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Past Predicts the Future. 1960-1965. Historical Significance. 1960 Brazil’s capital moved to Brand New City This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first communications satellite to be seen with the naked eye . . Historical Significance Cont . . 1961 Berlin Wall was built - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PAST PREDICTS THE FUTURE
1960-1965
Historical Significance 1960
Brazil’s capital moved to Brand New City This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first
communications satellite to be seen with the naked eye.
Historical Significance Cont.
1961 Berlin Wall was built Adolf Eichmann on Trail for Role in
Holocaust John F Kennedy moves into the White
House. He gives his famous speech - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.“
Historical Significance Cont.
1962 First person was killed trying to cross the
Berlin Wall Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 K-Mart opens
Historical Significance Cont.
1963 Martin Luther King Jr. made his “ I Have A
Dream” speech
Historical Significance Cont.
1964 Beatles came popular in the U.S Civil Rights Act was passed This was the first year the cigarette boxes had
a warning printed on it "Smoking can be hazardous to your health". It had not occurred to the US government to give the warning that smoking lead to cancer and lung problems.
Historical Significance 1965
New York City’s great black out U.S sends troop to Vietnam The Jungle War started
Events and News The Apollo 11 mission on
July 20,1969 brought Neil Alden Armstrong and Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. back to the earth from the moon safely. They were the first humans on the moon.
John Glenn was the first man to orbit the moon in the 1963’s.
The Civil Rights movement made many changes during the 1960’s.
John F. Kenny became the 36th president
Martin Luther King and John F Kennedy were assassinated.
The Vietnam War
Beatles arrival in the U.S
1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave “I have a Dream Speech”
Inventions The Laser
USA By Theodore
Maiman Heartpacemaker
USA By Wilson
Greatbatch
Weather Satellite USA Tiros 1
Vertical Take off Jet UK
Economy 1960
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
1961- 1963 John F. Kenny was President Lyndon was the Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson was president from 1964 to 1968 In 1964 there was no Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was the vice president in 1965
to 1968 The Population from the 1960 to 1965 grew over
10,000,000.
Money and Inflation
Gas prices went up 10 cents by 1969 from 1960
Car Prices Volkswagen beetle ~
$1,769 Ford Mustang 2 door
hardtop ~ $2368
$100 in 1960 would be $679.09 today
Clothing Styles
1961
1960
1964
1963
Clothing Styles
Teens Clothing
Prices of Houses New house in 1960 was $12,700.00, but
by 1969 it was $15,500.00. The average income in 1960 was
$5,315.00 by 1969 it was $8,540.00.
Music Famous white male
vocalist: Bobby Darin Neil Sedaka Jerry Lee Lewis Paul Anka Del Shannon Frankie Avalon
Female Groups Gladys Knight and the Pips Martha and the Vanellas The Supremes Aretha Franklin
Famous black man vocalist: Smokey Robinson James Brown Jimi Hendrix The Temptations
Folk music Bob Dylan Joan Baez Peter, Paul and Mary.
Elvis returned The Beach Boys The Beatles The Righteous Brothers
Prices Gas
25 cents per gallon
New Car $2,600.00
(average) New House
$12,700.00 (average)
Mouthy rate $98.00
Can of Beef Ravioli 30 cents
Loaf of Bread 20 cents
Oranges 89 cents for 2 dozen
Oven ready Turkeys 39 cents per pound
First- class stamp $0.04
Dozen of eggs $0.57
Gallon of milk $0.49
Fads The Barbie doll that was made in 1959,
became very popular during the 60’s The G.I. Joe doll for the boys was famous in
this time. The troll or the Dammit doll was a good luck
symbol for all ages during this time. California surfers took to skateboards as a
way to stay fit out of season, and by 1963, the fad had spread across the country.
Television The Flintstones Alvin & the
Chipmunks The Jetsons Mr.Magoo Andy Griffith Show Beverly Hillbillies Bewitched The Addams Family
My Favorite Martian Dream of Jeannie Star Trek The Outer Limits The Twilight Zone Laugh in Dennis the Menace Lassie
Inventions The laser
Albert Einstein 1960
The Space flight Soviet Union Space Program
(Yuri Gagarin) 1961
Light-emitting diode or LED Nick Holonyak Jr 1962
Portable Calculator USA Texas Instrument 1967
Astroturf James M. Faria and
Robert T. Wright 1964
Automated teller machine John Shepherd-
Barron 1967
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html
Popular Cultures The 1960’s was the decide
of the “Smiley face”
The skateboard started in the 1960’s
It started because surfers in California that got wooden planks and a pairs of skates and put the pairs of roller skates on the bottom of there wooden planks
Other things this decide was called because of the different events that happen in it " The Space Race " " Cuban Missile Crisis" " Continuing Cold War" "Kennedy Assassination" " Martin Luther King" "Vietnam" "Civil Rights and Riots" "Hippies and Flower Power“ "The Beatles and Rock and
Roll"
Technology ATM’s practical bar code
scanner Electric typewriters
FM radios was in new cars in 1963
Computers Dictaphone
1963
Other
Other
Most Interesting Fact that I Found
Work Sited http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1960ti
meline.htm http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1
960.htm http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html http://www.toontracker.com/magoo/magoo.htm http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1962.html http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/ind
ex-1965.html http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/sixties-fashion-w.ht
m http://www.uca1960.com/class_custom6.cfm http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html http://www.wwwk.co.uk/culture/inventions/60s/index.h
tm http://www.libertyuhsd.k12.ca.us/freedom/walkthroug
htime/1960-69/1960%20technology/technology%20of%20the%201960.html
http://lisacafe.tripod.com/60sproducts.html http://www.1960sflashback.com/1965/economy.asp
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