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The Democratic platform in 1960 was the longest yet. [8] They called for a loosening of tight economic policy: "We Democrats believe that the economy can and must grow at an average rate of 5 percent annually, almost twice as fast as our annual rate since 1953...As the first step in speeding economic growth, a Democratic president will put an end to the present high-interest-rate, tight-money ...
From March 8 to June 7, 1960, voters and members of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention through a series of caucuses, conventions, and primaries, partly for the purpose of nominating a candidate for President of the United States in the 1960 election.
1954 – The Democrats retake both houses of Congress in the Midterms. Will keep the Senate until 1981 and the House until 1994. Will keep the Senate until 1981 and the House until 1994. 1955 – Ray Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurant and, after purchasing the franchise from its original owners , oversees its national (and later ...
USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under Golden Gate Bridge, 16 November 1960. November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected president.
May 3 – Six Senate Democrats introduce a bill proposing a $6 billion standby public works and housing program intended to combat future severe recessions. It is indicated by Senators Hugh Scott and Winston L. Prouty that a rival version of the bill is being drafted by Republicans. [54] May 6 – Civil Rights Act of 1960
Check out these rare photos of Rochester's people and places via the 1960s. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
Pondering red political waves crashing onto Tennessee shores (if we had shores) the mind is drawn to that fateful election night in November 1994: At 7 p.m. as the polls closed, Tennessee had a ...
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...