1960s

By pl3064

  • First day of the 1960s

    The new year of the 1960s people thought the it was a start of a golden age. The 1960s were mainly the race to space to land a man on the moon. In the next year John F. Kennendy was elected.

  • J.F.K elected

    J.F.K know as John F Kennedy was elected in November 1960. John landed the first man on the moon of all times. He served in World War 2.
  • Russia send first man to space

    Russia send first man to space

    We were in arace to see you could get a man to space first. It began on August 2, 1955. There satellites was called the International Geophysical Year and there rocket was called Sputnik 1.

  • Pull tabs on cans are introduced

    It was commanly know as "core tops". There were three types of core top and there called high profile, low profile, and j-spout. Later called the pull tab.
  • First zip code

    First zip code

    It a system for the post codes. The term zip is acronym for Zone. The zip code was mainly for the mail so it was more quickly to deliever your mail.
  • First mustang by ford

    First mustang by ford

    The 1964 mustang was the best selling car since the model A came out. The mustang created made the pony car. They still the mustang up today.
  • First seat belt

    First seat belt

    They are also called safety belts. They still have seat belt in every car today. Seat were invented by an English man by the nsme George Cayley.
  • First Medicare bill passes

    First Medicare bill passes

    President Lyndon B. Johnson sign the bill into law. It is for people 65 years and older. first administered by the U.S. federnal government.
  • First taster's choise freeze dried coffee

    First taster's choise freeze dried coffee

    During World War 2 they used this method. Known to the anciant Peruvian Incas of the Andes. It last longer than any other food.

  • Dr.Christian Barnard performs the first heart transplant

    It was also a cardiac transplant. It was in Cape Town, South Africa. Califormia is the largest heart transplant in the world.

  • Richard Nixon is elected president

    He was the only president to resign from office. He was born Yorba Linda, Califormia. He was re-elected by a land slide.
  • Rolling Stone magazine founded

    Rolling Stone magazine founded

    It was produced by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason. It's know for it musical coverage and political reporting. They barrowed 7 thousand to get the magazine starteed.
  • Communist china announces the H bomb

    Communist china announces the H bomb

    It is generated by heat and has explosive power. It is really called a thermonucluer weapon. It was developed by Edward Teller.

  • First man on moon

    The first man on the moon is Neil Armstrong. He served in the Navy and the Korean War. Buzz Aldrin also went with him to the moon.
  • End of the 1960s

    End of the 1960s

    At the end of the 1960s there was so much history done and made. The Vietnam war was over. The 1960s were over and the 1970s was about to begin.