1960s

The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969. Many things happened in the sixties, including the Space Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Vietnam War.
The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called the Sixties. This was a set of cultural and political trends around the globe. This "cultural decade" is loosely defined as beginning around 1963 and ending around 1974.
The social revolution of the 1960s was part of a wider counterculture. Old ways were changed, new ways taken up. Typical was the introduction of the birth control pill, and its effect on sexual activity, widespread use of certain drugs and a general disrespect for traditional ways.
Pop art also started in the 1960s.
Events
Decolonization of much of Africa
1961 - Yuri Gagarin is first human in the space during Soviet Vostok 1 mission.
1961 - Berlin Wall built.
1961 - Bay of Pigs invasion.
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis.
1963 - Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22.
1965 - Indiainvades Pakistan on September 6.
1967 - Six-Day War.
1968 - Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
1969 - Under the Apollo 11 program Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans on the Moon.
Unix created.
Important people
Actor
Cary Grant, British-American actor
Charles Boyer, French actor
Dana Andrews, American actor
Fred Astaire, American actor
Fred MacMurray, American actor
Gene Reynolds, American actor
James Stewart, American actor
Kirk Douglas, American actor
Melvyn Douglas, American actor
Paul Newman, American actor
Sean Connery, Scottish actor
Robert Taylor, American actor
Spencer Tracy, American actor
Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor
William Holden, American actor
Actress
Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress
Audrey Hepburn, British-Belgian actress
Ava Gardner, American actress
Barbara Stanwyck, American actress
Bibi Ferreira, Brazilian actress
Deborah Kerr, British actress
Donna Reed, American actress
Doris Day, American actress
Fay McKenzie, American actress
Gene Tierney, American actress
Ginger Rogers, American actress
Gloria Swanson, American actress
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
Janet Leigh, American actress
Judy Garland, American actress
Katharine Hepburn, American actress
Lana Turner, American actress
Lauren Bacall, American actress
Machiko Kyo, Japanese actress
Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress
Marilyn Monroe, American actress
Monica Vitti, Italian actress
Muriel Pavlow, British actress
Olivia de Havilland, American actress
Peggy Stewart, American actress
Director
Alfred Hitchcock, British movie director
Federico Fellini, Italian movie director
Orson Welles, American director
Stanley Kubrick, American movie director
Footballer
Musician
Bob Dylan, American recording artist
Elvis Presley, American singer
Joan Baez, American singer
Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist
World Leader
Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt
Charles de Gaulle, President of France
Georges Pompidou, President of France
Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany
Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of Germany
Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany
Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
Hisamuddin of Selangor
Putra of Perlis
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
Pope John XXIII until 1963
Pope Paul VI since 1963
Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China
Nikita Khruschev, Leader of Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev, Leader of Soviet Union
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States
Richard Nixon, President of the United States
Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam
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