What was happening in the 1960s in the US?

Answer 1

In 1960 the first debate for a presidential election was televised between Senator John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.

In 1960 an American "U2" spy plane shot down with pilot Francis Gary Powers, over the Soviet Union. In this major Cold War incident, Powers was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in prison; but in 1962, Powers and an American student were exchanged for KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher, a Soviet spy captured by the FBI.

In 1961, "Bay of Pigs" invasion took place, when a US trained group of Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. Some of the exiles were killed and the rest captured and imprisoned in Cuba.

In 1962, a tense military standoff unolded between the US and Soviety Union as the Soviet Union tried to install missles at bases in Cuba; this incident is know as "The Cuban Missle Crisis".

On August 28, 1963, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech before 200,000 spectatore in Washington, DC.

In 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald.

In 1965, President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam and Americans begin protesting the war.

In 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis's, Tennessee by a man named James Earl Ray.

In 1969, Robert Kennedy (John F. Kennedy's brother) was assassinated in Los Angeles, California. But I don't know who killed him. was convicted for this murder.

Also in 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon.

Mary Quant the fashion designer was very popular in the sixties.

Twiggy was a very popular model in the sixties.

In 1967 Sandie Shaw sang "Puppet on a String" on the Eurovision Song Contest.

In 1964, the popular pop music show Top Of The Pops begun. The Beatles made their first appearance on the American TV "Ed Sullivan Show". The British Invasion began.

In 1967, the first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa.

In 1969, nearly a half million attended the Woodstock Festival in New York State. Many top rock musicians were there.

Another popular pop music show in the sixties was called Ready Steady

Go. American pop music shows of the decade were, American Bandstand and Shindig. Go Go dancers were introduced ant the Pepperment Lounge in New York City.

The "Twist" was the most popular dance of the decade.

Pink Floyd was one of the first bands to play psychedelic music.

The television programmes Heartbeat and The Royal are both in a sixties setting.

Some of the popular American TV shows of the 1960s were Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

In November of 1969, "Sesame Street" premiered on public television.

Hippies inspire the world to do nonviolent (ahimsa) acts. Hippies protested against the Viet Nam war and the mandatory draft.

Gandhi gets Indian independence from Great Britain.

Hair, the musical, was created. One of the songs in the musical was called Age of Aquarius which was by a group called Fifth Dimension. The song was in 1969.

Volume hair was in style and the 'bee hive' hair do,

Some notable movies of the 1960s were, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Psycho, Dr. Strangelove or: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001 A Space Oddesy, and The Sound of Music.

Answer 2

Lots of things. The Rolling Stones, Animals, and The Beatles were very popular at this time, the Vietnam War was happening, john Kennedy was murdered and lots more!

Answer 3

there was a lot of hippiness and ypoung pplz wanted to spread the word of love and peace. lots of changes happened and U SUK!@#@#%