Top, L-R: A soldier crawls on the ground in the Vietnam War ; The Beatles , part of the British Invasion , change music in the United States and around the world. Centre, L-R: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in 1963, after serving as president for three years; Martin Luther King Jr. makes his famous I Have a Dream Speech to a crowd of over a million; millions participate in the Woodstock Festival of 1969. Bottom, L-R: China 's Mao Zedong puts forward the Great Leap Forward plan; the Stonewall Inn , site of major demonstrations for gay and lesbian rights; for the first time in history, a human being sets foot on the Moon, in the Moon landing of July 1969
The 1960s (also called the '60s ) was the decade that began on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969. It is distinct from the decade known as the 197th decade which began on January 1, 1961 and ended on December 31, 1970. Many things happened in the sixties, including the Space Race , the Civil Rights Movement , and the Vietnam War .
The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called the Sixties . This was a set of cultural and political trends around the globe. This "cultural decade" is loosely defined as beginning around 1963 and ending around 1974.[ 1] [ 2]
The social revolution of the 1960s was part of a wider counterculture . Old ways were changed, new ways taken up. Typical was the introduction of the birth control pill , and its effect on sexual activity , widespread use of certain drugs and a general disrespect for traditional ways.
Pop art also started in the 1960s.
Events
Important people
Actor
Cary Grant , British-American actor
Charles Boyer , French actor
Dana Andrews , American actor
Fred Astaire , American actor
Fred MacMurray , American actor
Gene Reynolds , American actor
James Stewart , American actor
Kirk Douglas , American actor
Melvyn Douglas , American actor
Paul Newman , American actor
Sean Connery , Scottish actor
Robert Taylor , American actor
Spencer Tracy , American actor
Toshirō Mifune , Japanese actor
William Holden , American actor
P. Ramlee , Malaysian actor
Saloma , Malaysian actor
Actress
Anita Ekberg , Swedish actress
Audrey Hepburn , British-Belgian actress
Ava Gardner , American actress
Barbara Stanwyck , American actress
Bibi Ferreira , Brazilian actress
Deborah Kerr , British actress
Donna Reed , American actress
Doris Day , American actress
Fay McKenzie , American actress
Gene Tierney , American actress
Ginger Rogers , American actress
Gloria Swanson , American actress
Ingrid Bergman , Swedish actress
Janet Leigh , American actress
Judy Garland , American actress
Katharine Hepburn , American actress
Lana Turner , American actress
Lauren Bacall , American actress
Machiko Kyō , Japanese actress
Mai Zetterling , Swedish actress
Marilyn Monroe , American actress
Monica Vitti , Italian actress
Muriel Pavlow , British actress
Olivia de Havilland , American actress
Peggy Stewart , American actress
Director
Musician
World Leader
Mao Zedong , Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Gamal Abdel Nasser , President of Egypt
Charles de Gaulle , President of France
Georges Pompidou , President of France
Konrad Adenauer , Chancellor of Germany
Ludwig Erhard , Chancellor of Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger , Chancellor of Germany
Willy Brandt , Chancellor of Germany
Jawaharlal Nehru , Prime Minister of India
Lal Bahadur Shastri , Prime Minister of India
Indira Gandhi , Prime Minister of India
Levi Eshkol , Prime Minister of Israel
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
Hisamuddin of Selangor
Putra of Perlis
Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu
Pope John XXIII until 1963
Pope Paul VI since 1963
Chiang Kai-shek , President of the Republic of China
Nikita Khruschev , Leader of Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev , Leader of Soviet Union
Bhumibol Adulyadej , King of Thailand
Harold Macmillan , Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Alec Douglas-Home , Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Harold Wilson , Prime Minister of United Kingdom
John F. Kennedy , President of the United States
Lyndon Johnson , President of the United States
Richard Nixon , President of the United States
Ho Chi Minh , President of Vietnam
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