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The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1] While the achievements of humans being launched into space , orbiting Earth , and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the " countercultural decade ...
1960 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of ChinaGamal Abdel Nasser, President of EgyptCharles de Gaulle, President of FranceGeorges Pompidou, President of FranceThe 1960s Portal. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering I Have a Dream. "The Sixties", as they are known in both scholarship and popular culture, is a term used by historians, journalists, and other objective academics; in some cases nostalgically to describe the counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress ...
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1958. 1959. 1960. 1961. 1962. 1963. 1964. 1965. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. 2000s. 2010s. Subcategories. This category has the following 36 subcategories, out of 36 total. 1960 by city (7 C) 1960 by continent (23 C) 1960 by country (223 C, 46 P) * 1960-related lists (3 C, 14 P) / 1960 beginnings (5 C)
May. May 1 – A Soviet missile shoots down an American Lockheed U-2 spy plane; the pilot Gary Powers is captured. May 3 – The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, opens at New York City's Sullivan Street Playhouse, where it will play for 42 years.
