By: Melissa Wiley
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1960
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Brazil’s capital moved to Brand New City
This year NASA sent up ECHO, the first
communications satellite to be seen with the naked
eye.
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1961
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Berlin Wall was built
Adolf Eichmann on Trail for Role in Holocaust
John F Kennedy moves into the White House. He
gives his famous speech - "Ask not what your
country can do for you, but what you can do for
your country.“
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1962
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First person was killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall
Storm in Hamburg, kills 265
K-Mart opens
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1963
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Martin Luther King Jr. made his “ I Have A Dream”
speech
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1964
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Beatles came popular in the U.S
Civil Rights Act was passed
This was the first year the cigarette boxes had a
warning printed on it "Smoking can be hazardous to
your health". It had not occurred to the US
government to give the warning that smoking lead
to cancer and lung problems.
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1965
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New York City’s great black out
U.S sends troop to Vietnam
The Jungle War started
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The 1960’s was the decide
of the “Smiley face”
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Other things this decide
was called because of the
different events that
happen in it
The skateboard started in
the 1960’s
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It started because surfers
in California that got
wooden planks and a
pairs of skates and put the
pairs of roller skates on
the bottom of there
wooden planks
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" The Space Race "
" Cuban Missile Crisis"
" Continuing Cold War"
"Kennedy Assassination"
" Martin Luther King"
"Vietnam"
"Civil Rights and Riots"
"Hippies and Flower
Power“
"The Beatles and Rock
and Roll"
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The Apollo 11 mission on
July 20,1969 brought Neil
Alden Armstrong and Edwin
Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr.
back to the earth from the
moon safely. They were the
first humans on the moon.
John Glenn was the first man
to orbit the moon in the
1963’s.
The Civil Rights movement
made many changes during
the 1960’s.
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John F. Kenny became the
36th president
Martin Luther King and John
F Kennedy were
assassinated.
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The Vietnam War
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Beatles arrival in the U.S
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1963 Martin Luther King Jr.
gave “I have a Dream
Speech”
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New house in 1960 was $12,700.00, but by 1969
it was $15,500.00.
The average income in 1960 was $5,315.00 by
1969 it was $8,540.00.
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Gas
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$12,700.00 (average)
Mouthy rate
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$98.00
Can of Beef Ravioli
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$2,600.00 (average)
New House
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25 cents per gallon
New Car
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Loaf of Bread
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$0.04
Dozen of eggs
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39 cents per pound
First- class stamp
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89 cents for 2 dozen
Oven ready Turkeys
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20 cents
Oranges
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30 cents
$0.57
Gallon of milk
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$0.49
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1960
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1961- 1963 John F. Kenny was President
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Lyndon was the Vice President
Lyndon B. Johnson was president from 1964 to 1968
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President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
In 1964 there was no Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey was the vice president in 1965 to 1968
The Population from the 1960 to 1965 grew over
10,000,000.
Housing and computer industry overpowered
automobiles, chemicals, and electrically powered
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Gas prices went up 10
cents by 1969 from 1960
Car Prices
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Volkswagen beetle ~
$1,769
Ford Mustang 2 door
hardtop ~ $2368
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$100 in 1960 would be
$679.09 today
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Famous white male
vocalist:
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Bobby Darin
Neil Sedaka
Jerry Lee Lewis
Paul Anka
Del Shannon
Frankie Avalon
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Gladys Knight and the
Pips
Martha and the Vanellas
The Supremes
Aretha Franklin
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Smokey Robinson
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
The Temptations
Folk music
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Female Groups
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Famous black man
vocalist:
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Peter, Paul and Mary.
Elvis returned
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Righteous Brothers
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The Barbie doll that was made in 1959,
became very popular during the 60’s
The G.I. Joe doll for the boys was famous
in this time.
The troll or the Dammit doll was a good
luck symbol for all ages during this time.
California surfers took to skateboards as a
way to stay fit out of season, and by 1963,
the fad had spread across the country.
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The Flintstones
Alvin & the
Chipmunks
The Jetsons
Mr.Magoo
Andy Griffith Show
Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched
The Addams Family
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My Favorite Martian
Dream of Jeannie
Star Trek
The Outer Limits
The Twilight Zone
Laugh in
Dennis the Menace
Lassie
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The laser
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1960
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1964
The Space flight
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1961
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Astroturf
Light-emitting diode
or LED
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1962
Automated teller
machine
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1967
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Weather Satellite
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Heart pacemaker
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Vertical Take off Jet
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ATM’s
practical bar code
scanner
Electric typewriters
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FM radios was in new
cars in 1963
Computers
Dictaphone
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1963
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Musical Festival
In White Lake, New York
On August 15-17, but did go
over to the 18
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That skateboards were invented in the 1960’s
by people that surfed.
What troll dolls were called.
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