 and Hard Hat Riots 1970
Kitty Genovese Murder… Fact and Fiction
1965 East Coast Blackout
CBS News Biggest NYC Events of the 1960s
The Beatles 1964
NYC World’s Fair 1964-65
Verrazano Bridge Opening 1964
Republican, John Lindsay, becomes Mayor 1966
Woodstock 1969
Women’s Movement Protests
Anti-Miss America Pageant 1968
NYC Radical Women (Redstockings) Abortion Rights Speakout 1969