Time Capsule 1960s

  • Sports Figure

    Sports Figure
    https://www.biography.com/athlete/wilma-rudolph
    Fact 1: Wilma Glodean Rudolph, sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
    Fact 2: 1960 Olympic Games were a golden time for Rudolph. After tying a world record with her time of 11.3 seconds in the 100-meter.
    Fact 3: She retired from competition, and went on running a community center.
  • Actor or Actress

    Actor or Actress
    https://www.biography.com/actor/john-wayne
    Fact 1: In the 1960s, John Wayne had some successes and failures.
    Fact 2: Some notable films from John Wayne were, The Longest Day (1962) and How the West Was Won (1962).
    Fact 3: Wayne received a much better reception for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  • Transportation

    Transportation
    https://www.anythingaboutcars.com/pony-cars.html
    Fact 1: American cars took its name from the Ford Mustang Classic.
    Fact 2: The Ford Mustang is one of the most successful cars in automotive history.
    Fact 3: Their were half a dozen pony cars in the '60s, but only Ford Mustang And Chevrolet Camaro Remain.
  • TV or Radio Show

    TV or Radio Show
    http://mentalfloss.com/article/81462/15-solid-facts-about-flintstones
    Fact 1: The Flintstones were the modern Stone Age family in Bedrock.
    Fact 2: Flintstones aired the most episodes of any animated show with 166 episodes between 1960 and 1966.
    Fact 3: Fred, Wilma Flintstone, Barny, and Betty Rubble live in Bedrock during 10,000 B.C.
  • Movie

    Movie
    http://mentalfloss.com/article/518114/10-fascinating-facts-about-birds
    Fact 1: There was a captive raven who seemingly went out of his way to attack even when the cameras weren’t rolling.
    Fact 2: When Melanie ducks into a pet store near the beginning of the movie you can see Hitchcock leading a pair of small dogs out
    Fact 3: Hitchcock employed all three places as locations Several of the diner scenes were filmed at a Bodega Bay.
  • Fashion

    Fashion
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-go_boot
    Fact:1 Go-go boots are a low-heeled style of boot first introduced in the middle of the 1960s.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniskirt
    Fact:2 Short skirts were recognized as a fashion trend until the 1960s.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiletto_heel
    Fact:3 The name Stiletto was named after the stiletto dagger.
  • Music

    Music
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shirelles
    The Shirelles are an American girl group known for their rhythm and blues.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archies
    The Archies most successful song was, "Sugar, Sugar".
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee
    Brenda Lee is an American performer and known for the solo female voice list.
  • News Event

    News Event
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election
    Fact 1: The 1960 presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was presented on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.
    Fact 2: John F. Kennedy defeated the Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican Party nominee.
    Fact 3: This was the first election that all fifty states participated, but Columbia did not participated.
  • Technology

    Technology
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse
    Fact 1: Douglas Engelbart completely changed the way people did with computers when he invented the computer mouse in 1964.
    Fact 2: It was made from wood and it had two gear-wheels that sat perpendicular to another so it is allowed to move on one axis.
    Fact 3: Engelbert was already evolving social networking and personal computing long before they became apart of reality.
  • U.S. President

    U.S. President
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
    Fact 1: John Kennedy served as the 35th president of the United States.
    Fact 2: In 1958 J.F.K was re-elected to a second term by the Senate.
    Fact 3: In 1954 the Senate voted to censure McCarthy, and Kennedy created a speech supporting the censure. But it was not delivered because Kennedy was hospitalized at the Senate.
  • Toys

    Toys
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatty_Cathy
    Fact: 1 Chatty Cathy was a pull string doll by the Mattel toy company from 1959 to 1965.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27Em_Sock_%27Em_Robots
    Fact: 2 Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots is a two-player action toy/game created by Marvin Glass in 1964.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_of_Monkeys
    Fact: 3 Barrel of Monkeys is a toy game created/released by Lakeside Toys in 1965.