Historical Significant The 60s brought us many things, like: Great Music Nice Cars Good Fashions It also brought some negative things though: The Vietnam War Rise of Marijuana
Events/News The U.S Started to draft for the Vietnam War in Martin Luther King made a stand against prejudice against Blacks. 1969, America wins the “Space Race” When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. Both JFK and Martin Luther King were Assassinated.
Costs In 1969, the average price for: – A new house-$15,500 – A new Car-$3,270 – A gallon of gas- 35 Cents – Oxford Men’s shoes-$12.99 – Oranges were $.89 for 2 dozen
Money & Inflation If you have $100 Converted from 1960 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $
Clothing Style Thigh-high skirts Mini-Skirts worn with pull over sweaters Midi-length dress Mini-dresses Often with prints of women’s faces Hippie styles- Jeans Bright colored shirts Tye-dye
Twiggy ; Lesley Hornby
Rise of the Electric Guitar Music endorsing peace, or love and happiness. Popular Bands- The Beatles The Rolling Stones Billy J. Cramer and the Dakotas The Dave Clark 5 British Invasion- This is when the popular musicians in Britain started playing shows in America and got very popular.
WOODSTOCK! Woodstock was where a lot of different bands came together to play one giant concert in upstate New York, from August 15 to August 18. Some bands there were- Joan Beaz Santana Grateful Dead CCR Janis Joplin The Who Jefferson Airplane Jimi Hendrix
Television Hogan’s Heroes Green Acres The Brady Bunch Monty Python’s Flying Circus Colombo
Fads Mood Rings LSD Usage Pop Art Twister (The game) The Mod Look Wooden accessories Barbie Dolls GI Joe Dolls Afros White Gloves
Pop Art by Andy Warhol
Pop Culture “Counter-Culture” LSD Music, art, and movies influenced by drugs. Peace and love was highly endorsed.
Inventions/Technology Cash Dispenser Turkey by Luther Simjian Fibre Optics England by Charles Keo and George Hockham Hypertext USA for linking text Internet USA US 1966 USA by Stephanie Kwolek Moon Landing Russia Luna 9 lands softly on the Moon Optical Disk USA by James Russell - now Compact Disk CD / DVD Portable Calculator USA Texas Instruments
The First Calculator& Cash Dispenser
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