1960s
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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 |
[edit] The most important events
- 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
- 1969 - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans on the moon
- Unix created.
[edit] Important people
- Konrad Adenauer, German chanceller until 1963
- Muhammed Ali, boxer
- The Beatles, British rock band
- Fidel Castro, president of Cuba
- Sean Connery, actor
- Bob Dylan, voice of his generation
- 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, American civil rights leader
- Nikita Khruschev, Soviet leader
- Pope Paul VI since 1963
- Mao zedong, leader of the People's Republic of China