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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.
This was a major change in French policy. Until then, France had been a staunch ally, helping Israel militarily and jointly planning the Suez Campaign in 1956. Under de Gaulle, following the independence of Algeria, France embarked on foreign policies more favourable to the Arab side, still a distinct aspect of French foreign policy today ...
Outcome. British influence to the music of the United States. The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom [2] and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic ...
The boundless optimism and belief in science and progress that characterized the 1950s–60s quickly eroded and gave way to a general cynicism and distrust of technology among Americans, fueled by growing concern over the negative effects on the environment by air and water pollution from automobiles and manufacturing, especially events such as ...
The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with wind gusts up to 170 mph (270 km/h); 46 are killed, 11 billion board feet (26 million m 3) of timber is blown down, with $230 million U.S. in damages. Jazz bassist/composer Charles Mingus presents a disastrous concert at Town Hall in New York City.
November 14 – Jack L. Warner sells Warner Bros. to Seven Arts Productions, which eventually becomes Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Gemini 12 (James A. Lovell, Buzz Aldrin) splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. A Boeing 727 freighter on Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three crew on board.
November 15: Moratorium redux: over 500,000 march in Washington, D.C. It is the largest anti-war demonstration in American history. [536] November 20: Native American protesters begin the Occupation of Alcatraz, which continues for 19 months. [537] December: Total U.S. casualties (dead and seriously wounded) in Vietnam total some 100,000.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1960. 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.