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1960s Entertainment
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley is discharged from the Military. -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe receives Golden Globe for Best Actress in “Some Like It Hot.” -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain won NBA’s Most Valuable Player, NBA All-Star Game MVP, NBA Rookie of The Year, and the NBA Scoring Champion. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis releases his GI Blues soundtrack and sets a new record for album sales. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan moves to New York in hope to meet his idol Woody Guthrie and he starts performing in Greenwich Villages. -
Aretha Louise Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin’s song Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody hit #31 on the pop charts. -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn’s movie, "The Misfits", premiered. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis performs 2 shows at Ellis Auditorium to benefit 38 Memphis-Area charities. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis goes to Hawaii to play a benefit concert at Bloch Arena for the building of the USS Arizona Memorial. -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain was the NBA Scoring Champion for the second time. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis releases his Blue Hawaii soundtrack. -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe won a Golden Globe award for World Film Favorite. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan releases his first album “Bob Dylan.” -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain was the NBA Scoring Champion for the third time. -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe appeared on Life Magazine for the last time. -
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe died in her home. -
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe makes his debut on the US Davis Cup team. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan releases his second album called “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.” -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain was the NBA Scoring Champion for the fourth time. -
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong recorded a demo of Hello Dolly! -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong’s song Hello Dolly! opened a stage show in New York. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong’s recorded demo of Hello Dolly! reached #1 on the US Billboard Top 100. It ended The Beatles streak of 3 No. 1 hits in a row over 14 consecutive weeks. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis’ movie Viva Las Vegas is released. -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain was the NBA Scoring Champion for the fifth time. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong had a gold-selling album for the album Hello Dolly!. -
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe wins the NCAA singles crown as a junior at UCLA, becoming the first African-American to win that title. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan releases an album called Bringing It All Back Home. -
Louis Armstrong
Hello Dolly! won the Grammy for Song of the Year. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s song Like A Rolling Stone goes to No. 2 on the US charts. -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain was the NBA Scoring Champion for the sixth time. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is booed at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan released an album named Highway 61 Revisited. -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain won NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second time and NBA Scoring Champion for the seventh time. -
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe graduates from UCLA. -
WIlt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain won the NBA Championship and NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the third time. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong recorded the song What a Wonderful World. -
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan releases an album named John Wesley Harding. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World hit No. 1 in the UK and stayed there for 4 weeks. -
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin was enlisted to perform at the funeral of MLK. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis airs on NBC. -
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain won NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the fourth time and NBA assist leader. -
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe won the US open but couldn’t accept the prize money because he was an ametuer. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World became the top-selling UK single. -
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe and his friends founded the National Junior Tennis League. -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong was featured in the movie Hello, Dolly!, which included his song Hello Dolly! in it.
