1960's

  • Alfred Hitchcock's Psyco released

    Film/TV/Theater
  • Elvis Returns From Germany

  • Civil Rights Act

  • New York Yankees hit a record of 193 home runs in a season

  • JFK becomes president

  • Motown Records signs The Supremes.

  • Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid player in Major League Baseball

  • The soap opera The Brighter Day airs its first episode

  • Marilyn Monroe dies of overdose

  • World Series: Yankees and Giants

  • Brian Epstein signs to manage the Beatles.

  • The Beverly Hillbillies premieres on CBS

  • Bob Dylan releases the Freewheelin Bob Dylan

  • Kennedy assassinated

  • NFL Championship – Chicago Bears win 14–10 over the New York Giants

  • The television remote control is authorized by the FCC

  • TV Tokyo launched in Japan.

  • Beatles arrive in US

  • Panama Canal Zone riots

  • World series: Cardinals and Yankees

  • Voting rights act

  • NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 23-12 over the Cleveland Browns

  • The Beatles are appointed Members of the British Empire by the Queen

  • Today on NBC goes color.

  • Department of Transportation

  • NBC, CBS, ABC have full color line ups

  • Muhammad Ali refused to go to war

  • The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the Who perform at the New Musical Express' poll winners' show in London

  • Summer Of Love

  • First Super Bowl

  • The Who preforms their first concert in the United States.

  • Spider-Man premieres on ABC

  • MLK jr assassinated

  • Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

  • Johnny Cash performs his famous concert at Folsom State Prison in California.

  • Super Bowl II – Green Bay Packers won 33–14 over the Oakland Raiders

  • The Archie Show premieres on CBS Saturday Morning

  • Sesame Street premires on National Education Television

  • Niel Armstrong walks the moon

  • At a Rolling Stones concert a fan was stabbed to death by Hells Angels

  • Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees announces his retirement.