1960s
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s – 1960s – 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969.
Events [change]
- Decolonization of much of Africa
- 1961 – Berlin Wall built
- 1961 – Bay of Pigs invasion
- 1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis
- 1963 – assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22
- 1965 – India invades Pakistan on September 6
- 1969 – Under the Apollo 11 program Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans on The Moon
- Unix created.
Important people [change]
- Stanley Kubrick, director
- Orson Welles, director
- The Rolling Stones, English rock band
- Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor until 1963
- Muhammad Ali, boxer
- The Beatles, British rock band
- Fidel Castro, president of Cuba
- Sean Connery, actor
- Bob Dylan, singer, songwriter, artist
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States until 1961
- Joan Baez, American Folk Singer
- Elizabeth II, British queen
- Hirohito, emperor of Japan
- Alfred Hitchcock, filmmaker
- Pope John XXIII, Pope until 1963
- Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States until 1968
- John F. Kennedy, President of the United States until 1963
- Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader
- Nikita Khruschev, Soviet leader
- Pope Paul VI since 1963
- Mao Zedong, leader of the People's Republic of China
- Elvis Presley, American singer
- Bruno Sammartino, wrestler
- Buddy Rogers, wrestler
