1960's Timeline 1960-1969 By hussein.elachi Jan 1, 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 100 times the value of existing francs Jan 1, 1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969 !960's Events Jan 2, 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years Jan 2, 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency Jan 9, 1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins Jan 22, 1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die Jan 30, 1960 Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England Feb 1, 1960 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62) Feb 1, 1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth Feb 12, 1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers Feb 20, 1960 Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig Feb 27, 1960 US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal Mar 28, 1960 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal Apr 9, 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle Jan 11, 1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia Jan 16, 1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain Jan 20, 1961 Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration Feb 13, 1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records Feb 13, 1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus Feb 15, 1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus Jan 1, 1962 United States Navy SEALs established. Jan 3, 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro Jan 4, 1962 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board. Jan 9, 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Mar 27, 1962 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic scho May 1, 1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara May 6, 1962 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean Aug 22, 1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle Mar 8, 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria Jun 4, 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler Jul 30, 1963 British spy Kim Philby found in Moscow Aug 18, 1963 James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from U of Mississippi Jan 22, 1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin Jan 29, 1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit Feb 11, 1964 Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus Oct 20, 1964 Herbert Hoover, 31st president of US (1929-33), dies in NY at 90 Jan 2, 1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters Feb 11, 1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox Feb 15, 1965 John Lennon passes his driving test Jan 31, 1966 USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon Mar 4, 1966 John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" Mar 29, 1966 Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title Apr 8, 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner Feb 3, 1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix Feb 6, 1967 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title Mar 6, 1967 Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted Mar 14, 1967 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial Mar 3, 1968 Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague Apr 8, 1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms Apr 9, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta Jan 29, 1969 Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars Feb 9, 1969 Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight Mar 14, 1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ Mar 20, 1969 US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970