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TV
Gunsmoke #1 TV show -
Sports
First Paralympics -
Music
Popular songs "The Twist" by Hank Ballard is recorded by Ernest "Chubby Checker" Evans, and launches an international dance craze. -
Event
Heart Pacemaker ----- 1960 USA by Wilson Greatbatch -
TV
Mr Ed 1961 -
Event
"Barbie" gets a boyfriend when the "Ken" doll is introduced -
Music
Hit songs included Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean, Hit The Road, Jack by Ray Charles and Running Scared by Roy Orbison. -
Sports
On October 1, Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's single season home run record. -
People
Navy SEAL teams established on this day in history. -
Sports
The World Figure Skating Championships are canceled after the entire United States team is killed in a plane crash -
Music
Chubby Checker introduced America to its biggest dance craze of the century, The Twist. Other hits of the year included The Stripper by David Rose & His Orchestra, Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Telstar by the Tornadoes -
Event
LEDs ----- 1962 USA Light Emitting Diodes - used for displays -
Event
Phil Knight develops the first Nike running shoe -
People
Arnold Palmer becomes golf’s all-time top money winner -
Event
JFK Assassinated -
Music
The release by small U.S. record label Vee Jay of the Beatles' singles Please Please Me and From Me To You went unnoticed. The day after Christmas, Capitol Records released I Want To Hold Your Hand to radio stations. -
TV/Movies
Emmy Awards:
Best Drama: The Defenders
Best Comedy: The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Event
Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S. -
Sports
In 1964, the winter games were held in Innsbruck, Austria, and the summer games were held in Tokyo. -
Music
The British music invasion began with the Beatles' chart-topping I Want To Hold Your Hand and their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show -
TV
Gilligan's Island 1964 -
TV
I Dream of Jeannie 1965 -
Event
Malcolm X Assassinated -
Sports
The Boston Celtics won their seventh straight NBA championship. -
Music
English pop and Detroit's Motown sound dominated the charts -
Event
Kevlar ----- 1966 USA by Stephanie Kwolek -
TV
Star Trek T.V. Series Airs -
Sports
The Baltimore Orioles took the World Series from the L.A. Dodgers. For the first time since 1912, the New York Yankees finished last in the American League. -
Music
Hit songs included Sunshine Superman by Donovan, Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel, We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper by the Beatles and Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys. -
Sports
Super Bowl I was covered by both NBC and CBS. -
Muisc
Hit songs included Respect by Aretha Franklin, The Happening by the Supremes, Incense & Peppermints by the Strawberry Alarm Clock and The Letter by the Box Tops. -
TV
The Public Broadcasting Act is signed into law by President Johnson November 7 creates a Corporation for Public Broadcasting to broaden the scope of noncommercial radio and TV beyond its educational role. -
Event
Portable Calculator ----- 1967 USA Texas Instruments -
Event
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated -
Sports
the winter games were held in Grenoble France and the summer games were held in Mexico City. -
TV
60 Minutes, a news program, debuts on television on September 14. -
Music
AM hit radio had a resurgence of pop songs like This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert, Honey by Bobby Goldsboro and Love Is Blue by Paul Mauriat. Rock songs ruling the charts included Hello, I Love You by the Doors, People Got To Be Free by the Rascals and I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye. -
Sports
World Series was played between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Mets prevailing in 5 games to accomplish one of the greatest upsets in Series history -
Music
From August 15-17 half a million people attend the three-day Woodstock Musical and Arts Fair on a farm in New York State. The line-up includes Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana. -
Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy, Goodbye, Columbus, True Grit, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and The Love Bug were all released in 1969. -
Event
Manned Moon Landing ----- 1969 USA Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on Moon
