The uncertainty of the 1960's, combined with new communication technologies, create new opportunity for people to share their faith. The League grows significantly in this decade.

USSR, then US, launch first men into space. The Soviet Union builds a wall separating East and West Berlin. John F. Kennedy is elected.

Kennedy counters Russia's plan to build a nuclear missile base in Cuba in the most dramatic moment of the Cold War. The Cuban Missile Crisis bring the world to the brink of nuclear war.

John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. Martin Luther King leads a major march on Washington to protest continuing racial discrimination.

Vietnam war is authorized by congress. Civil Rights Act forbids segregation in public places in the US. Khrushchev is ousted in the USSR and later succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev.

The US becomes involved in Vietnam, backing the South Vietnamese government in its battle against communist army of the Viet Cong.

Race riots take place in Atlanta. "Black Power" becomes a significant factor in American politics.

The Six-Day War takes place as Arab forces attack Israel and are quickly repulsed. First Super Bowl played.

Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.

Helen Cadbury Alexander, founder of the League, dies at the age of 92. Richard Nixon is elected. Apollo 11 lands on the moon. Arpanet is launched, forming the basis for today's Internet.