Time Capsule 1960

By LiliStafford

  • Toys

    http://americanprofile.com/articles/top-toys/
    Fact 1-Most common toy for girls was the Barbie design by Ruth Handler in 1959.
    Fact 2-The most common boys toy was the Tonka Truck designed by Lynn Everett Baker in 1946
    Fact 3-Another common girls toy was the Easy bake Oven. Another boys was a YoYo

  • Fashion

    http://vintagedancer.com/1960s/1960s-fashion-womens/
    Fact 1-In the 60s bright bold colors were very popular so they wore colors like yellow, orange, pink, green, and blue.
    Fact 2-In the sixties the wore lots of Rompers, Dresses, and High Wasted shorts.
    Fact 3-In the sixties bold was good so they were a lot of stripes and polka dots they also were bell bottom jeans.

  • President in the 1960's

    http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy
    Fact 1-JFK was born on May 29, 1917 in Brooklyn, MA.
    Fact 2-When he was born he was known as Jack and was the 2nd of 9 children.
    Fact 3-He was a student at Harvard University and was his fathers secretary.

  • Movie

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/breakfast-at-tiffanys/
    Fact 1-The movie starred Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly
    Fact 2-The movie is about holly a naive girl who is going to marry into a wealthy family
    Fact 2-It came out in 1961 and was a hit and very popular movie in the 60’s.

  • Sports Figure-Bob Lilly

    http://www.boblilly.com/
    Fact 1-Bob Lilly was a Football Player for the Dallas Cowboys.
    Fact 2-He was a legend from there team and started playing in 1961.
    Fact 3-Bob Lilly played for 14 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys all the way int the 80’s.

  • Music

    http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dd23beatlesfan1/the_100_greatest
    Fact 1-The Beetles came out with I Want To Hold Your Hand in 1963.
    Fact 2-Elvis Presley came out with I Cant Help Falling In Love in 1961
    Fact 3-Nina Simone came out with Feelin Good in 1965

  • Transportation

    http://rateyourmusic.com/list/dd23beatlesfan1/the_100_greatest_artists_of_the_1960s/
    Fact 1-In the 1960's African Americans weren't aloud to ride in front of the bus.
    Fact 2-African Americans had to give up their seats for white people.
    Fact 3-Some African Americans attacked buses to get back.

  • Technology

    https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/technology-in-the-1960s
    Fact 1-A DRAM was a memory chip that depended on the voltage inside the computer.
    Fact 2-A DRAM holds storage that came out for computers.
    Fact 3-DRAM's were very popular in the 1960's and were used in a lot of places.

  • Actress

    http://www.audreyhepburn.com/
    Fact 1-In 1961 she starred in Breakfast at Tiffany’s playing Holly Golightly.
    Fact 2-In 1967 she played in Wait Until Dark as Susy Hendrix.
    Fact 3-Also in 1967 she played in Two for the Road as Joanna Wallace

  • News Event

    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-king-jr-is-assassinated
    Fact 1-The man who killed Martin Luther King was named James Earl Ray and he did from a hotel.
    Fact 2-Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennesse on April 4, 1968.
    Fact 3-It happened before a march in Washington and then moved to Memphis.

  • Tv Show

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt005
    Fact 1-The Addams Family is a show about a family who likes dark things were normal people would fear it.
    Fact 2-The family consisted of Morticia, Gomez, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Wednesday, Puglesy, and Grandmama Addams
    Fact 3-The show was about their everyday lifes and of there Unusual family.