1960 timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1960	Event- Brazil's Capital Moves	Brazil's Capital Moves to Brand New City
01/01/1960	Movie-Psycho released	Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho Released
01/01/1960	Sports- Olmypic Games in Rome	The Olympic Games were held in Rome and Wilma Rudolf won three gold medals.
01/01/1960	Music-Singer/songwriter Jesse Belvin	Singer/songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in a car crash following a concert in February. Two months later Eddie Cochran dies at 21 in a car crash while on tour in England with Gene Vincent.
01/01/1961	Events- Soviets Launch First Man in Space	On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, 1961 when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the first person to orbit the Earth.
01/01/1961	Music- The Marvelettes	The Marvelettes "Please Mr. Postman" becomes the first #1 Pop hit released on a black owned and operated label - Motown.
01/01/1961	Sports- Celtics beat the Hawks for the NBA championship	In a repeat from the year before the Celtics beat the Hawks for the NBA championship. The New York Yankees beat Cincinnati in the World Series. Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns in one season beating Babe Ruth's record.
01/01/1961	Film-101 Dalmations	Disney's classic tale of a litter of dalmatian puppies abducted by Cruella De Vil and her thugs. Will Pongo and Perdita find them before Cruella uses them to make a lovely dalmatian skin coat
01/01/1962	Event- Cuban Missile Crisis	Cuban Missile Crisis
01/01/1962	Sports- Boston won the NBA title	Boston won the NBA title against the LA Lakers. Wilt Chamberlain from the Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points in one game a new record. The Yankees won thier second World Series against the Giants.
01/01/1962	Southern soul has its first major hit	Southern soul has its first major hit with the instrumental "Green Onions" by Booker T. & The MG's.
01/01/1962	Movie- First James Bond Movie	Agent 007 foils a SPECTRE madman out to divert rockets from Cape Canaveral. The first James Bond movie.
01/01/1962	John Glenn	John Glenn became the first man to orbit the earth - 3 times. It was a five hour flight.
01/11/1963	Martin Luther King Jr	Martin Luther King Jr. made the speech, "I have a Dream" on August 28, 1963. More than 200,000 peaceful demonstrators came to Washington DC to demand equal rights for Black and Whites. Part of the speech was - "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…"
01/11/1963	Boston beats Los Angeles	Boston beats Los Angeles in the NBA championship. In the World Series The Dogars beat the Yankees.
01/11/1963	Wolfman Jack	Wolfman Jack begins broadcasting via a half million watt radio station, XERF out of Mexico. The powerful "border radio" stations are famous for their wild on-air activities and powerful broadcast signals that allow them to be heard across the entire North American continent, making Wolfman Jack the most famous rock 'n' roll DJ in the world.
01/11/1963	Cleopatra	1963 Academy Award® Winners & Nominations (NOMINEE) Best Picture (NOMINEE) Actor In A Leading Role, Rex Harrison
01/01/1964	St. Louis Cadinals won the World Series	The St. Louis Cadinals won the World Series against the Yankees, and 3rd basemen Ken Boyer won the national league MVP. In the NBA the Celtics beat the Warriors for the title.
01/11/1964	The Beatles	The Beatles, a British rock and roll band became VERY popular. The "Fab Four", John, Paul, George, and Ringo, were played on radio stations all over the world. They were seen on the "Ed Sullivan Show". They performed concerts that were quickly sold out. All the frenzy over the group became known as "Beatlemania", which was only the beginning.
01/11/1964	Mary Poppins	1964 Academy Award® Winners & Nominations (WINNER) Actress In A Leading Role, Julie Andrews (NOMINEE) Best Picture (NOMINEE) Directing, Robert Stevenson
01/11/1964	Ford Mustang	Ford Motors introduces the "Mustang"
01/11/1965	Missouri beat Florida	Missouri beat Florida in the Sugar Bowl. Boston beat the Lakers for NBA championship. The Dogers beat the Twins in the World Series.
01/11/1965	President Johnson ordered bombing raids	President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnam and Americans begin protesting the war.
01/11/1965	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan "plugs in" at the Newport Folk Festival marking the shift from acoustic folkie to rock 'n' roller.
01/11/1965	Sound of Music	1965 Academy Award® Winners & Nominations (WINNER) Best Picture (WINNER) Directing, Robert Wise (NOMINEE) Actress In A Leading Role, Julie Andrews (NOMINEE) Actress In A Supporting Role, Peggy Wood
01/11/1966	Star Trek	Star Trek T.V. Series Airs
01/11/1966	Black Panther Party	Black Panther Party established
01/11/1966	first Super Bowl	first Super Bowl was played and the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
01/11/1966	The Beatles perform their final live concert	The Beatles perform their final live concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, on August 29th.
01/11/1967	Three U.S. Astronauts Killed	Three U.S. Astronauts Killed During Simulated Launch
01/11/1967	The Doors first album	The Doors first album hits #2 and its lead single "Light My Fire" reaches #1 , making it the most successful debuts of the late 60's.
01/11/1967	2nd Super Bowl	Green Bay beat Oakland in the 2nd Super Bowl
01/11/1967	Jungle Book	Jungle Book released
01/11/1968	Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated	MLK Jr. was killed
01/11/1968	Funny Girl	1968 Academy Award® Winners & Nominations (WINNER) Actress In A Leading Role, Barbra Streisand (NOMINEE) Best Picture (NOMINEE) Actress In A Supporting Role, Kay Medford
01/11/1968	heavy metal	The term "heavy metal" first appears in the Steppenwolf song "Born To Be Wild".
01/11/1968	Celtics beat the Lakers for the NBA title	The Celtics beat the Lakers for the NBA title. The New York Jets beat Baltimore in Super Bowl III. The Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals, although Bob Gibson did win the NL MVP and the Cy Young Award
01/11/1969	Sesame Street	Sesame Street First Airs
01/11/1969	•Senator Edward Kennedy	Senator Edward Kennedy Leaves the Scene of an Accident
01/11/1969	The Beatles perform in public for the final time as a group	The Beatles perform in public for the final time as a group in an impromptu rooftop jam session in England. They record their final sides together in August of that year.
01/11/1969	Super Bowl IV	Kansas City won Super Bowl IV against Minisota