Time capsule 1960s

  • Sports Figure

    Sports Figure
    Fact 1: Sandy Koufax retired due to arm problems after leading the league with 27 wins.
    Fact 2: He had a 137-70 record and won many awards in like seven seasons of the decade making him one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
    Fact 3: Sandy was born on December 30, 1935 (age 83 years), Brooklyn, New York City, NY.
  • Music

    Music
    Fact 1: The members in the band “The Beatles” are John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr.
    Fact 2: Bob Dylan was born on May 24th, 1941. He’s 77 years old.
    Fact 3: Ray Charles was born on September 23, 1930 and died on June 10th, 2004.
  • News events

    News events
    Fact 1: The united states decided to send 3,500 U.S troops to vietnam.
    Fact 2: February 11th-17th during the tet offensive was the deadliest week of vietnam.
    Fact 3: Vietnam, a nation in southern asian the eastern edge of the indochinese peninsula, had been under french colonial rule since the 19th century.
  • Technology

    Technology
    Fact 1: The 1960 laser was invented on may 16th, 1960.
    Fact 2: Fast on the heels of Maiman’s laser came the dye laser, the helium-neon laser, the semi-conductor laser and more.
    Fact 3: Theodore Maiman is the author of the basic patent on the ruby laser.
  • Fashion

    Fashion
    Fact 1: The haircut “the beehive’ was developed in 1960 by margaret vinci heldt.
    Fact 2: The t-strap shoes also came back in the 1960 in the same form as they were in 1920.
    Fact 3: The full skirt and tight bodice of the ‘50s dress continued in the early ‘60s, with a slightly above the knee or at the knee hemline.
  • U.S President

    U.S President
    Fact 1: He was born on May 29th,
    1917.
    Fact 2: He was married to jacqueline kennedy onassis.
    Fact 3: He was assassinated by lee harvey oswald on november 22nd, 1963.
  • Actor or Actress

    Actor or Actress
    Fact 1: Doris became the biggest female film star in the early 1960s as an actress.
    Fact 2: Doris became the biggest female film star in the early 1960s as an actress.
    Fact 3: She recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 196 after leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to embark on a solo career.
  • Transportation

    Transportation
    Fact 1: Had a v8 engine with an output of of 325 horsepower.
    Fact 2: The name of the pontiac GTO was the idea of john Delorean.
    Fact 3: The 1964 pontiac was regarded as one of the muscle cars during the golden age of 60s and 70s.
  • Movie

    Movie
    Fact 1: The movie "Mary Poppins" was released August 26th, 1964.
    Fact 2: The director was Robert stevenson.
    Fact 3: The first book, Mary PoppinsFact 2: The director was Robert stevenson., was published in 1934 and became a worldwide phenomenon.
  • Toys

    Toys
    Fact 1: Th troll doll was invented by Thomas Dam in 1959.
    Fact 2: The Barrel of monkeys were invented in 1965 and the inventors were leonard marks and milton Dinhofer.
    Fact 3: The inventor of chatty cathy was Jack Ryan.
  • TV Shows

    TV Shows
    Fact 1: he show “Brady Bunch” had to be stopped because it didn’t get high ratings as it should’ve so they had to stop the show in 1974 after 5 seasons and 117 episodes.
    Fact 2: There are 5 seasons of the show “The Brady Bunch” because it was cancelled, as said in the last fact.
    Fact 3: In the first episode, Mike's wife passed away. However, the absence of Carol's first husband remains a mystery.