TIMELINE OF THE 60'S
1960- THE FIRST DEBATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS TELIVISED, THE YEAR NASA SET UP ECHO, THE OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN ROME, AMERICAN "U2" SPY PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN. THE BUFFONT DO WAS POPULAR UNTIL '62
1961- JOHN F. KEENEDY MOVES INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SOVIETS SENT THE FIRST MAN INTO SPACE.
1962- JOHN GLENN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH 3 TIMES, IT WAS A 5 HOUR FLIGHT, RACHEL CARSON WARNED THE PEOPLE THAT THE EARTH WOULD DIE OF CHEMICALS AND POLLUTION.
1963- MARTIN LUTHER KING MADE HIS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEACH ON AUGUST 28TH, THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSANED IN DALLAS ON NOVEMBER 22, HIS ASSASIAN WAS NEVER SENT TO TRIAL. CARDIGIN DESIGNED THE BEETLE SUITS WHICH WERE POPULAR TO MEN.
1964- THE BEETLES BECAME VERY POPULAR, THIS IS THE YEAR CIGGARETTE BOXES HAD A WARNING LABEL ON THEM, THE FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WAS PASSED TO STOP RACIAL DESCRIMINATION. SPACE AGE CLOTHING BECAME POPULAR,
1965- PRESIDENT JOHNSON ORDERED BOMBING RAIDS ON NORTH VIETNAM AND AMERICANS BEGAN PROTESTING THE WAR, THE FIRST ROOFED STATIUM WAS BUILT, THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME. MINI SKIRTS BECAME MUCH SHORTER.
1966- WALT DISNEY, THE CREATOR OF MICKEY MOUSE, AND A PIONEER OF ANIMATED FILMS DIED OF CANCER, BUT HIS LEGEND STILL LIVES ON. PSYCHEDELIC CLOTHING WAS A HIT.
1967- THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT WAS PREFORMED. ETHNIC CLOTHING BECAME POPULAR.
1968- CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSANED. THE HIPPIE LOOK BECAME POPULAR
1969- NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HEADED TO A 600 ACER FARM TO ATTEND WOODSTOCK, APOLLOW 11 LANDED ON THE MOON.
POPULAR MUSIC IN THE SIXTIES: PSYCHEDELIC, POP AND FOLK ROCK
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XOXO,
LINDSEY
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