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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debated live.
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Pittsburg Pirates win 4 games to 3 over the New York Yankees in the World Series
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John F. Kennedy was elected president
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The number 1 song in 1960 was The Twist - Chubby Checker
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Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid baseball player in the MLB, making $ 75,000 a season
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President Dwight Eisenhower gives his final State of the Union Address to Congress. In a Farewell Address the same day, he warns of the increasing power of a military-industrial complex.
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JFK was the first president to be sworn in a color telecast
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The number 1 song in 1961 was Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker
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The United States Navy Seals are activated
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The 1962 Rose Bowl was the first color telecast of a college football game.
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Yankees won world series over the Giants
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The numer 1 song in 1962 was Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk
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Coca-Cola introduced its first diet soda
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Dodgers won world series over the Yankees
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Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald live on TV.
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The number one song in 1963 was Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
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The Ford Mustang in unveiled for the first time
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The Rolling Stones make their American TV debut.
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Cardinals win world series over the Yankees
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The number 1 song in 1964 was I want to hold your hand by the Beatles
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US aircraft Mariner 4 flys by Mars
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Dodgers win world series over Twins
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A Charlie Brown Christmas Airs for the first time.
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The number 1 song in 1965 was Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
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Lydon B. Johson signed the Uniform Time Act
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The Acadamy Awards air in color for the first time.
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Oriels win world series over Dodgers
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The number 1 song in 1966 was The Ballad of the Green Berets by Sgt. Barry Sadler
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The 25th amendment is added.
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The Who destroy their instruments on tv.
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Cardinals win world series over Red Sox
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The number 1 song in 1967 was To Sir with Love by Lulu
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First African American marine to recieve the medal of honor.
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Tigers win world series over Cardinals
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Apollo 8 broadcasts to earth.
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The number 1 song in 1968 was Hey Jude by The Beatles
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Star Trek airs its final new episode.
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First episode of Scooby-Doo is
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Mets win world series over the Oriels.
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The number 1 song in 1969 was Sugar, Sugar by Archies