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1960s Pop History – 1960

by Michael Rich — Updated: August 3, 2023 Comment

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Sixties Pop History President: Dwight D. Eisenhower Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
The 1960s The population of the United States is 179,979,000
60s National Debt 286.3 Billion
sixties Unemployment is 5.5%
pop history 1960s Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years
information 60s Cost of a first-class stamp is $0.04
events 1960 Academy Award : Ben-Hur (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo
facts 1960 Grammy Award : Mack The Knife (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo (Record), Come Dance With Me (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo (Album)
pop culture 60's Pulitzer Prize : Advise and Consent (fiction), To Kill a Mockingbird (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo (non-fiction)
important sixties stuff First ever Presidential Debate between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon, 70 million people tuned in
60s facts France tests its first atomic bomb – in the Sahara Desert of Algeria
1960s important events The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan gave the “Wind of Change” speech in S. Africa (click to read speech)
sixties Adolph Coors III, the chairman of the board of the Coors Brewing Company, is kidnapped, and later found murdered
1960's quick facts The Soviet Union shoots down an American U-2 spy plane and captures its pilot, Francis Gary Powers
pop history The FDA approves the first oral contraceptive pill for use as birth control
60s history Israeli Mossad agents abduct Adolph Eichmann a Nazi war criminal who was hiding in Brazil and return him to Israel for trail
1960s pop history Following months of protests, Woolworth in Greensboro, N. Carolina serves its first meal to a black customer
1960 pop culture Fidel Castro nationalizes all American and foreign-owned property in Cuba
the year 1960 Hurricane Donna kills 50 in the State of Florida and New England
1960s history Cassius Clay wins the Gold Medal for boxing during the 1960 Summer Olympic Games
events in 1960 Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
sixtys history Dr. Michael Woodruff carries out the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom
important events 1960 D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo is found not guilty of obscenity
The 1960s United States Presidential election, 1960 : John F Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon by a slim margin
60 pop history Over 1000 Cuban refugees per week begin arriving in Florida fleeing Castro’s rule
sixties people The first episode of the classic British TV series Coronation Street (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo is broadcast
1960 popular history Other television debuts included:The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons and The Flintstones     (click show title for more info)
The 1960's On the music charts itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo managed to climb to the top
60's cultural events Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1960 Photo terrifies movie-goer’s, other movies include, The Apartment, The Sundowners, Sons and Lovers

 
See also Celebrity Birthdays 1960

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