The Outsiders- 1960's

1958

Jan 7, 1958

•Hula Hoops Become Popular

1958

Jan 28, 1958

•LEGO Toy Bricks First Introduced

1958

Feb 21, 1958

•Peace Symbol Created, by British Artist.

1958

Jul 29, 1958

•NASA Founded

1958

Nov 10, 1958

•Hope Diamond is Donated to the Smithsonian

1959

Nov 22, 1959

The Sound of Music Opens on Broadway

1959

Dec 1, 1959

•International Treaty Makes Antarctica Scientific Preserve

1960

Period: Mar 11, 1960 to Mar 11, 2010

First Televised Presidential Debate

1960

May 16, 1960

•Lasers Invented by Theodore Maiman.

1960

Sep 26, 1960

•First Televised Presidential Debates between Kennedy and Nixon.

1961

Jun 4, 1961

Started Building Berlin Wall

1962

Aug 5, 1962

Marilyn Monroe Found dead!

1963

Aug 28, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. makes his "I have a dream Speech"

1963

Nov 22, 1963

JFK was assinated in Texas.

1964

Jan 11, 1964

Beatles become popular in U.S

1964

Feb 25, 1964

Cassius Clay becomes World Heavyweight Champion

1965

Mar 8, 1965

•U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam

1965

Nov 9, 1965

•New York City Great Blackout

1966

Sep 8, 1966

Star Trek T.V. Series Airs

1967

Jan 15, 1967

First Super Bowl

1967

Jan 27, 1967

•Three U.S. Astronauts Killed During Simulated Launch

1967

Mar 11, 1967

The Outsider's was written by S.E. Hinton

1967

Dec 3, 1967

•First Heart Transplant

1968

Apr 4, 1968

•Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

1968

Jun 5, 1968

•Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated

1969

Jul 20, 1969

•Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon

1969

Aug 15, 1969

•Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock

1971

Mar 11, 1971

•VCRs Introduced

1972

Mar 11, 1972

•Pocket Calculators Introduced

1974

Aug 9, 1974

•U.S. President Nixon Resigns

1975

Apr 4, 1975

•Microsoft Founded