a
A 1960’s Timeline
Audrey Hepburn stars in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1960
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho released
The Mini is a year old
The birth control pill released
Vietnam War Begins
J.F.K. becomes the 35th President of the USA
1961
Berlin wall constructed
Barbie gets a boyfriend “Ken”
1962
WE ARE HERE!
We are here!
1963
1964
1965
First episode of Thunderbirds
1966
Ronnie Biggs escapes from prison
‘Star Trek’ launches on TV screens
England win the World Cup
1967
The Beatles release ‘Sgt. Pepper’
Elvis & Priscilla Presley marry
Che Guevara killed
Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison
Julie Andrews stars in The Sound of Music
US sends troops to Vietnam
Twiggy named “The Face of 1966”
Martin Luther King ‘I have a dream’ speech
First edition of Top of the Pops broadcast
The mini-skirt is created by Mary Quant
The Graduate Premieres
First Beach Boys Song ‘Surfin Safari’
The Great Train Robbery
First episode of Dr Who aired
Mary Poppins flies onto cinema screens
‘Dr No’ Permieres in cinemas
Andy Warhol exhibits ‘Can of Campbells Soup’
Marilyn Monroe found dead
Cliff Richard stars in Summer Holiday
First episode of Coronation Street
BBC Radio 1 is launched
1968
Richard Nixon is elected
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Concorde makes its maiden voyage
1969
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs
1970
Woodstock Festival