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1960s Pop History – 1969

by Michael Rich — Updated: August 3, 2023 Comment

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Sixties Pop History President: Richard M Nixon, Vice President: Spiro T Agnew
The 1960s The population of the United States is 201,385,000
60s National Debt is 365.8 Billion (-2.9 billion)
sixties Unemployment is 3.6% (down just a pinch)
pop history 1960s Life Expectancy: 70.5 years
information 60s Family median income = $8,389. (up $646. from 1968)
events 1963 Inflation rate = 6.2%
facts 1963 Academy Award : Oliver! (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo (Best Picture)
pop culture 60's Grammy Award : Mrs. Robinson (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo (Best Song); By the Time I Get to Phoenix (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo (Best Album)
important sixties stuff Best Selling Books : The Godfather (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo ; Slaughterhouse-Five (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo ; Portnoy’s Complaint (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo
60s facts Man walks on the moon!! Affirming the late President Kennedy’s promise, Neil Armstrong is the first person to ever step onto the lunar surface exclaiming “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind”
1960's quick facts Yasser Arafat is elected Palestine Liberation Organization leader a post he will hold until his death in 2004
pop history Golda Meir becomes the first female prime minister of Israel
60s history An explosion and oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, spills 100 – 300,000 barrels of oil
1960s pop history An American teenager known as Robert R. becomes patient #1 in the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic
1963 pop culture John Lennon records “Give Peace a Chance” for his bed-in for peace demonstration
the year 1963 Edward M. Kennedy drives off a bridge on his way home from a party on Chappaquiddick Island killing his companion Mary Jo Kopechne
1960s history The movie Midnight Cowboy (click to buy) 1960s Pop History - 1969 Photo is the first ever X Rated film to win an Oscar
imporant events in 1963 The Woodstock Festival is held in upstate New York, it is a mecca for 500,000 anti-war activist and hippies (see Famous People – Entertainers)
1963 pop culture Hurricane Camille, a Category 5 hurricane, hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damage
year 1963 Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas opens the first restaurant in Columbus, Ohio it is named after his daughter’s nick-name
1960s history The first ARPANET link is established laying the foundation for the internet
events in 1963 Long John Silver’s restaurant chain opens its first store in Lexington, KY
1960s history The GAP opens its first store in San Francisco named for the “generation gap” they sold records and blue jeans
facts about 1963 The Unix computer operating system is introduced by Bell Laboratories for use with larger computer systems
1960s history Frosted Mini-Wheats, Kaboom breakfast food and Pringles potato chips all find their way onto American tables
1960s history The U.S. military goes to a lottery type draft to select inductees, it proves to be flawed however and the math behind it is changed the next year
events in 1963 The Cuyahago River in Cleveland, Ohio literally caught on fire because of massive pollutants and is credited as the start of the environmental movement
1960s history The book On “Death and Dying” is written by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, it defines the 5 stages of death and is the foundation in the near future for hospices
popular events of 1963 Dow Jones Industrial Average rises above 1,000 for the first time in history
1960s history The following TV shows debuted: The Liver Birds, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Bill Cosby Show, The Flip Wilson Show, Hee Haw, Marcus Welby M.D., The Brady Bunch, Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Sesame Street

 
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