• Music of 1960
• Radio in 1960
• TV in 1960
• Movies of 1960
• Books of 1960
• Postwar Cars
• Vietnam in 1960
• 1960 Memorabilia

John F Kennedy
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• John F. Kennedy elected President of US
• Sharpeville uprising in South Africa (69 killed)
• 15 African colonies become independent
• The Congo crisis begins with the secession of Katanga province
• South African government bans the African National Congress (ANC).
• Soviets shoot down an American U-2 spy plane; pilot Francis Gary Powers captured.
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Ceylon) becomes the world's first woman PM
• Echo 1 (First US communications satellite)
• Tiros 1 (First US weather satellite)
• Laser invented
• Quasars, the most luminous known objects in the universe, discovered
• First plastic spectacle lenses (Australian company, by Sola Optical)
• Macfarlane Burnet wins Noble Prize for Medicine
• "Etch-a-sketch" drawing toy introduced
• Iron ore deposits discovered in Pilbara
• First payable oil strike in Australia at Moonie, Queensland
• Electric train service to Gosford
• Rome Olympics
• Australia and West Indies tie cricket test

MacFarlane Burnet
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet won the Nobel Prize for predicting acquired immune tolerance. His most influential contribution to medicine was in developing methods of isolating and culturing influenza virus which are still used today.
He also discovered the causes of Q-fever and psittacosis and proved that the myxomatosis virus does not cause disease in humans


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Segregration Racial confrontation in Montgomery, Alabama

The Music of 1960

• Theme from a Summer Place (Percy Faith)
• Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (Edith Piaf)
• Georgia on My Mind (Ray Charles)
• El Paso (Marty Robbins)
• Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Elvis Presley)
• It's Now or Never (Elvis Presley)
• Only the Lonely (Roy Orbison)
• Crying (Roy Orbison)
• Running Bear (Johnny Preston)
• Cathy's Clown (Everly Brothers)
• Apache (Shadows)
• Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (Brian Hyland)
• My Ole Man's a Dustman (Lonnie Donegan)
• The Twist (Chubby Checker)

Australian Radio in 1960

• Australia's Amateur Hour (1940-60)
• The Children's Hour - Argonauts' Club (1941-69)
• The Quiz Kids (1942-early 60s)
• The Air Adventures of Biggles(1945-60s)
• When a Girl Marries (1946-65)
• Pick-a-Box (1948-71)
• Blue Hills (1948-76)
• Dr Paul (!949-71)
• The Goons (1951-60)
• Portia Faces Life (1952-70)
• Life with Dexter (1953-64)
• Eric Baume's This I Believe (1953-67)
• Keith Smith's Pied Piper (1954-60s)
• The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan (1955-60)
• The Children's Hour - The Muddleheaded Wombat (1957-71)

Television in 1960

The Lone Ranger	1949-61	cast
The Nelsons	1952-66	cast
The Loretta Young Show	1953-60
Father Knows Best	1954-63	cast
Lassie	1954-72
The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp	1955-60	cast
Cheyenne	1955-62	cast
Gunsmoke	1955-75	cast
Sea Hunt	1957-60	cast
Hancock's Half Hour	1956-61 & 63	cast
Bachelor Father	1957-61	cast
Sugarfoot	1957-61	cast
Maverick	1957-62	cast
Leave It to Beaver	1957-62	cast
The Real McCoys	1957-62	cast
Have Gun Will Travel	1957-63	cast
Wagon Train	1957-61 & 63	cast
Perry Mason	1957-65	cast
Pick-a-Box	1957-71
(Australian) Bandstand	1957-72
Peter Gunn	1958-60	cast
Yogi Bear	1958-62	cast
Huckleberry Hound	1958-62	cast
Naked City	1958-62
77 Sunset Strip	1958-63	cast
The Rifleman	1958-63	cast
Rawhide	1958-66	cast
The Black & White Minstrel Show	1958-78
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	1959-62	cast
Laramie	1959-62
Six O'Clock Rock	1959-62
Dennis the Menace	1959-63	cast
The Untouchables	1959-63	cast
Dr Finlay's Casebook	1959-65
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1959-65
Bonanza	1959-71	cast
Route 66	1960-63
Ben Casey	1960-65	cast
The Flintstones	1960-65	cast
Mr Ed	1960-65	cast
The Andy Griffiths Show	1960-68	cast
Z Cars	1960-78
My Three Sons	1960-71	cast

Movies in 1960

Title	Cast	Academy Awards	Buy from U.S.	Buy from Aus.
The Alamo directed by John Wayne	John Wayne Richard Widmark Lawrence Harvey Richard Boone Chill Wills
The Apartment directed by Billy Wilder	Jack Lemon Shirley Maclaine Fred MacMurry Jack Kruschen	Best Picture Best Art & Set Direction Best Editing Best Screenplay
Exodus directed by Otto Preminger	Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Lee J. Cobb Sal Mineo	Best Score
G.I. Blues directed by Norman Taurog	Elvis Presley Juliet Prowse
La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini	Marcello Mastroiani Anita Ekberg Anouk Aimee	Best Costume Design
La Notte directed by Michalangelo Antonioni	Jeane Moreau Marcello Mastroianni Monica Vitti
The Magnificent Seven directed by John Sturges	Yul Brynner Eli Wallach Steve McQueen
North to Alaska directed by Henry Hathaway	John Wayne Stewart Grainger Fabian
Pollyanna directed by David Swift	Hayley Mills Jane Wyman Richard Egan Karl Malden Nancy Olson Adolphe Menjou
Spartacus directed by Stanley Kubrick	Kirk Douglas Lawrence Olivier Jean Simmons Peter Ustinov	Best Supporting Actor Best Art & Set Direction Best Cinematography Best Costume Design
The Three Worlds of Gulliver directed by Jack Sher	Kerwin Mathews Jo Morrow June Thorburn Lee Patterson Gregoire Aslan Basil Sydney
The Time Machine directed by George Pal	Rod Taylor Yvette Mimieux Alan Young Sebastian Cabot	Best Special Effects

Watch a free movie from 1960 now:

• The Little Shop of Horrors Directed by Roger Corman with Jack Nicholson.
• Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) Francois Truffaut’s film based on pulp fiction thriller by David Goodis.
• David & Goliath Directed by Orson Welles.
• The Black Rebels Gang violece and racism among high school kids in this juvenile delinquent film with Rita Moreno

Books of 1960

Title	Author	Buy from U.S.	Buy from Aus.
Hawaii	James A Michener
This Sporting Life	David Storey
The Plague	Albert Camus
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee
The Caretaker	Harold Pinter

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