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Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Technology 1.2 Science 1.3 War, peace and politics 1.4 Economics... 1930s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Technology 1.2 Science 1.3 War, peace and politics 1.4 Economics... 1940s This article is in need of attention. Please see its listing on Pages needing attention and improve it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1950s&action=edit) in any way you see fit. When the issues regarding this page have been resolved, remove this notice and... 1950s - 1960s - Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Computers, technology 1.2 Science 1... 1970s Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Computers, technology 1.2 Science 1... 1980s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Contents // 1 Events and trends 1.1 Computers, technology 1.2 Science 1.3 War, peace and politics 1.4... 1990s
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Years: 1957 1958 1959 - 1960 - 1961 1962 1963 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1960 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1960 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Years: 1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s... 1961 Years: 1959 1960 1961 - 1962 - 1963 1964 1965 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1962 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1962 Years: 1960 1961 1962 - 1963 - 1964 1965 1966 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1963 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1963 Years: 1961 1962 1963 - 1964 - 1965 1966 1967 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1964 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1964 Years: 1962 1963 1964 - 1965 - 1966 1967 1968 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1965 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1965 -1... 1966 Years: 1964 1965 1966 - 1967 - 1968 1969 1970 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1967 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1967 Years: 1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1968 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1968 Years: 1966 1967 1968 - 1969 - 1970 1971 1972 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1969 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1969
Contents
1 Events and trends

1.1 Technology
1.2 Science
1.3 War, peace and politics
1.4 Economics
1.5 Culture
1.6 Others

2 People

2.1 World leaders
2.2 Writers and intellectuals
2.3 Sports figures
2.4 Entertainers

3 Other
4 See also

Events and trends

The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographic grouping or a market segment. This typically involves age bands (as teenagers do not wish to purchse denture fixant), social class bands (as the rich may want different products than middle and poorer... demographic changes brought about by the A US postage stamp depicting the increase in birth rate that country experienced after World War II. As is often the case with a large war, the elation of victory and large numbers of returning males to their country triggered a baby boom after the end of World War II... baby boom generation and the dissolution of European colonial empires. (See Woodstock: the iconic Sixties event The Sixties in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969 (see: 1960s), but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past 20 years. It has come to refer to the complex of inter-related cultural and political... The Sixties.)


Technology

  • Soviet redirects here. For other uses, see Soviet (disambiguation). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Р... USSR puts first man ( Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин; YOO-ree a-lek-SE-ye-veech ga-GA-reen; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), was a Soviet cosmonaut who in... Yuri Gagarin) and first woman ( Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Cyrillic: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born March 6, 1937), Soviet cosmonaut, flew on Vostok 6 in... Valentina Tereshkova) in space
  • The For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... United States puts man on For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation). Earth The Blue Marble, taken from Apollo 17 Human Social statistics Largest Agglomerations Tokyo, Mexico City, Seoul, New York, São Paulo, Bombay Languages (2000 est.) Mandarin Chinese 14.37%, Hindi 6.02%, English 5.61%, Spanish 5.59%, Bengali 3.4%, Portuguese 2... Earth's For other moons in the solar system see natural satellite. For other uses see Moon (disambiguation). Moon The Moon as seen from Earth Orbital characteristics Semi-major axis 384,400 km (0.0026 AU) Orbital circumference 2,413,402 km (0.016 AU) Eccentricity 0.0554 Perigee 363,104 km... Moon
  • A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite whose orbital speed equals the Earths rotational speed. If such a satellites orbit lies over the equator, it is called a geostationary satellite. The orbits are known as geosynchronous orbit and geostationary orbit. Definition According to Keplers Third Law, the orbital... Geosynchronous satellites revolutionize global communications
  • Start of the development of Algorithmic information theory is a field of study which attempts to capture the concept of complexity by using tools from theoretical computer science. The chief idea is to define the complexity (or Kolmogorov complexity) of a string as the length of the shortest program which outputs that string. Strings that... algorithmic information theory
  • The Download high resolution version (1000x716, 46 KB)ARPANET logical map circa 1977 source:The Computer History Museum (fair use (http://www.computerhistory.org/copyright/)) This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles... ARPAnet, precursor of the This article is about the Internet, the extensive, worldwide computer network available to the public. An internet is a more general term for any set of interconnected computer networks that are connected by internetworking. Graphic representation of the WWW information network structure around Wikipedia, as represented by hyperlinks The Internet... Internet, is founded in 1969 as a Dept. of Defense Established: July 26, 1947 Activated: September 18, 1947 Renamed: August 10, 1949 Secretary: Donald Rumsfeld Deputy Secretary: Paul Wolfowitz Budget: $375.2 billion (2004) Employees: 700,000 civilian 2.3 million military (2004) The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the... United States Department of Defense project. The numbered series of Alternate meaning: Wikipedia:Requests for comment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment) A Request for Comments (RFC) document is one of a series of numbered Internet informational documents and standards very widely followed by both commercial software and freeware in the Internet and Unix communities. They are now... Request For Comments (RFC) documents begins in order to document the standards and practices of this network, and continues to this day
  • Direct Use of the Sun's Energy by pioneer solar-energy scientist Farrington Daniels is published (1964)
  • For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). typical audio Compact Cassette. The compact audio cassette audio storage medium was introduced by Philips in 1963. It consists of a length of magnetic tape from BASF inside a protective plastic shell. Four tracks are available on the tape, giving... Compact audio cassette introduced; begins to displace A Sony TC-630 reel-to-reel recorder, once a common household object. Note the distinctive Scotch tape spool at left. Reel-to-reel or open reel tape recording refers to the form of magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording medium is held on a reel, rather than... reel-to-reel audio tape recording for home users

Science

  • Discovery of The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century. Plate tectonics (from the Greek word for one who constructs, τεκτων (tekton)) is a theory of geology developed to explain the phenomenon of continental drift. In the theory of... plate tectonics revolutionizes understanding of The concept of continental drift was first proposed by Alfred Wegener. In 1912 he noticed that the shapes of continents on either side of the Atlantic Ocean seem to fit together (for example, Africa and South America). Benjamin Franklin and others had noted much the same thing earlier. The similarity... continental drift
  • Rise of the science of Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. The environment of an organism includes both its physical habitat, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors like climate and geology, as well... ecology in the awareness of the The intelligentsia is a social class of intellectuals and social groups close to them (e.g. artists, school teachers), which can be also seen as a class of mental workers in opposition to non-working aristocracy or business owners on the one hand and to manual laborers on the other... intelligentsia

War, peace and politics

  • A poster during the Cultural Revolution The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: 无产阶级文化大革命; Traditional Chinese: 無產階級文化大革命; pinyin: wú chǎn jiē jí wén huà dà gé mìng, literally Proletarian... Cultural Revolution in In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. All islands except Hainan and Taiwan too small to appear on this map. Mainland China (中国大陆 or 中國大陸, pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàl... mainland China causes political and economic chaos.
  • The Nigerian Civil War, 1967 – 1970, was an ethnic and political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the South-eastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed republic of Biafra. The war became notorious for the starvation in some of the besieged war-bound regions, and the consequent... Nigerian Civil War begins
  • The 1967 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Six-Day War or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. As a result of the war, Israel gained control of the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights... Six-Day War between For other uses, see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the... Israelis and For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). There are three factors which may assist to varying degrees in determining whether someone is considered Arab or not: Political: whether they live in a country which is a member of the Arab League (or, more vaguely, the Arab World); this definition covers more... Arabs
  • Beginning of The Troubles is a term used to describe two periods of violence in Ireland during the twentieth century. This article discribes the latter, for the earlier Troubles, see Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War. The Troubles is a generic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence... The Troubles in Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland
  • Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989 The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. Its intent was to restrict access between West Berlin and East Germany. It existed from 1961 until 1989. Contents // 1 Background... Berlin Wall built, in 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Years: 1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s... 1961
  • The Bay of Pigs Invasion (also known in Cuba as La Playa Girón after a beach in the The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahia de (los) Cochinos) is a bay on the southern coast of Cuba. It was the site of a failed attempt during John F. Kennedys... Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Civil Rights Movement in the United States, political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for African American and to achieve racial equality. The civil rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation, the system of laws and customs separating blacks and whites that whites used... Civil rights movement in the United States; end of official Racial segregation is a kind of formalized or institutionalized discrimination on the basis of race, characterized by the races separation from each other. The separation may be geographical, but is usually supported by providing services through separate institutions (such as schools) and through similar legal and social structures. See also... segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. The majority of African Americans are of African, European and Native American ancestry. Terms for African... African-Americans
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The crisis began on October 16, 1962 and lasted for thirteen days. It is regarded by many as the moment when the Cold War was... Cuban Missile Crisis
  • The Military history of Australia Military history of New Zealand Military history of the Philippines Military history of South Korea Military history of the Soviet Union Military history of Thailand Military history of the United States Military history of Vietnam Conflict Vietnam War (Cold War) Date 1957–1975 Place Southeast... Vietnam War and protests, leading to Kent State University (KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, which is 1 hour south-east from Cleveland. It is the second largest university in Ohio, with more than 35,000 students on eight campuses. Regional campuses include Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and... Kent State University shootings in May, 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Years: 1967 1968 1969 - 1970 - 1971 1972 1973 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1970 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics... 1970
  • This article refers to a period of history of Czechoslovakia in 1968. For the music festival of the same name, see Prague Spring International Music Festival. Czechs in a café watch Soviet tanks roll past The Prague Spring (Czech, Pražské jaro) was a period of political liberalization in... Suppression of uprising in Czechoslovakia
  • The The Stonewall riots were a series of violent conflicts between homosexuals and police officers in New York City. The first night of rioting began on Friday, June 27, 1969 not long after 1:20 a.m., when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village. Stonewall, as... Stonewall Riots in New York, New York redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). Midtown Manhattan, 2003. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city in the United States, and the worlds most important center for global finance and communications. The city... New York City give birth to the The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... gay rights movement, June Years: 1966 1967 1968 - 1969 - 1970 1971 1972 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1969 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1969
  • This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) United Nations Nations Unies Naciones Unidas Объединённых Наций 联合国 امم متحدة (In... United Nations imposes sanctions against The Republic of South Africa (listen) is a republic at the southern tip of the African continent. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe and to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is... South Africa in protest at Apartheid ( This article is about the alphabet officially used in linguistics. The NATO phonetic alphabet (alpha bravo) had informally been called the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet is a phonetic alphabet used by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or... Apartheid
  • Students protesting perceived problems with the status-quo are suppressed with violence by police and soldiers in For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... USA, Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. Trying... France, For other uses, see Mexico (disambiguation). The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States, to the... Mexico, Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in what was known as the... Czechoslovakia. See The British New Left or Old New Left As a result of Khrushchevs secret speech denouncing Stalin and the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) ruptured. Many left the party for Trotskyist groupings or for the Independent Labour Party. Others formed a... New Left
  • The Quiet Revolution (Révolution tranquille) begins in This article describes the Canadian province. For other usages, see Quebec (disambiguation). Québec (Flag of Québec) (Coat of Arms of Québec) Motto: Je me souviens (I remember) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Area... Quebec - precipitous decline of the The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. Members generally prefer the term Catholic Church, but this term has multiple meanings (see Catholicism); the term Roman Catholic Church is used in this article to avoid... Roman Catholic church, liberalism, social-democratic programs, and the birth of modern Quebec nationalism
  • The rise of radical Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. While generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of womens rights, interests, and issues. Feminist theory aims to understand... feminism

Economics

  • Many countries in Western Europe is distinguished from Central Europe and Eastern Europe by differences of history and culture rather than by geography. However, these boundaries of Europe are subject to considerable overlap and fluctuation, which makes differentiation difficult. Thus the concept of Western Europe is associated with liberal democracy; and its countries... Western Europe experience high Economic growth is the increase in the value of goods and services produced by an economy. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product, or GDP. Growth is usually calculated in real terms, i.e. inflation-adjusted terms, in order to net out... economic growth (4 to 8% per year)

Culture

  • Worldwide expansion of Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. Originated in early-twentieth century European avant-garde art and literary circles, many early Surrealists were associated with the earlier Dada movement. Surrealism... surrealism.
  • Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... Rock and roll develops, diversifies, and becomes very hip. The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. The Beatles were the most influential music group of the rock era. They affected the post-war baby... The Beatles eclipse Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. He started his career under the name the Hillbilly Cat and was soon... Elvis Presley and become the biggest band in the world
  • A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. The story is based in part on various short stories by... 2001: A Space Odyssey hits movie theaters
  • For the ornithologist see James Bond (ornithologist). James Bond, also known as 007 (double-oh seven), is a sophisticated fictional character and British spy created by writer Ian Fleming. Bond is the main protagonist in numerous novels and short stories by Fleming, and later by Kingsley Amis, John Pearson, John... James Bond movies begin. 2002 reissue of the original novel. Dr. No is the sixth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, originally published in 1958. The novel was adapted as the first official James Bond film in 1962. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman with Sean Connery playing the... Dr. No is the first of the series in Years: 1959 1960 1961 - 1962 - 1963 1964 1965 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1962 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1962, starring Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK, better known simply as Sean Connery, is a Scottish film actor who has starred in many Hollywood films and is best known as the original official James Bond. Connery is known... Sean Connery as Bond
  • Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. They... Hippies, Drug subcultures are examples of countercultures, primarily defined by recreational drug use. Drug subcultures may be seen as groups of people loosely united by a common understanding of the meaning and value (good or otherwise) of the incorporation into life of the drug in question. Such unity can take many... drug culture & Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... rock and roll converge at the The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was the most famous rock festival of its era. It was held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2.4 km²) dairy farm in Bethel, New York, on 15, 16, and 17 August, 1969. The festival bears the name Woodstock because it was originally... Woodstock festival, Years: 1966 1967 1968 - 1969 - 1970 1971 1972 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1969 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1969
  • In the West, the growing popularity of religions other than For other uses of the term Christian, see This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended... Christianity (for example, as discussed in the writings of From The Essential Alan Watts Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 _ November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and religious expert. He wrote over twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, consciousness and the pursuit of happiness, relating... Alan Watts), and of For information about the band, see Atheist (band). Atheism is the condition of being without theistic beliefs and alternatively the disbelief in the existence of deities. In antiquity, atheism was represented by Epicureanism. It disappeared from European philosophy when Christianity became dominant. During the Age of Enlightenment, atheism re-emerged... atheism; (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. Time (or TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as... Time Magazine asks: "Is God Dead?" See The Fourth Great Awakening is a possible example of a Great Awakening, or a period of revolution in American religious thought. If there is a pattern in the occurrence of Great Awakenings, one was due in the mid-20th Century. The most likely candidate is during the 1960s and early... Fourth Great Awakening, The Consciousness Revolution was a period of spiritual awakening in American history, according to Strauss and Howe in their books Generations and Fourth Turning. They put the years of the Consciousness Revolution as 1964 to 1984. Under Strauss & Howes system, the era before the Consciousness Revolution was the... Consciousness Revolution
  • Memorable expositions, or "World's Fairs," are held in Seattle skyline Seattle, Washington (Flag of Seattle) (Seal of Seattle) City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land  ... Seattle (1962), New York ( Years: 1961 1962 1963 - 1964 - 1965 1966 1967 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1964 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1964/ Years: 1962 1963 1964 - 1965 - 1966 1967 1968 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1965 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1965), This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. For other uses, see Montreal (disambiguation). Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada City flag City coat of arms City motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Location in the province of Quebec Area... Montreal ( Years: 1964 1965 1966 - 1967 - 1968 1969 1970 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1967 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1967) and San Antonio (the Spanish name of Saint Anthony) is a common toponym in parts of the world where the Spanish language is or was spoken: Argentina San Antonio, Jujuy province Belize San Antonio, Cayo District Chile San Antonio Mexico San Antonio, San Luis Potosí Philippines San Antonio, Quezon San Antonio... San Antonio ( Years: 1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1968 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1968)
  • The progressive rock band Yes performing in 1977. Progressive rock (prog) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s principally in England, reaching the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, but continuing as a musical form to this day... Progressive rock emerges

Others

  • Post-colonialism refers to the intellectual field opened up by Edward Saids book Orientalism. It refers to a set of theories in continental philosophy that grapple with the legacy of 19th century British and French colonial rule, especially with the dilemmas of developing a national identity in the wake... Post-Colonialism; many new or previously colonized countries achieve independence in ... World map showing location of Africa Download high resolution version (741x800, 113 KB) This image page contains items that originally came from a NASA website or publication. All works created by NASA are in the public domain, with the exception of the usage-restricted NASA logo, because works created by... Africa, For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). A satellite composite image of Asia The continent of Asia is defined by subtracting Europe and Africa from the great land mass of Africa-Eurasia. The exact boundaries are vague (especially for non geographers), especially between Asia and Europe: Asia and Africa meet somewhere... Asia
  • U.S. president John F. Kennedy Order: 35th President Term of Office: January 20, 1961–November 22, 1963 Predecessor: Dwight D. Eisenhower Successor: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: Tuesday, May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: Friday, November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First Lady... John F. Kennedy assassinated in Years: 1960 1961 1962 - 1963 - 1964 1965 1966 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1963 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1963; his brother Robert Kennedy Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. He worked closely with his brother during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and... Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Years: 1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1968 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1968
  • U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Ph.D. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was a Nobel Laureate, Baptist minister, and African American civil rights activist. He is one of the most significant leaders in U.S. history and in the modern history of nonviolence... Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated on April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). There are 271 days remaining. April Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19... April 4, Years: 1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1968 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1968
  • Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X (pronounced Malkolm Eks, May 19, 1925–February 21, 1965 – also: Malcolm Little, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, and Omowale) was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and a founder of both the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. He was assassinated... Malcolm X assassinated on February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 313 days remaining, 314 in leap years. February Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19... February 21, Years: 1962 1963 1964 - 1965 - 1966 1967 1968 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1965 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1965
  • U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson White House Portrait Order: 36th President Term of Office: November 22, 1963–January 20, 1969 Predecessor: John F. Kennedy Successor: Richard M. Nixon Date of Birth: Thursday, August 27, 1908 Place of Birth: Gillespie County, Texas Date of Death: Monday, January 22, 1973 Place of Death... Lyndon B. Johnson's The Great Society was a series of domestic initiatives announced in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson at Ann Arbor, Michigan. A main focus of these social reforms to end to poverty and racial injustice was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The efforts also helped establish the Department of Housing... Great Society program
  • In the United States, increase in for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. According to Western jurisprudence, there must be a simultaneous concurrence of both actus reus (guilty action) and mens rea (guilty mind) for a crime to have been committed; except in crimes... crime; riots in The Watts Riots was a large-scale civil disorder lasting six days in Los Angeles, California in 1965. During the riots, 34 people were killed, 1,100 people were injured and an estimated $100 million in damage was caused. The riots began on August 11, 1965 in Watts, when a... Los Angeles in Years: 1962 1963 1964 - 1965 - 1966 1967 1968 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1965 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1965 and This article is about the largest city of Illinois. For other uses of the term, see Chicago (disambiguation). A partial view of Downtown Chicago Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. When combined... Chicago at the Police and protesters at the Convention The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago by the United States Democratic Party, for the purposes of choosing the Democratic nominee for the 1968 U.S. Presidential Election. The convention itself was held between August 26 and August 29, 1968, but protests... 1968 Democratic National Convention
  • Rise of the A US postage stamp depicting the increase in birth rate that country experienced after World War II. As is often the case with a large war, the elation of victory and large numbers of returning males to their country triggered a baby boom after the end of World War II... baby boom generation to adulthood
  • First widespread availability of practical Birth control is the practice of preventing or reducing the probability of pregnancy without abstaining from sexual intercourse; the term is also sometimes used to include abortion, the ending of an unwanted pregnancy, or abstinence. The term family planning is sometimes used as well, especially for thoughtful and premeditated selection... birth control pill for women; See The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the West and other wealthy countries in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Contents // 1 Introduction 2 Historical Development 3 Modern Revolutions 4 Technological Developments 5 Freudian School 6 Movie stars are born 7 Kinsey and... sexual revolution
  • Sweden (Swedish: Sverige) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east. Sweden has a relatively low population... Sweden switches from driving on the left to the right, in order to harmonise with neighbouring countries. See This article concerns rules of the road regarding land vehicles; for sea-going vehicles, see International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. Red = drive on left Green = drive on right Rules of the road are the general practices and procedures followed by people on roads, especially those driving cars or... Rules of the road

People

World leaders

  • Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker Rank: 13th Predecessor: Louis St. Laurent Date of Birth: September 18, 1895 Place of Birth: Neustadt, Ontario Spouses: Edna Brower, Olive Palmer Profession: lawyer Political Party: Progressive Conservative John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 - August 16, 1979) was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada. Born in Neustadt... John Diefenbaker ( Canada is an independent This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. For other meanings, see state (disambiguation). In international law and international relations, a state is a geographic political entity possessing politicial sovereignty, i.e. not being subject to any higher political authority. In casual language, the idea of... Canada)
  • Prime Minister The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson Rank: 14th Predecessor: John Diefenbaker Successor: Pierre Trudeau Date of Birth: April 23, 1897 Place of Birth: Newtonbrook, Ontario Spouse: Maryon Moody Profession: Diplomat, Politician Political Party: Liberal The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth... Lester B. Pearson ( Canada is an independent This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. For other meanings, see state (disambiguation). In international law and international relations, a state is a geographic political entity possessing politicial sovereignty, i.e. not being subject to any higher political authority. In casual language, the idea of... Canada)
  • Chairman Names Given name Style name Trad. 毛澤東 潤芝¹ Simp. 毛泽东 润芝 Pinyin Máo Zédōng Rùnzhī WG Mao Tse-tung Jun-chih IPA /mau̯ː tsɤtʊŋ/ /ʐunː tʂI/ Listen Surname... Mao Zedong ( The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as This article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see ... China (disambiguation). ... ... The The Great Wall of China (TC: 長城; SC: 长城, Pinyin: Chángchéng), also... People's Republic of China)
  • President Names (details) Known in English as: Chiang Kai-shek Known in mainland China as: 蔣介石 Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎng Ji Wade-Giles: Chiang Chieh-shih Known in Taiwan as : 蔣中正 Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎng Zhōngzh ng Wade-Giles: Chiang Chung-cheng... Chiang Kai-shek ( The Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, and the... Republic of China on Taiwan)
  • President Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر) Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 - September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib and is considered one of the most important Arab leaders in history. He was the... Gamal Abdel Nasser ( For other uses, see Egypt (disambiguation). The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in northeastern Africa. Covering an area of about 1,020,000 km², it includes... Egypt)
  • President Portrait of General Charles de Gaulle. Charles Andr Joseph Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as g ral de Gaulle, was a French general and politician. Prior to the Second World War, he was mostly known as a tactician of tank battles... Charles de Gaulle ( Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. Trying... France)
  • Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Date of Birth: November 14, 1889 Date of Death: May 27, 1964 Place of Birth: Allahabad, UP Prime Minister of India Tenure Order: 1st Prime Minister Political party: Indian National Congress Took Office: August 15, 1947 Left Office: May 27, 1964 Successor: Gulzarilal Nanda Jawaharlal Nehru (जव... Jawaharlal Nehru ( The Republic of India is the This is a list of countries by population. The data are generally a projection for July 2005 made by the US Census Bureau, unless specified. Rank Country Population — World 6,445,398,968 1 China 1,306,313,812 2 India 1,080... India)
  • Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri Date of Birth: October 2, 1904 Date of Death: January 11, 1966 Place of Birth: Moghalsarai, U.P Prime Minister of India Tenure Order: 2nd Prime Minister Political party: Indian National Congress Took Office: June 9, 1964 Left Office: January 11, 1966 Predecessor: Gulzarilal Nanda Successor: Gulzarilal... Lal Bahadur Shastri ( The Republic of India is the This is a list of countries by population. The data are generally a projection for July 2005 made by the US Census Bureau, unless specified. Rank Country Population — World 6,445,398,968 1 China 1,306,313,812 2 India 1,080... India)
  • Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Date of Birth: November 19, 1917 Date of Death: October 31, 1984 Place of Birth: Allahabad, UP Prime Minister of India Tenure Order: 3rd Prime Minister Political party: Congress (I) First Term Took Office: January 19, 1966 Left Office: March 24, 1977 Predecessor: Gulzarilal Nanda Successor: Morarji Desai... Indira Gandhi ( The Republic of India is the This is a list of countries by population. The data are generally a projection for July 2005 made by the US Census Bureau, unless specified. Rank Country Population — World 6,445,398,968 1 China 1,306,313,812 2 India 1,080... India)
  • Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886—December 1, 1973; Hebrew: דוד בן גוריון) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Contents // 1 Early life 2 Zionist leadership 3 Prime Ministership 4 Quotes 5 External links Early life Paula... David Ben-Gurion ( For other uses, see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the... Israel)
  • Prime Minister Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of the State of Israel. Levi Eshkol Shkolnik (October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), was the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death of a heart attack in 1969. Levi Eshkol was born in 1895 in a small village near Kiev, in the... Levi Eshkol ( For other uses, see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the... Israel)
  • Emperor Hirohito (裕仁), the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇), (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. He was known in the West by his given name Hirohito (he had no surname). He was the 124th Emperor of Japan. Emperor Hirohito His... Hirohito ( For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation). 日本国 (Nippon/Nihon-koku) Dual status seal. See National and Imperial Seal for more of this issue. (Flag of Japan) Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377... Japan)
  • The Blessed John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, (November 25, 1881-June 3, 1963) was Pope from 1958 to 1963. The Blessed John XXIII wearing a Papal Tiara Angelo Roncalli was born in Sotto il Monte (province of Bergamo), Italy on November 25, 1881. The fourth in a family of... Pope John XXIII
  • Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Enrica Antonia Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), served as Pope from 1963 to 1978. Pope Paul VI He presided over the Catholic Church during most of the Second Vatican Council and played a central role in implementing its decisions. Contents // 1 Early... Pope Paul VI
  • Prime Minister Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, KG, CBE, MC (June 9, 1888-August 18, 1973) was an Irish Unionist politician. He held several ministerial postions in the Government of Northern Ireland. He became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963. Basil Stanlake Brooke... Basil Brooke ( Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland)
  • Prime Minister Terence O'Neill ( Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland)
  • Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola (February 12, 1923 - May 17, 2002), was the fifth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. James Chichester-Clark was born on February 12, 1923 at the family home, Moyola Park, Castledawson, County Derry. He was the eldest of three children of James and Marion Clark. In... James Chichester-Clark ( Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Northren Ireland Norlin Airlann Flag none (see Flag of Northern Ireland) Official language English, Irish, Ulster-Scots Capital Belfast Largest City Belfast First Minister: suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km... Northern Ireland)
  • Governor Luis A. Ferré ( This article is about Puerto Rico, the territory of the United States. For the board game, see Puerto Rico (game) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is a self-governing unincorporated organized territory of the United States located east of the Dominican Republic in... Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
  • Taoiseach Seán F. Lemass ... Sean Lemass ( The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is a state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of northwest Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as Northern Ireland... Republic of Ireland)
  • Taoiseach John Mary Jack Lynch (Ir. Seán Ó Loingsigh) (15 August 1917 - 20 October 1999), was the fourth Taoiseach of Ireland. He served two periods in office; 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. Lynch was first elected as a Fianna Fáil TD in 1948 and at each subsequent election... Jack Lynch ( The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is a state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of northwest Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union. The remaining sixth of the island of Ireland is known as Northern Ireland... Republic of Ireland)
  • Nikita Khrushchev in 1962 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв) (nih-KEE-tah khroo-SHCHYOFF) (April 17, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union... Nikita Khrushchev ( Soviet redirects here. For other uses, see Soviet (disambiguation). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Р... Soviet Union)
  • Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леонид Ильич Брежнев) (December 19, 1906 - November 10, 1982) was effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. He was... Leonid Brezhnev ( Soviet redirects here. For other uses, see Soviet (disambiguation). The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Р... Soviet Union)
  • Queen Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Elizabeth II ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts England, Wales and... United Kingdom)
  • Prime Minister The Right Hon. Harold Macmillan Period in Office: 11 January 1957 - 19 October 1963 PM Predecessor: Anthony Eden PM Successor: The Earl of Home Date of Birth: 10 February 1894 Place of Birth: Brixton Political Party: Conservative Retirement honour: Earldom of Stockton Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM... Harold Macmillan ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts England, Wales and... United Kingdom)
  • Prime Minister The Rt Hon. Harold Wilson Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom First term  October 16, 1964 - June 19, 1970 Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home Succeeded by Edward Heath Second term  March 4, 1974 - April 5, 1976 Preceded by Edward Heath Succeeded by James Callaghan Date of birth March... Harold Wilson ( The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts England, Wales and... United Kingdom)
  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower Order: 34th President Term of Office: January 20, 1953–January 20, 1961 Predecessor: Harry S. Truman Successor: John F. Kennedy Date of Birth: Tuesday, October 14, 1890 Place of Birth: Denison, Texas Date of Death: Friday, March 28, 1969 Place of Death: Washington, D.C. First... Dwight D. Eisenhower ( For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... United States)
  • President John F. Kennedy Order: 35th President Term of Office: January 20, 1961–November 22, 1963 Predecessor: Dwight D. Eisenhower Successor: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: Tuesday, May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: Friday, November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First Lady... John F. Kennedy ( For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... United States)
  • President Lyndon B. Johnson White House Portrait Order: 36th President Term of Office: November 22, 1963–January 20, 1969 Predecessor: John F. Kennedy Successor: Richard M. Nixon Date of Birth: Thursday, August 27, 1908 Place of Birth: Gillespie County, Texas Date of Death: Monday, January 22, 1973 Place of Death... Lyndon Johnson ( For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... United States)
  • Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Order: 27th Chancellor of Germany (1st of the Federal Republic) Term of Office: 1949–1963 Predecessor: Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk Successor: Ludwig Erhard Date of Birth: January 5, 1876 Date of Death: April 19, 1967 Political Party: CDU Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876–April 19... Konrad Adenauer ( West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. Since the German reunification of 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany is informally called simply Germany. The Federal... West Germany)
  • Chancellor Ludwig Erhard Order: 28th Chancellor of Germany (2nd of the Federal Republic) Term of Office: October 16, 1963–December 1, 1966 Predecessor: Konrad Adenauer Successor: Kurt Georg Kiesinger Date of Birth: February 4, 1897 Date of Death: May 5, 1977 Political Party: CDU Profession: economist Ludwig Erhard (February 4... Ludwig Erhard ( West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. Since the German reunification of 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany is informally called simply Germany. The Federal... West Germany)
  • Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger Order: 29th Chancellor of Germany (3rd of the Federal Republic) Term of Office: December 1, 1966–October 21, 1969 Predecessor: Ludwig Erhard Successor: Willy Brandt Date of Birth: April 6, 1904 Date of Death: March 9, 1988 Political Party: CDU Profession: lawyer Kurt Georg Kiesinger (April... Kurt Georg Kiesinger ( West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. Since the German reunification of 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany is informally called simply Germany. The Federal... West Germany)
  • President for Life Josip Broz Tito Marshal Josip Broz Tito Born May 7, 1892 Kumrovec, Zagorje, Croatia Died May 4, 1980 Ljubljana, Slovenia Josip Broz Tito (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. Contents // 1 Early years... Josip Broz Tito ( The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. It was formed in 1945 from remains of the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia under the name Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, in 1946 it changed its name to Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia and... Yugoslavia)

Writers and intellectuals

  • Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and innovator of the nonfictional novel. Life and work Norman Mailer was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. He was brought up in Brooklyn and began attending Harvard University in 1939... Norman Mailer
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  • Truman Capote by Harold Halma, 1948. The photo created a sensation when it appeared on the book jacket of Capotes first published work, Other Voices, Other Rooms Truman Capote (September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984) was an American writer. He is best known for his nonfiction novel (a phrase... Truman Capote
  • Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, better known as Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), is a well-known American writer of novels, plays, and essays, who would once have been called a man of letters. Contents // 1 Biography 2 Views on September 11... Gore Vidal
  • For the early 20th century American novelist, see Thomas Wolfe Tom Wolfe (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist. He graduated from Yale University with a Ph.D. in American Studies. He went to Washington and Lee University as an undergraduate, after graduating from St. Christophers... Tom Wolfe
  • Timothy Leary (October 22, 1920 - May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, and drug campaigner. He is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. During the 1960s, he coined and popularized the catch phrase Turn on, tune in, drop out. Dr. Leary was... Timothy Leary
  • Carl Sagan Astronomer, scientist, educator and author, Sagan was perhaps the worlds greatest popularizer of science, reaching millions of people through newspapers, magazines and television broadcasts. Photo credit: Cornell University Source: http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/news_stories/news_detail.cfm?ID=88 This image may not have information on its... Carl... Carl Sagan
  • John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962, though his popularity with readers never was matched by that of the literary critics. He was born to John... John Steinbeck
  • Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), often known by his initials PKD, or by the pen name Richard Phillips, was an American science fiction writer and novelist who changed the genre profoundly. Though hailed during his lifetime by peers such as Stanislaw Lem, Dick received little... Philip K. Dick
  • Ken Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author. Not very prolific throughout his life, he was probably best known as the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and as a cultural icon who some consider a link between the beat generation of... Ken Kesey

Sports figures

  • Other people with this name: Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mehemet Ali (Turkey) Muhammad Ali-Haj (born January 17, 1942 as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) is an American boxer. He was the worlds greatest heavyweight boxer, as well as one of the worlds most famous individuals, renowned the world... Muhammad Ali (U.S. Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see A boxer is a person who fights with their fists in the sport of boxing. (See also list of boxers, womens boxing) Boxers are a breed of dog. See Boxer (dog) Boxer is a text editor for DOS and Microsoft Windows... boxer)
  • At the University of Arkansas, six-foot, 180-pound Lance Alworth (born 1940) was a running back who led all colleges in punt return yardage in 1960 and in 1961. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. The American Football Leagues San Diego Chargers moved... Lance Alworth (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
  • Giovanni Benvenuti (born April 26, 1938), better known as Nino Benvenuti, is an Italian former boxer who is considered by many, including noted boxing writer Brian Doogan, to be the greatest boxer ever from Italy. He was born in Isola, Istria (near Trieste) and his father was a fisherman. Benvenuti... Nino Benvenuti (Italian Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see A boxer is a person who fights with their fists in the sport of boxing. (See also list of boxers, womens boxing) Boxers are a breed of dog. See Boxer (dog) Boxer is a text editor for DOS and Microsoft Windows... boxer)
  • James Nathaniel Jim Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American professional football player and actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting career as a fullback for the NFL Cleveland Browns, for which he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is also... Jim Brown (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
  • Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 - October 12, 1999) is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, though he only won two NBA championships. Basketball career The 7-foot 2-inch (2.18 m) Chamberlain, known as Wilt the Stilt (a nickname he loathed) or The... Wilt Chamberlain (U.S. Contents // 1 James Naismiths basic rules. 2 History 2.1 Early basketball 2.2 College basketball and early leagues 2.3 National Basketball Association 2.4 International basketball 3 The game 3.1 Playing regulations 3.2 Equipment 3.3 Playing the ball 3.4 Fouls 3.5 Players... basketball player)
  • Sir Robert Bobby Charlton (born October 11, 1937) is a former English football player, one of the most famous names in the game and a hero of the 1966 World Cup. He is still considered by many to be Englands greatest ever footballer. He was born in Ashington, a... Bobby Charlton (English The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
  • Jim Clark or Jimmy Clark (March 4, 1936 – April 7, 1968) was a Formula 1 race car driver, still regarded as one of the best drivers of all time. He was born James Clark Jr. into a farming family in Kilmany, Scotland, the youngest child and only boy. Clark... Jim Clark (Scottish Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean motorcycle racing. It is one of the worlds most popular spectator sports and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized. Contents // 1 History 1.1 The Start 1.2... racing driver)
  • Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 - December 31, 1972) was a Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973, being the first Hispanic American to be selected, and the only exception to the mandatory five-year post-retirement waiting... Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rican A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
  • Bob Cousy (born August 9, 1928 in New York City, New York) is a former basketball player, who played guard with the Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969-70 season. Cousy played at Holy Cross during his college career. In the NBA, he... Bob Cousy (U.S. Contents // 1 James Naismiths basic rules. 2 History 2.1 Early basketball 2.2 College basketball and early leagues 2.3 National Basketball Association 2.4 International basketball 3 The game 3.1 Playing regulations 3.2 Equipment 3.3 Playing the ball 3.4 Fouls 3.5 Players... basketball player)
  • Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (known by the playing name of Eusébio) (born January 25, 1942) nicknamed The Black Pearl and The Black Panther, is a Portuguese football player born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique. He is considered to be one of the best of his time... Eusebio (Portuguese The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
  • Bob Gibson (born November 9, 1935) was a right_handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. His record-setting career led to his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He was born Pack Robert Gibson in Omaha, Nebraska. Despite a childhood filled with health... Bob Gibson (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
  • Carlton Chester Cookie Gilchrist (born May 25, 1935 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania) was an American football player in the American Football League. A star player in high school, he signed a pro football contract with the Cleveland Browns just after graduation but left training camp at Hiram College, in Hiram, Ohio... Cookie Gilchrist (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
  • Gordon Howe (born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian hockey player who is often referred to as Mr. Hockey. Contents // 1 Playing Career 2 Awards 3 Records 4 Career Statistics 5 Trivia 6 See also Playing Career Gordie Howe made his NHL debut in 1946 at the... Gordie Howe (Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
  • Robert Frederick Chelsea Bobby Moore OBE (April 12, 1941 - February 24, 1993) was an English footballer whose place in history is secure. Moore joined West Ham as a schoolboy and was a regular in the first team by 1960. A composed central defender, Moore was admired more for his reading... Bobby Moore (English The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
  • Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943) was an American football quarterback for the American Football Leagues New York Jets in the 1960s. He is best known for predicting his teams unlikely victory in the third AFL-NFL World Championship Game, over Don Shulas NFL Baltimore Colts... Joe Namath (U.S. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. It is one of the more physically demanding sports, with a great deal of physical contact occurring on each play, and requiring rare athletic talent. However, it is also a complex game of... American football player)
  • Charles Liston (May 8, 1932 - December 30, 1970), better known in the boxing world as Sonny Liston was a boxer who became world Heavyweight champion, and whose life and personality were always obscure. As a boxer, his nickname was The Big Bear. There is considerable uncertainty about when Liston was... Sonny Liston (U.S. Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see A boxer is a person who fights with their fists in the sport of boxing. (See also list of boxers, womens boxing) Boxers are a breed of dog. See Boxer (dog) Boxer is a text editor for DOS and Microsoft Windows... boxer)
  • Sanford Braun Sandy Koufax (born December 30, 1935) strung together five amazing seasons as a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher in the 1960s before arthritis ended his career at the age of 31. He played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1955-66). Born... Sandy Koufax (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
  • Floyd Patterson (born January 4, 1935) is a former Heavyweight boxing champion who made history multiple times in the sport of boxing Born into a poor family in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Patterson had was one of eleven children and an insular and troubled child. A persistent truant and petty thief... Floyd Patterson (U.S. Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see A boxer is a person who fights with their fists in the sport of boxing. (See also list of boxers, womens boxing) Boxers are a breed of dog. See Boxer (dog) Boxer is a text editor for DOS and Microsoft Windows... boxer)
  • Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) was a Major League Baseball player and is currently the manager of the Washington Nationals. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. Robinson had a very successful career with five teams: Cincinnati Reds (1956 - 1965), Baltimore Orioles (1966 - 1971), Los... Frank Robinson (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
  • Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931) is a former star of Major League Baseball. Mays, nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, played center field throughout nearly all his career and is regarded as one of the finest players ever to have played the game. The epitome of the five... Willie Mays (U.S. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching markers on the ground called bases. The ball... baseball player)
  • Stan Mikita (born May 20, 1940) is a Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player. He was born in Sokolce, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), but moved to Ontario, Canada as a young boy. Mikita became an NHL hockey player, playing his entire career with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1959-1980. He played centre... Stan Mikita (Slovak-Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
  • Robert Gordon Orr (born March 20, 1948) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He is thought of by many as the greatest hockey player ever. Bobby Orr Born in Parry Sound, Canada, his ice hockey talents were evident at a very early age. As a 14-year-old he played... Bobby Orr (Canadian Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey player)
  • Pelé (Brazilian The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
  • Bill Russell being carried off the court after leading USF to its first NCAA basketball tournament title in 1955. William Felton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is an American basketball player remembered for his central role in the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in the 13 seasons that... Bill Russell (U.S. Contents // 1 James Naismiths basic rules. 2 History 2.1 Early basketball 2.2 College basketball and early leagues 2.3 National Basketball Association 2.4 International basketball 3 The game 3.1 Playing regulations 3.2 Equipment 3.3 Playing the ball 3.4 Fouls 3.5 Players... basketball player)
  • Oscar Robertson (U.S. Contents // 1 James Naismiths basic rules. 2 History 2.1 Early basketball 2.2 College basketball and early leagues 2.3 National Basketball Association 2.4 International basketball 3 The game 3.1 Playing regulations 3.2 Equipment 3.3 Playing the ball 3.4 Fouls 3.5 Players... basketball player)
  • Garfield Sobers West Indies (WI) Batting style Left-handed batsman (LHB) Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox (SLA) Slow left-arm chinaman (SLC) Left-arm fast medium (LFM)   Tests ODIs Matches 93 1 Runs scored 8032 0 Batting average 57.78 0.00 100s/50s 26/30 0/0... Garfield Sobers (Barbadian For other uses, see Cricket (disambiguation). A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in... cricketer)
  • Alfredo Di St fano (born July 4, 1926, Barrancas, Argentina) is an ex-footballer who also played international football for Argentina, Colombia, and, most famously, Spain. Di St fano was a powerful forward, considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time. Today, he is honorary president... Alfredo di Stefano (Argentinian/Spanish The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... soccer player)
  • Frederick Sewards Trueman (born February 6, 1931) was an English cricketer. He was the first Englishman to take over 300 wickets. He played county cricket for Yorkshire. Categories: Cricket stubs | 1931 births | English cricketers | English bowlers | Yorkshire cricketers | Derbyshire cricketers | English test cricketers | Wisden Cricketers of the Year ... Fred Trueman (English For other uses, see Cricket (disambiguation). A cricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in... cricketer)

Entertainers

  • Dame Julie Andrews is a British actress, singer, and author, best known for her starring roles in the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). She was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey on October 1, 1935, the daughter of an actor and... Julie Andrews
  • Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s. By the time he was 12, Avalon began making appearances on U.S. television for his trumpet prowess, and, seven years later, he had a #1 hit, Venus... Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello on The Mickey Mouse Club Annette Funicello (born October 22, 1942) was one of Walt Disneys most popular Mouseketeers. Born in Utica, New York, she took dancing and music lessons as a child and was discovered by Disney while performing in Swan Lake. She was cast as... Annette Funicello
  • Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot (born September 28, 1934 in Paris) is a French actress and model, daughter of an industrialist. Also known simply as BB (Bri-Bri in childhood) she is considered the embodiment of the 1950s sex kitten. In the 1970s Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist... Brigitte Bardot
  • The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. The original group comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and... The Beach Boys
  • The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. The Beatles were the most influential music group of the rock era. They affected the post-war baby... The Beatles
  • L-R: David Crosby, Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn The Byrds were an American rock music group founded in Los Angeles, California in 1964 by singers and guitarists Jim McGuinn (he later changed his name to Roger McGuinn), Gene Clark, and David Crosby. Bassist Chris Hillman and... The Byrds
  • Violet Carson, in an interview with a reporter from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1966. Violet Carson OBE (September 1, 1898 - December 26, 1983) was a British actress. She was born at Ancoats in Manchester. She was most known for her role as the gruff moral voice of Coronation Street, Ena... Violet Carson
  • Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK, better known simply as Sean Connery, is a Scottish film actor who has starred in many Hollywood films and is best known as the original official James Bond. Connery is known... Sean Connery
  • Tony Curtis is the stage name of Bernard Schwartz (b. June 3, 1925 in the Bronx, New York), an actor who has appeared in over 100 films since 1949. Curtis has also appeared frequently on television; he co-starred with Roger Moore in the TV series The Persuaders. Since at... Tony Curtis
  • Essential Neil Diamond album cover Neil Diamond (born Neil Leslie Diamond on January 24, 1941) is a singer/songwriter who has had a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and who has maintained a very loyal following with popular live performances to this day. Diamond was born... Neil Diamond
  • The Doors self titled debut. Released in 1967 The Doors were a musical band of the 1960s and early 1970s, consisting of Jim Morrison (lead vocals, b. 1943 d. 1971), Ray Manzarek (organ, keyboard, b. 1939), Robby Krieger (guitar, b. 1946) and John Densmore (drums, b. 1944) Contents // 1 History... The Doors
  • Patty Duke (born December 14, 1946) is an actress of the stage and screen. Born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1962 for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. She also won a Golden Globe... Patty Duke
  • Portrait photograph of Bob Dylan taken by Daniel Kramer Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota, USA) is widely regarded as Americas greatest living popular songwriter. Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams are among the few songwriters similarly revered for their enduring... Bob Dylan
  • Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1939) is an American actor. Born in New York City, he is the son of actor Henry Fonda, the brother of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. His mother, Frances Ford Seymour, committed suicide in 1950 when Peter was 11... Peter Fonda ( This article is about the movie Easy Rider. There is also an article about the slang expression easy rider. Easy Rider is a 1969 road movie directed by Dennis Hopper which many see as representing the embodiment of the hippie lifestyle of the 1960s. The film tells the story of... Easy Rider)
  • Eileen Fulton Eileen Fulton (born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty on September 13, 1933 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American actress. Among other roles (including the Broadway productions of The Fantasticks and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), she is most famous for her role as Lisa Grimaldi on the soap... Eileen Fulton
  • Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-born American film actor. He was perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, not only handsome, but witty and charming. Cary Grant Born Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, he had a confused and unhappy childhood. His... Cary Grant
  • Andy Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, writer and producer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was a genuine country boy who made sophisticated humor based on his own background. Griffith is best known as Sheriff Andy Taylor in the popular 1960s television series The Andy Griffith... Andy Griffith
  • Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists such as... Jimi Hendrix
  • Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. Influenced by expressionism in Germany, he began directing in England, and worked in the United States from 1939. With more than fifty feature films to... Alfred Hitchcock
  • Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is one of the dominant American film actors of the late twentieth century. Biography Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Los Angeles High School where he was voted least likely to succeed. His first ambition was to be a... Dustin Hoffman
  • Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker. Born in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper was voted most likely to succeed by his high school class and it was there he developed an interest in acting. He was especially fond of the plays of William Shakespeare... Dennis Hopper ( This article is about the movie Easy Rider. There is also an article about the slang expression easy rider. Easy Rider is a 1969 road movie directed by Dennis Hopper which many see as representing the embodiment of the hippie lifestyle of the 1960s. The film tells the story of... Easy Rider)
  • Hudson with Doris Day in Pillow Talk (1959) Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 - October 2, 1985) was an American actor, famous for his rugged good looks. The first major American celebrity to admit to being afflicted with AIDS, his announcement of, and subsequent death from the disease at age 59... Rock Hudson
  • Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live album In Concert Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four albums as the frontwoman for several bands from 1967... Janis Joplin
  • Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor. Born in Boston, Lemmons father was a successful businessman in the Boston area. Lemmon attended Harvard. Twice married, he was a devoted father, and one of the best-liked actors in Hollywood. Lemmon was... Jack Lemmon
  • This article is about the comedian and telethon host; Jerry Lewis is also the name of a U.S. politician. There is also a musician named Jerry Lee Lewis. Joseph Levitch (born March 16, 1926), better known as Jerry Lewis, is an American comedian, actor , producer, and director known for... Jerry Lewis
  • Gina Lollobridiga (born 4 July 1927) is an Italian actress. She was born Luigina Lollobrigida at Subiaco near Rome, and became a fashion model and beauty contestant. She began appearing in Italian language films. In 1949 she married a Yugoslavian physician, Milko Skofic. (They had one son, and were divorced... Gina Lollobrigida
  • Sophia Loren in 1955. Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is considered to be one of the most famous Italian actresses of all time who at the age of 70, continues to be considered a top sex symbol. She was born Sofia Villani Scicolone in Pozzuoli, Italy, the illegitimate daughter... Sophia Loren
  • Dean Martin (June 7, 1917 - December 25, 1995) was an American film actor and singer, crooner. Contents // 1 Biography 2 Selected filmography 3 See Also 4 External links Biography Born Dino Paul Crocetti into an Italian-American family in Steubenville, Ohio, he left school at age sixteen and had a... Dean Martin
  • Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930–November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor and one of the most popular and highly-successful box-office superstars of the 1960’s and 1970’s. With an irresistible combination of penetrating slate-blue eyes, unconventional and craggy good-looks, he... Steve McQueen
  • The Monkees in 1968 (left to right): Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith and Davy Jones The Monkees were a four-person band who appeared in an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. The Monkees were formed in 1965 in Los... The Monkees
  • Paul Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an American actor and film director. He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father who owned a successful sporting goods store. He served in the Navy in World War II, in the Pacific theater. When he... Paul Newman
  • Roy Orbison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than thirty years. Contents // 1 His life 1... Roy Orbison
  • Patricia Phoenix, as Elsie Tanner on Coronation Street, in a still from an episode first aired in the early 1970s. Patricia Phoenix (November 26, 1924 - September 18, 1986) was a British actress. She was born Patricia Frederica Pilkington in Manchester. She is most known for her role as Elsie Tanner... Patricia Phoenix
  • Sidney Poitier (born February 20, 1927) is an American actor. He was born in Miami, Florida and grew up on Cat Island in the Bahamas. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field and was the first African-American... Sidney Poitier
  • Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers (September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980), better known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian, talented comic actor, and performer on The Goon Show (a long-running BBC radio show, 1951-1960). Sellers was born in Southsea, Hampshire, England, to a family of vaudeville entertainers... Peter Sellers
  • Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. At 37, Sinatra launched a second career as a film actor, and became admired for a screen persona... Frank Sinatra
  • Sonny and Cher were an American rock and roll duo, made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 60s and 70s. They were the first hippies with mainstream appeal, although Bonos hippiedom may have been for promotional purposes only. Sonny and Chers biggest... Sonny and Cher
  • John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career spanned the evolutionary phase of American cinema, appearing in silent movies and talkies alike. He remains, by many accounts, the most popular star in the history of American film. He was born Marion... John Wayne
  • The Who is a British rock band. They were noted for the dynamism of their live performances and for their thoughtful music, including Tommy, one of the first rock operas. While not a heavy metal band themselves, their distorted guitars, epic songwriting, and over-the-top stage show were an... The Who
  • Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress. Raquel Welch is one of the most famous sex symbols of all time, and she is still considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. Raquel Welch in the film poster for One Million Years B.C. Contents... Raquel Welch
  • This article is about the rock band. For the science-fiction novel by Robert Heinlein, see The Rolling Stones (novel). For the music industry magazine, see Rolling Stone. The Rolling Stones in 1964 The Rolling Stones are a British rock and roll band who rose to prominence during the mid... The Rolling Stones

Other

  • Charles Milles Manson (born November 12th, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate/La Bianca case. Although Manson himself has never killed anyone, his murder conviction stems from a group of young women and young men he recruited - the Manson Family - and directed to commit... Charles Manson

See also

  • This is a list of albums that are particularly notable or influential. It has been derived by compiling lists published by professional sources. Each album has at least one number following it. See references for the key, which assigns each source a number. All the lists are self-described as... List of rock and roll albums in the 1960s

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CNN - 1960: Sabre takes off - June 29, 1999 (887 words)
American was spending $150 million on the system, a chunk of change that, at $4.5 million a pop, could have bought a fleet of 707 jets.
By 1960, American had a semiautomated system, the Reservisor, but reservation agents still used a largely manual process of phone calls, teletype messages and paperwork to book flights.
American s first requirement for developers was that they understand the business process -- an idea that has flourished in the 1990s, after the period of division between techies and end users.
1960 Census of Population and Housing (981 words)
The 1960 census began on April 1, 1960, in accordance with the requirements of an act of August 31, 1954 (amendedAugust1957), which codified Title 13 of the United States Code.
The 1960 enumeration was divided into two stages—the first concentrating on quick coverage of the population and the collection of a few items for every person and dwelling unit, and the second devoted to the collection of the more detailed economic and social information required for sample households and dwelling units.
Morris H. Hansen, “Procedures for the 1960 Census of Population and Housing,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Chicago, Il, December 1958.
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