Britain in the 1960's. 1960s The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. It is known as the Swinging Sixties and is associated with the birth of British pop music and fashion. 1961 - First man in space 1966 - England won the football World cup 1969 - First humans to walk on the Moon 1960 Population of Britain was about 53 million 1960 World's population was just over 3 billion. The average house price was £2,530 Loaf of bread 5p A season ticket to see Manchester United cost £8.50. Most houses now had a refrigerator and a cooker. People could buy sliced bread.
For the first time, virtually all houses had electricity. 1969 The Anglo-French airliner Concorde makes its first supersonic test flight 1962 The audio cassette invented. 1963 - The first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom 2 is launched. 1963 Touch-Tone telephones introduced. 1965 Sony markets the CV-2000, the first home video tape recorder. Most homes had televisions by the end of the decade. The 1960s. Library Resources 60s. 1960s. "'60s" redirects here. For decades comprising years 60–70 of other centuries, see List of decades. Top, L-R: A soldier crawls on the ground during the Vietnam War; The Beatles, part of the British Invasion, change music in the United States and around the world. Centre, L-R: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in 1963, after serving as President for three years; Martin Luther King Jr. makes his famous I Have a Dream Speech to a crowd of over a million; millions participate in the Woodstock Festival of 1969.
Bottom, L-R: China's Mao Zedong puts forward the Great Leap Forward plan; the Stonewall Inn, site of major demonstrations for gay and lesbian rights; for the first time in history, a human being sets foot on the Moon, in the Moon landing of July 1969. The 1960s was a decade that began on 1 January 1960 and ended on 31 December 1969.[1] The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called the Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends around the globe. American Cultural History - 1960 - 1969. The purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the 1960s. In a very small way, this is a bibliographic essay.
While there is no way we can link to everything, we have attempted to find areas of special interest and to select information that we hold dear today - movies we watch, songs we sing, events that move us, people we admire. To see the whole picture, we encourage users to browse all the way through this page and then visit the suggested links for more information on the decade.
We feel the best way to immerse oneself in a topic is to use both Internet and the library. The real depth of information is best read in books. More photographs, more information, more depth. Architecture in the sixties was undergoing a refinement of Modernism and a move to an even more streamlined contemporary look. BOOKS: Library of Congress browsing areas include: PS - American Literature; Z - Books and Libraries.