1960s

This is a timeline of events that occurred during the **1960s**.

Next: 1970s

## Undated events

* LexCorp is founded by Alexander Luthor Sr..
* A woman who will become a nurse in 1981 is born.
* Kenmore Bowling Alley is founded in Metropolis, Delaware.
* Billy Batson and most of his foster family accidentally time travelled to a Beatles concert at some point during this era before quickly departing again.

## 1960

* A gospel group from Topeka, Kansas is formed.
* Brian Durlin is born.

## 1961

* President Kennedy establishes the White House Situation Room in the basement of the West Wing as one of his measures to deal with the growing Soviet threat.
* Charlie the Tuna is created.

### July

#### 30th

* *Mothra* is released featuring the character Mothra.

## 1962

* Thaddeus Sivana's twin sisters are born.
* Ralph Corcoran is born.
* The book *The Big Honey Hunt* is published, featuring the first appearance of the Berenstain Bears.

### November

* "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is released by Harry Simeone.

### December

#### 25th

* The movie *To Kill a Mockingbird* is released.

## 1963

* Jonathan Kent and his father manage to save the Kent farm from a horrible flood by barricading off the farm. The family celebrates, with Jonathan's mother baking a cake for her son to award his heroism. However, the next day, he and his family learn that they had just diverted the flood water to the Lang Farm.
* G.I. Joe toys are first created.
* Ronald McDonald makes his first appearance.

### April

* "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" is released by Patsy Cline.

#### 19th

* "Ring of Fire" is released by Johnny Cash.

### November

#### 22nd

* President John F. Kennedy is shot in Dallas.
* Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested as suspect of the assassination.
* The Daily Planet publishes a front-page article about the assassination and the arrest.

### December

* "You Don't Own Me" is released by Lesley Gore.

## 1964

### August

* "House of the Rising Sun" is released by The Animals.

### September

#### 29th

* The character of Mafalda is first introduced.

### October

#### 4th

* The television show *Stingray* begins broadcasting.

### June

#### 27th

* The television show *Stingray* ends broadcasting.

### November

#### 8th

* The soap opera *Days of Our Lives* begins broadcasting.

## 1966

### April

* "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is released by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome.

### December

#### 23rd

* *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* is released.

### October

#### 31st

* Robert Matthew Van Winkle, later known as Vanilla Ice, is born.

## 1968

### June

#### 3rd

* Waylon Jones is born in Tampa, Florida. His mother dies due to childbirth and his father abandons him. Waylon is later adopted by his aunt.

### December

#### 6th

* "Sympathy for the Devil" is released by the Rolling Stones.

## 1969

* Benjamin Wayne dies.
* This date is mentioned on a newspaper article about Aquaman.

### June

#### 15th

* O'Shea Jackson, later known as Ice Cube, is born.

### July

#### 16th-24th

* The Apollo 11 mission occurs. At the time Diana wasn't watching the event.

#### 21st

* The characters of Bert and Ernie make their first appearances.

### September

#### 23rd

* The film *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* is released.

### December

* "Spirit in the Sky" is released by Norman Greenbaum.