Technology

1960-1969

Eight Track Tape

Microwave Oven

Birth of the Internet--The Internet began as a Cold War project to create a communications

network that was immune to a nuclear attack.

Video disk

Handheld calculators

Astroturf

ATM

Computer mouse

Bar-code scanner

Halogen lamp

Child safety seat

Snowboarding

Cordless phone

Racquetball

Entertainment

1960-1969

New Hollywood” era that dabbled in the risqué, such as sexually explicit films and the

developing drug culture. Examples of such films include Easy Rider andBarbarella.

The Sound of Music, Cool Hand Luke, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,

Pink Panther, Psycho, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Midnight Cowboy, Lawrence of Arabiaand

Spartacus.

Some of the popular family shows were The Ed Sullivan Show, The Flintstones, Bonanza, and The

Wonderful World of Disney.

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, and Herman’s

Hermits, Bob Dylan were popular music groups

Folk rock--The Doors, The Byrds, and The Grateful Dead are a few examples of such groups. The

Beach Boys are the most popular group to emerge from surf rock, which was born on the west

coast.

The Peanuts comic strip

Nerf toys

Three Olympic Games were held during the sixties

Bowling

Dancing

Fashion

1960-1969

Women

pillbox hats, pastel suits with short boxy jackets and oversized buttons, and simple geometric

dresses or shifts

Capri trousers were the main choice for women and girls casual wear

stiletto heels

for formal attire, full-skirted gowns were worn with low necklines and close-fitting waists

mini-skirts and the mini-dress with an A-line shape or sleeveless shift

Both men and women wore frayed bell-bottomed jeans, tie-dyed shirts, work shirts, and

headbands and sandals

Big hair with a bob

Men

suits were bright and colorful as opposed to the pale, toned shades of the previous decade

frills and cravats

wide ties with crazy prints, stripes and patterns, trouser straps,

leather boots and collarless jackets

double-breasted suits of crushed velvet or striped patterns

brocade waistcoats, shirts with frilled collars

hair worn below the collarbone and a‘dandified look.

Both men and women wore frayed bell-bottomed jeans, tie-dyed shirts, work shirts, and

headbands and sandals

The Beatles shag