Joliet Remembers The 1960s

Construction Projects

A NEW CITY HALL

A NEW COURTHOUSE

JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

PROVENA ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

Entertainment

AT THE MOVIES

ON TELEVISION

Health

TOBACCO HEALTH HAZARDS

MEDICARE BEGINS OPERATION

THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT

Shopping

CARS

CLOTHES

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

GROCERIES

Space

"LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON"

JOHN GLENN ORBITS THE EARTH

"FIRE IN THE COCKPIT!"

"THE EAGLE HAS LANDED"

JOHN C. HOUBOLT DAY

 
The Struggle for Civil Rights

FREEDOM RIDERS

THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

THE SELMA-TO-MONTGOMERY MARCH

JOLIET ADOPTS AN OPEN HOUSING ORDINANCE

RIOTS

Tragic Assassinations

JOHN F. KENNEDY

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY

Other Significant Stories

1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

ARAB - ISRAELI WAR OF 1967

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 

PUNCH CARD VOTING     

THE VIETNAM WAR

WOODSTOCK

Images  at the top of the page from NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org
Left - Earthrise, as seen from Apollo 8, December 29, 1968, cropped. To see the original image,  image, please click here
Right - Apollo 12 Lunar Module,  November  19, 1969, cropped. To see the original image, please click here
 

Joliet Remembers the 1960s was written and produced by Jack Tegel