1960s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s – 1960s – 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1960s (also called the '60s) was the decade that began on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''197st decade''' which began on January 1, 1961 and ended on December 31, 1970. Many things happened in the sixties, including the Space Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War.

The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called the Sixties. This was a set of cultural and political trends around the globe. This "cultural decade" is loosely defined as beginning around 1963 and ending around 1974.^[1]^[2]

The social revolution of the 1960s was part of a wider counterculture. Old ways were changed, new ways taken up. Typical was the introduction of the birth control pill, and its effect on sexual activity, widespread use of certain drugs and a general disrespect for traditional ways.

Pop art also started in the 1960s.

Events[change | change source]

Decolonization of much of Africa
1961 - Yuri Gagarin is first human in the space during Soviet Vostok 1 mission.
1961 – Berlin Wall built.
1961 – Bay of Pigs invasion.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis.
1963 – Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22.
1965 – India invades Pakistan on September 6.
1967 - Six-Day War.
1968 – Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
1969 – Under the Apollo 11 program Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans on the Moon.
Unix created.

Important people[change | change source]

Actor[change | change source]

Cary Grant, British-American actor
Charles Boyer, French actor
Dana Andrews, American actor
Fred Astaire, American actor
Fred MacMurray, American actor
Gene Reynolds, American actor
James Stewart, American actor
Kirk Douglas, American actor
Melvyn Douglas, American actor
Paul Newman, American actor
Sean Connery, Scottish actor
Robert Taylor, American actor
Spencer Tracy, American actor
Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor
William Holden, American actor
P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor

Actress[change | change source]

Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
Audrey Hepburn, British-Belgian actress
Ava Gardner, American actress
Barbara Stanwyck, American actress
Bibi Ferreira, Brazilian actress
Deborah Kerr, British actress
Donna Reed, American actress
Doris Day, American actress
Fay McKenzie, American actress
Gene Tierney, American actress
Ginger Rogers, American actress
Gloria Swanson, American actress
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
Janet Leigh, American actress
Judy Garland, American actress
Katharine Hepburn, American actress
Lana Turner, American actress
Lauren Bacall, American actress
Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress
Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress
Marilyn Monroe, American actress
Monica Vitti, Italian actress
Muriel Pavlow, British actress
Olivia de Havilland, American actress
Peggy Stewart, American actress

Director[change | change source]

Alfred Hitchcock, British movie director
Federico Fellini, Italian movie director
Orson Welles, American director
Stanley Kubrick, American movie director

Footballer[change | change source]

Musician[change | change source]

Bob Dylan, American recording artist
Elvis Presley, American singer
Joan Baez, American singer
Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist

World Leader[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

↑ Barth, John 1984. Intro to The Literature of Exhaustion, in The Friday Book.
↑ Maslin, Janet (5 November 2007). "Brokaw explores another turning point, the '60s". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[Barth84Exhaustion-1] Barth, John 1984. Intro to The Literature of Exhaustion, in The Friday Book.

[2] Maslin, Janet (5 November 2007). "Brokaw explores another turning point, the '60s". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s – 1960s – 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments