Flashback to the 1960s

By s75550
  • Movie (Blue Hawaii)

    Movie (Blue Hawaii)
    1) Elvis Presley was in it
    2) One of the first movies Elvis filmed in Hawaii
    3) It was filmed at Lydgate Beach Park
  • Sports Figure (Sandy Kouflax)

    Sports Figure (Sandy Kouflax)
    1) He was 6'2 and 210 pounds
    2) He was born in New York in 1935
    3) He was a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Actor (Paul Newman)

    Actor (Paul Newman)
    1) He starred in Cat in a Hot Tin Roof
    2) He died in 2008
    3) He was also a race car driver
  • President (John F. Kennedy)

    President (John F. Kennedy)
    1) He served from 1960 to 1963
    2) He was the 35th president
    3) He was assassinated November 22nd, 1963
  • Technology (BASIC Programming Language)

    Technology (BASIC Programming Language)
    1) It was the only coding language at the time
    2) Most popular in 1964
    3) Described as "Revolutionary"
  • Fasion

    Fasion
    1) Love beads started small in California
    2) Ponchos either started in Peru or Equador, nobody can be sure
    3) Sometimes medallion necklaces are confused with lockets
  • Music

    Music
    1 (The Beatles) They were popular throughout the whole decade
    2 (The Doors) The band stopped getting haircuts to make the band fit more with the style
    3 (The Who) They wanted to originally be called the Detours
  • Transportation (1967 Firebird)

    Transportation (1967 Firebird)
    1) The original price was around $2,666
    2) The first one was sold on February 23, 1967
    3) You could customize which engine you wanted to use, there were five you could choose from
  • Toys

    Toys
    1 (Rock em sock em robots) The most popular fighting toy in the 60s
    2 (Troll dolls) Originally called Good Luck Trolls
    3 (Little Miss Echo) She is 30 inches tall
  • TV (The Brady Bunch)

    TV (The Brady Bunch)
    1) The kid's hair had to match the parent's
    2) It took a long time to find a cast for the show
    3) One character wore a wig for the entire first season
  • News Event (Moon Landing)

    News Event (Moon Landing)
    1) The moon landing barely made it into the 1960s, it was in the middle of 1969
    2) It took them over four days to make it to the moon
    3) They didn't land in the spot that they had originally planned to