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PAST PREDICTS THE FUTURE
1960-1965
By: Melissa Wiley
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 Cont.
1965 New York City’s great black out U.S sends troop to Vietnam The Jungle War started
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"
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”
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.
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
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. Housing and computer industry overpowered
automobiles, chemicals, and electrically powered
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
Clothing Styles
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
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 1960
The Space flight 1961
Light-emitting diode or LED 1962
Astroturf 1964
Automated teller machine 1967
Inventions
Weather Satellite Heart pacemaker
Vertical Take off Jet
Technology
ATM’s practical bar code
scanner Electric typewriters
FM radios was in new cars in 1963
Computers Dictaphone
1963
The Woodstock Festival
Musical Festival In White Lake, New York On August 15-17, but did
go over to the 18
Most Interesting Fact that I Found
That skateboards were invented in the 1960’s by people that surfed.
What troll dolls were called.
Work Cited
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