The Outsiders

Setting The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid 1960's.

Greasers would wear jeans, leather jackets and a lot of grease in their hair emulating the style of James Dean. Socs would typically wear preppy clothes, such as a madras shirt similar to the one above with khakis and a cardigan sweater.

1960's Music Elvis Presley finished his duty for the Army in 1960 and returned to the U.S In the 1960's, he recorded such favorites as Are You Lonesome Tonight, It's Now or Never, 'Return to Sender and 'Can't Help Falling in Love with You.' The Beatles became a national phenomenon in the 1960's. They recorded favorites such as ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand,’ ‘Eleanor Rigb,y’ 'Let It Be' and 'The Long and Winding Road.'

Movies of the 1960's

1960's Television

1960's Cars

1960's Events November, 1960 - John F. Kennedy narrowly wins the Presidential election over Vice-President Richard Nixon. November 22,1963 - President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. July 2, 1964 - President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making segregation in public facilities and discrimination in employment illegal.

1960's Events March 6, 1965 - First American soldier officially sets foot on Vietnam battlefields, First U.S. combat troops begin fighting in South Vietnam. April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King shot and killed in Memphis at the age 39. Escaped convict James Earl Ray later pleads guilty to the crime June 5, 1968 - Robert Kennedy assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan moments after winning the California primary.