Year1960

1960 timeline

  • Fashion

    Fashion
    Casual dress 1960- They were now unisex
    Drainpipe jeans 1960- Audrey Hepburn wore them
    Capri pants 1960- Audrey Hepburn wore them
  • News Event

    News Event
    American U-2 spy plane got shot down over Russia
    facts:
    It was on May 1
    Khrushchev killed someone over it
    The plane was flown by Francis Gary Powers
  • Toys

    Toys
    Chatty cathy 1960-It became the second best doll in 1960
    Easy Bake Oven 1963- It used 2 light bulbs
    Hot Wheels 1968-Matchbox was already selling toy cars but when someone new came they got really popular
  • Music

    Music
    The beatles 1960- It was the most Influential band of 1960
    The animals 1962- They got fame when they moved to London in 1964
    The Lovin spoonful 1965-Known for their song ‘Do you believe in magic’
  • Actor

    Actor
    Sandra De
    facts
    She was popular at the end of 1960
    Her other name is Sandra Douvan
    She died February 20, 2005
  • TV show

    TV show
    The bugs bunny show
    95% of people liked it on google
    It ran for about 40 years
    The theme some was The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
  • Sports Figure

    Sports Figure
    Muhammad Ali
    He was the best known athlete in the world
    He was a boxer
    He has quotes like “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
  • President

    President
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    facts:
    He was the 35th president
    November 22 1963 was when he was assassinated
    He served at the height of the cold war
  • Movie

    Movie
    101 Dalmatians
    facts:
    It has 7.2 stars
    It was made 1961
    It won an award
  • Car

    Car
    1964 Pontiac GTO
    facts:
    3 visionaries made it
    The name is from Ferrari 250 GTO
    It was one of the Pioneer muscle cars
  • Technology

    Technology
    The first computer mouse
    It was made by Douglas Engelbart
    It was made from wood and 2 wheels
    He didn’t know why he called it the mouse