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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, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western countries.
Late Devonian: 375 million years ago, 75% of species lost, including most trilobites. End Permian, The Great Dying: 251 million years ago, 96% of species lost, including tabulate corals, and most trees and synapsids. End Triassic: 200 million years ago, 80% of species lost, including all conodonts. End Cretaceous: 66 million years ago, 76% of ...
SOUTH BEND — Sixty years later, the photographer's identity remains unknown. But on June 21, 1964, someone captured what became an iconic moment in the University of Notre Dame's history and ...
It has been 60 years since Kennedy fell to an assassin’s bullets on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. Like most Americans, Oklahomans who are old enough to remember that day do so like it was yesterday.
The Beatles arrived in America 60 years ago this week, changing American music and culture.. And they caught Dennis Hodo's imagination.. The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
These records would stand unbeaten for over 60 years. August 17 – The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow. August 18 – United States president Dwight Eisenhower is briefed on the Congo crisis at a meeting with the U.S. National Security Council, and asks whether the U.S. "can't get rid of this guy" (Patrice Lumumba). [2]
When John F Kennedy became the fourth sitting US president to be assassinated, at the hands of a gunman, in Texas 60 years ago, the country was left stunned and heartbroken.. The handsome and ...