Flashback to 1960 - A Timeline of Life in America

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[@haircole]

I remember my family started to invest in a small business …after hearing President Kennedy ask Americans to invest in America….Changing the course of our family for the better.

[@keithwilson6060]

Yes, same here. But it was hard to get the full effect when you only had a B&W t.v.

[@holdenmcgroin9774]

@Dapper Canuck Obama fixed the crap that Bush 2 created. I see you are wearing your horse blinders. Both Bushes tanked the economy.

[@elwin38]

The year my brother-n-law was born(April 28) and passed away this year 2 weeks short of his 61st birthday(1960-2021)RIP ✌🏾🙏🏾

[@juliemarchese-temple7749]

So sorry.

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Oh so sorry for your loss many prayers to you and your family 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@jchow5966]

Do sorry. ☮️

[@samanthab1923]

I’m sorry 🙏🏻 too young to go

[@imac1960]

(Recollection Road) you're the best channel to come along in a long time and it brings back memories for everybody

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Absolutely one of the best!❤️ very bittersweet tho!

[@matrox]

I remember back in the early or mid 60s as a kid just having a nickel or dime in your pocket you were doing OK financially. A quarter you were doing better than ok. Having a dollar bill you were damn near rich.😁

[@nonamegame9857]

Having a $1 bill and going to the candy store was like having a grocery store size bag for all the penny candies and nickel candy bars you could get. Hershey's kisses three for a penny 😍

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

❤️🤗😋

[@noble604]

My dad came home and had a dime as a little boy and his mom, my grandmother asked where he got it. He said he found it at the neighbors’ house. She said nothing in their house was lost to them and she marched him and their dime back to their house.

[@nonamegame9857]

@@noble604 I remember a payphone in front of the Robin Hood mobile park in Adrian Michigan. You could put one dime in the phone and then call zero and as soon as it rang in, if you hung up at that moment, you would not get your original time back but instead you would get two dimes back. Used was great success since there was a restaurant between the mobile home park and the establishment directly behind the payphone. I absolutely loved and do miss to this day those $0.25 burgers 😍

[@noble604]

Doug - wow... so many things - gone - in that one story... pay phones, 25c burgers... even the cent key is gone🤣. Remember when that was on a keyboard. Now kids are typing “My ride home cost 25$.” I sit scratching my head trying to figure out how they don’t see how prices spelled out. Prices are all over the place but they think the dollar sign now comes after the number? They really would have no clue what a cent key did lol. Anyway ... that must have been THE most popular payphone around. So funny the things we remember lol

[@trainsupporter9088]

I so enjoy these Flashback series. I learn a lot. Thanks for all the hard work you put into each one!

[@MidKid61]

October 13, 1960 was one of the greatest games in Major League Baseball history. Game 7 of the 1960 World Series at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh. The walk-off, leadoff home run by Bill Mazeroski to win the game 10-9 and the World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3 is still consider the greatest home run ever hit in baseball.

[@chrisfranco6603]

Well, don’t forget Bobby Thomson in 1951

[@robertshaw3711]

I just turned 9 years old that day.

[@brianmoody2549]

Things you remember when you where young,that was best times of in my life

[@mardellahenrichs4121]

I grew up in these times , brought back memories & some things I didn’t even know about , or maybe didn’t remember .

[@josephcottone8776]

Memories Are Forever As Long As They Are Preserved And Not Forgotten. It Was A Beautiful Time To Grow Up In.

[@Diane18]

Well said!!!!

[@matrox]

I was preschool but remember this time and had good memories of this year.

[@MilitaryVideoWorks3742]

Lots of great memories! Thank you for creating this video.

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

Another great episode - thanks 😎👏

[@matrox]

The Wizard of Oz was indeed an event. Even though it aired once a year, people still watched it again and again each year. Gotta admit its a real timeless classic. I probably saw it for the first time in 1960.

[@newjerseybt]

Later, the movie seemed to be televised around Easter every year.

[@ralphl8055]

Yeah you're surely didn't want to miss it.

[@MainelyLove]

My parents had a B&W Philco on 12" spindle legs they bought in 1958. We watched the WOZ for years on that thing (not solid state at the time - had to turn it on early so it would be warmed up). My point? I was between 18 and 20 when I learned while watching WOZ somewhere else - the majority of the movie was in color! I loved it anyway, but ....

[@suestephan3255]

It always aired in January.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

Yeah, the 60s! My childhood really started here. Tranquillity and turbulence all at the same time. The exciting 60s!

[@darrylh1971]

Also in September 1960 was the debut of The Flintstones on ABC.

[@stevenreynolds2327]

And in March the debut of...MEEEEEEEE

[@joelfrombethlehem]

@Leonard Ticsay I remember the cigarette commercials, but I don't recall any Flintstones ones.

[@samanthab1923]

One of my fondest childhood memories was when Wilma had Pepples!

[@06BIBOI]

One of the most important moments in US history in my opinion !!

[@nonamegame9857]

I think you would enjoy my Charlie Brown playlist.

[@crimsonchin479]

This channel brings my anxiety down and my nostalgia up and I’m only 27 but I love the history and Americana

[@bobtaylor170]

You have anemoia, the Greek word for nostalgia for an era before one's time.

[@bobtaylor170]

It's well to remember that there hasn't been a Golden Era since before Adam and Eve made their big mistake in the Garden of Eden. It is true, however, that there used to be what was called "common decency," that people were generally much better mannered, much more neatly dressed, and far better spoken. And sexual perversion was not flaunted before children, as it is in this vicious, sick era. It was not a scandal, but it was commented on in the neighborhood, when a divorced woman with three sons moved next door to us. Everyone knew the divorce wasn't the woman's fault, but their condition was regarded as tragic. They had enough money. The lady was a nurse, but people were aware of the sadness of a broken marriage. Fifteen years ago, I was stunned when I learned the young couple who were my neighbors were married. That is how dramatically, and how much for the worse, things had changed in less than fifty years.

[@noble604]

It really does. It’s quite calming. I come home and turn on Little House on the Prairie or some old show and I even mute that. It’s just calming. No sarcasm and cutting language in the way they talk to each other in the script. Nothing mean or rude as “humor.” Respectful and respectable. Even the colors of the show aren’t jarring and bright and modern. it’s just slow and simple.

[@cynthiacordell4639]

@@bobtaylor170 Here we are 2023 and it's even more disgusting

[@footballlvnlady]

I have seen every video! Just love this channel! ❤️

[@cyclenut]

In 1970, ten years later I met Jackie Kennedy. My second grade teacher took me to the US Capitol Building to speak out about child abuse. President Nixon sat beside me as I talked. After I finished talking, President Nixon took me to the White House where Jackie Kennedy was visiting and introduced me.

[@pegs1659]

That is so cool.

[@tracymesser296]

Wow what an experience that must have been!! Pretty cool!!

[@razony]

WOW!

[@Cryo837]

The Wizard of Oz started being on every year. And I NEVER missed it when I was a kid. There was no way to "own" movies in the 60's. Records/Music yes, but not videos.

[@295g295]

> 7:20

[@nonamegame9857]

And yet it isn't on free movies through KZbin 80 years after it was made. Terminator is but not the wizard of Oz 🙄

[@josephcottone8776]

Don't Forget The March Of The Woodin Soldiers. I Remember Watching It Every Thanksgiving. The Best Time Was When I Went To My Godfathers House And Watching It In The Basement And Then We Ate. Great Memories.

[@allenjones3130]

I'll get you, my pretty!

[@chrisrj9871]

@@allenjones3130 - and your little dog, too!

[@nonamegame9857]

Regarding the movie Psycho and the effect that it had on shower taking definitely had a lasting impact on my sister, may she rest in peace, because she had quite the aversion to showers after that movie. Oh she would take baths and sponge baths but as far as a shower went, it was no go. I miss you sis.

[@tracymesser296]

Wow that’s crazy that it affected her whole life!! Terrible actually!! Sorry for your loss.

[@gunnersdream8204]

I absolutely love these videos, i've watched all of the episodes and eagerly await the next installment, i just hope that he doesn't take too long.

[@charlesbaldo]

He is going to run out of years soon. But I think he will come up with new ideas. Lots of history

[@eileenlester4342]

Amen 💜

[@appleforever6664]

Beautiful video on history!

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Ahhhhhhh the Wizard of Oz one of the all time greats!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@freedomforever6718]

A The Andy Griffith Show was one of my favorite TV programs.

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Mine too!

[@raallen1468]

I still watch the re-runs. Such a breath of fresh air from the garbage that is sold as family tv, these days.

[@matrox]

Don Knotts made that show a success. Andy Griffith even admitted that.

[@noble604]

Still is. It’s very soothing to me.

[@tonyfriend7413]

@@matrox I liked Don Knotts Better as Mr. Ferley.Ralph on Threes Company...

[@incognitoguitars9999]

Terrific. This is absolutely one of the best channels on KZbin. Thank you

[@marcellamcduffie8218]

You could buy a lot of things back in the day I remember the 60s I still watch some of those reruns even now The American bandstand was always a favorite with DICK CLARK hosting the show The Andy Griffith show I Love Lucy show to name a few and of course The Flintstones thanks for this upload.😊 .

[@nonamegame9857]

CKLW AM radio out of Detroit motor City. The home of Motown 👍

[@marcellamcduffie8218]

@@nonamegame9857 Hi and you know it too and thanks for the reply and stay safe.

[@hertzair1186]

Year of my birth…it’s been quite a ride so far.

[@oscartriana184]

Exelent channel a lot of good memories I was 7

[@ralphl8055]

Great year 9-16 53 take care.

[@frdjr2527]

2/1/52. Lived on Long Island. Lots of good times.

[@2098elk]

Graduated High School in 1960. Good times!

[@eileenlester4342]

Thank you!!!! 💜

[@robertmoir5695]

The 60s and the 70s great times things are so different now

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

The best video of 'em all (well, mostly because that's my birth year LOL) !

[@mardellahenrichs4121]

You have the best videos !!! So glad I found you !!!!

[@ilovegoodsax]

Finally-- the only year that matters! (j/k) 😉 My birth year of which I made my world debut on October 6. I still can't believe I'm 60 now. Know too many gone to soon. I feel truly blessed.😇

[@freddfezzo8524]

Well....you are 61 now, soon to be 70!!!....so sorry

[@simoneleles5209]

I can't get enough. Great channel!❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@darrylh1971]

Feb. 29, 1960 was the debut date of the Family Circle/Circus comic strip, not Feb. 19, 1960.

[@stephaniesometimess]

Awesome video!

[@K1OIK]

I heard Claribel say "Goodbye kids", live.

[@orangehoof]

Claribel was Bob Keeshan - aka Captain Kangaroo. Look at the picture again.

[@themagus5906]

@@orangehoof He was neither a captain, nor a kangaroo, nor a female....but he sure loved Schwinn bicycles!

[@iswc27]

My father and I knew one of the crew members of the Triton through his submarine veterans group. There is a quote from him in the November 1960 issue of National Geographic in an article on the voyage.

[@robertabrams8562]

The year I was born! I didn’t realize that so many cool things happened that year! 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼

[@notenoughprepping]

Good times, I was 5

[@David-yw2lv]

In 1960,two important men in my life died.My great grandfather & a man who worked for my paternal grandmother,who bought my first tricycle.I remember them both vaguely.In December I turned three.

[@Diane18]

I love your narration, great!!!!

[@sandraquick9336]

Love this it takes you back in time

[@slyfoxxsr.941]

Love these videos. They help me go to sleep.

[@jimmyjames6267]

Can't wait for 1962, my year...

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Mine too

[@Hoonozit]

These crazy days make these videos all the better for me, although we have two more years to go before my birth. ;-)

[@vinylvarieties4515]

Please do 1961. My in laws are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in August. I would be great to play your trip down memory lane at their party. Thanks so much.

[@ilovegoodsax]

Relax --1961 is next in the series.

[@noble604]

There are greeting cards that highlight the year. You could give them that card with it.🙂

[@tracymesser296]

Great idea!!

[@saulstar5203]

My favorite Decade ❤

[@rexsexson5349]

Awesome, you mentioned Chubby Checker covered Hank Ballard and that Hank originally recorded the twist.

[@samanthab1923]

Saw Chubby Checker at a lunch time concert on the Plaza at WTC back in 93!

[@samanthab1923]

I saw Chubby Checker during lunch break on the Plaza on One WTC 92

[@maryrichardson6029]

Thank you

[@RichardinNC1]

I was born in December 1959 so too young to remember 1960 but the 60s in general where how I grew up. I loved the cars, the space race and the Apollo moon landing, and more.

[@margaretsparksrittenhouse8787]

Sometime in late 1960, I learned to walk.

[@jeffaller6190]

I never did learn how. I know, it sounds weird, but I just couldn't figure it out. I tried the one foot in front of the other method but would always trip, much to the amusement of the onlookers. Since then I've read books, watched videos of the subject matter, but sadly I still haven't got it down. Perhaps one fine day.

[@bp39047]

I was 10 at the time and to me 1960 was a continuation of the 50's. Howdy Doody going off the air was a sad experience for me. Lamp Chop/Sheri Lewis replacing Howdy Doody at the same time Saturday morning just wasn't the same enjoyment. I lost a 25 cent bet Nixon would win.

[@R32R38]

JFK trivia: longtime Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. met both JFK and John Quincy Adams.

[@roscoeshepard]

I was born March 1960. It snowed every Wednesday in March where I was born.

[@themagus5906]

Must have been born in western North Carolina.

[@samanthab1923]

March is a deceptively snowy month in the NY/NJ area.

[@roscoeshepard]

@@themagus5906 surry county nc. Up in the mountains the National Guard had fly in food.

[@mikehughes4969]

I remember the first time I saw Wizard of Oz. I was maybe five or six, and Margaret Hamilton scared me so bad I had to put on my Batman costume to keep watching.

[@garyfrancis6193]

I had the same experience in 1958 when I was 8 years old. I believed everything I saw on the screen was real. People tell me it wasn’t. I’m still not sure.

[@bparrish517]

That’s cute. Little minds are precious in the way they navigate the world…and then later it all usually goes “poof”. There’s just something about the human condition that has a way of fouling up things.

[@samanthab1923]

Those Flying Monkees did it for me 🙁

[@mikehughes4969]

@@samanthab1923 The monkeys were scary, sure, but I still wanted one of my own so it could fly me around.

[@garyfaught3769]

On April 17, 1960 rockabilly singer Eddie Cochran was killed in a car accident in London, England. He was only 21. Only months earlier he had recorded a song called "Three Stars" lamenting the deaths of rock & roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP (the Big Bopper) Richardson.

[@1985OldSkool]

Major professional sports champions in the United States and Canada during 1960 MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates (3rd of 5 World Series Championships) NBA - Boston Celtics (3rd of 17 NBA World Championships) NFL - Philadelphia Eagles (3rd of NFL Championships) AFL - Houston Oilers (inaugural AFL Champions) CFL - Ottawa Rough Riders (5th of 9 Grey Cup Championships) NHL - Montreal Canadiens (12th of 24 Stanley Cup Championships)

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

At least the Oilers won a title.

[@augthedog55]

A lot of tender memories occurred in 1960.

[@chrisfranco6603]

I was born in 1962 and I remember Howdy Doody as a kid, so I guess that was reruns? Huh!

[@annward4149]

I really enjoy these Flashback. Things I never knew. Now I'm 69 my memory isn't very good . But at that moment I like it. Thank you all so much

[@joeheid4757]

AHHH! How could you not include Bill Mazeroski with the only Walk-Off World Series home run beating the heralded NY Yankees in baseball history!!!?

[@garyfaught3769]

Actually Joe Carter hit a walk off for the Blue Jay's to defeat the Phillies, but it occured in game six of the '93 series. 60 was still an amazing series. Pirates were outscored 54-27 losing games 16-3 and shut out by Whitey Ford twice 12-0 and 10-0. Game 7 WAS an instant classic for all time.

[@joeheid4757]

@@garyfaught3769 I forgot to add the game 7 part. My dad was actually at the game in the bleachers down the left field line. As you mentioned the scores, I can hear Gino Cimoli in a post-game interview with The Gunner saying, "They broke all the records and we won the game." What a memory.

[@garyfaught3769]

Lest we not forget Hal Smith's 3 run blast, I believe, in the 8th inning to keep the Pirates close. And of course the well placed pebble.

[@joeheid4757]

@@garyfaught3769 A young Bobby Clemente as the Gunner called him legged out an infield hit prior to Smith's 3 run blast in that 8th inning to put the Battlin Bucs up 9-7 at that time. Nice imagery with the well-placed pebble btw. 😉😁

[@garyfaught3769]

One final thought on the '60 series. I've read where Mantle wept after the series ended. Claimed that was his biggest disappointment in his career. Many, many side notes in that series. Groat won the batting title and I think the MVP. Vern Law won the Cy Young when only one was awarded. Stengel was fired after that loss, after 10 pennants, and 7 series wins in 12 years. A book could be written ( maybe one has) about that series.

[@litaheffley6990]

Still love ❤️ the wizard of oz and I love ❤️ Lucy

[@JimAllen-Persona]

I always wonder when I see the original Motown building how they opened up a business in a clearly residential area. Maybe back then they didn’t have zoning laws.

[@stargirlzx]

As a child i remember waiting every year to watch the wizard of oz on tv. I think it was broadcast in the spring right around Easter but i could be wrong about that I swear this is a true story. We went to see psycho at a drive in theater , on the way we we had to stop at a police roadblock A patient had escaped from a local mental hospital and they were searching every car ive nevet been so scared in my life. We were afraid to go into the house when we gpt home that nite. I dont think we slept a wink . It was me , my mom , my older sister and my grandmother. Lol

[@suestephan3255]

I know for a while WOZ I was shown in January early 70’s but may have changed later on

[@imac1960]

I was born in 1960

[@K1OIK]

Who the hell cares? This video is not about you.

[@nh5er237]

@@K1OIK well now does that make you feel better?

[@imac1960]

@@K1OIK what you don't like to have a little fun I guess you don't have a life either

[@imac1960]

@@K1OIK I know you're frustrated because your life is so boring but you don't have to take it out on everybody else stop and smell the roses once in awhile

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@imac1960 I'm with you, Wesley! I was born in 1960 as well, and am DAMN proud of it!

[@jchow5966]

My parents had only been married one year. I would love to go back to that tume to see what it was really like. ☮️💟

[@jimbaker4620]

This was the year I got interested in polit ics

[@TenOrbital]

3:43 I wonder what that street looks like today.

[@R32R38]

The building is now the site of the Motown Museum.

[@TenOrbital]

@@R32R38 - Oddly, Streetview shows the neighboring houses have mostly lost their balconies and verandas. I wonder why. Although they are also a building site, so that doesn't help.

[@carolineinthe60s]

And… The best decade that has ever existed began. Seriously, the things I would do to have the chance to travel through time and go back to the sixties. Music, fashion, lifestyle,… Everything seemed better ! Now I will proceed to read every comment of people who lived during this time, just to get a small taste of how it was. Good job as always !

[@matrox]

The late 50s and 60s were good memories for me.

[@carolineinthe60s]

@@matrox I guess so ! How was it ?

[@matrox]

@@carolineinthe60s People could leave car windows and tops down all night parked on the street. You could go do your grocery shopping leave your car windows down and not even think about locking your car up or worry about vandalism. In the summer time the front and back doors pretty much stayed unlocked during the day. Never worried about home invasions or crazy everyday crimes like today. In the 70s we hitch hiked a lot to get to destinations and never worried about crazies. Never even see Hitch hikers now.

[@carolineinthe60s]

@@matrox Nowadays, no one feels safe and we would never trust people enough to leave our doors unlocked... Crazy and disgusting society we're living in.

[@StatsJedi]

And I was born in April that year.

[@bkb0859]

61 years ago

[@amystoudt7543]

The Flintstones debut on September 30,1960 on abc

[@VTSGsRock]

New decade, new aunt of me. In 1960, my grandparents gave birth to my 3rd aunt.

[@orangehoof]

It should be noted that the NFL expanded into Dallas and Minnesota as an effort to kill off the rival American Football League that was beginning play that fall. AFL founder Lamar Hunt's team was slated for Dallas (he would later move it to Kansas City where it became the Chiefs) and the Minnesota ownership group was planning to join the AFL until the NFL came calling. Instead, the AFL rushed together a poorly-financed team in Oakland, CA so they could begin with 8 teams - Those clubs were the Boston (now New England) Patriots, the New York Titans (now Jets), the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans), the Denver Broncos, the Los Angeles Chargers, the Dallas Texans and the Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders.

[@1985OldSkool]

The Chargers also played in San Diego from 1961 to 2016, and the Raiders also played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994.

[@nonelost1]

2:00…The Triton nuclear submarine circumnavigated under the world in 60 days back in ‘60.

[@sunnyvibes8528]

I was 4!

[@Diane18]

Best of times by far- fifties and sixties.

[@simonpearn479]

In England Wolverhampton Wanderers won the F.A. Cup, and Coronation Street was first shown in December!

[@davidsquires154]

I was only 3 years old.

[@pegs1659]

Me too. I was mostly two because my birthday is in late October.

[@jimmyarmijo792]

I was born in 1960! Outside of that, I don't remember much...

[@tobygoodguy4032]

The crest racing for shore. (Its not going to be neat when it crashes.)

[@josearellano203]

In 1960 my dad was born. A tsunami happened in Morocco on February 29 and the strongest recorded earthquake happened in Chile on May 22 that year. JFK was a great president.

[@scottwatschke4192]

I was born on February 22nd, 1960

[@BELCAN57]

You could buy an entire sack of groceries for under $5.00

[@ralphl8055]

Yeah I often think of that I remember telling stories that I remember my parents getting groceries for a week like 20 or $25 maybe those times will come back.

[@darkwood777]

And you still complained that they cost too much. LOL

[@carlkaufman2429]

And that translated to $46 in today's dollars. Don't be fooled by inflation.

[@VictorySpeedway]

In July, 1960, my Grandmother traded in her '56 Pontiac for a new Ventura. It was the first year for that model. It was a black two-door hardtop. It was the most gorgeous automobile I had ever seen. My Dad kept it washed, polished, and waxed faithfully. I remember a mule-drawn wagon heading up Morse Ave. in Bloomfield, NJ with Kennedy posters all over it. My buddy and I followed behind yelling "NIXON, NIXON, NIXON!!!" We didn't give two hoots about politics (we were seven or eight years old), but we got to make some noise. I remember 1960 as a very happy, peaceful time. I was surrounded by family; Mom, Dad, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and on and on. All have passed away except Mom. Yup, those were great days. I'm sorry they're all gone, but I cherish the memories.

[@craigforsberg9844]

1960, the year I was born

[@emmgeevideo]

In your 1966 video, you said that it started “The Sixties”. This video contradicts that video. The Sixties started in 1960…

[@MainelyLove]

There are two systems to measuring a decade. 1) 1960 to 1969, AND 2) 1961 to 1970. When I was working in social science research, the 1st # of a set of 10 began with 1 and ended with 0. Recollection Road might have been referring to the social atmosphere of "The Sixties" beginning in 1966. Musically, I agree with him.

[@emmgeevideo]

@@MainelyLove I know the argument, but common sense and common usage is that a decade called “The Sixties” goes from 1960-1969. In any case, it surely didn’t start in 1966.

[@bigwillietheb]

Now they forgot the premier of My three sons on ABC & lasted for 12 seasons which to me was a better show than The Andy Griffith show

[@ttuck9603]

These are great but feel like they could go a little deeper and cover a bit more.

[@matrox]

He only has 8 min. to work with.

[@janetr5929]

I was born in 60. Perfect middle class, Bay Area childhood

[@jkdm7653]

2 other items for possible inclusion: Pittsburgh's World Series upset of the Yankees, and the communications satellite "Echo 1" which was an inflated mylar balloon...so large that it could be seen without any optical instruments.

[@stevenmassey7586]

Born 1960

[@model-man7802]

The Wizard of OZ didnt make alot because it could not be held over like today it had to stay in the rotation even for lesser movies.

[@tonyfriend7413]

I wasn't even hatched yet. Until March of 1961

[@lindaeasley5606]

Not many people belong to the unusual club of Kennedy babies - people born during JFK's time in office .I was in 1961

[@richbarr5959]

I made it by 5 weeks in 1963.

[@pdizbon]

I was FIVE DAYS OLD when Kennedy won lol

[@ralphl8055]

I think I was in fourth or fifth grade remember coming home when president got shot my mom was crying it was a sad time.

[@markmcnew8420]

I was born August 1960

[@Jonathan_Taylor]

Well. Now you have to do one of these on Motown Records...

[@chrisrj9871]

How Sixties was 1960? 0:44 - _VERY HIGHLY_ 60s, knowing who he was friends with and what happens to them both in 3 and 8 years. 1:08 - not so 60s. Just more sports biz. It could have happened any time before/after 1960. 1:32 - _VERY HIGHLY_ so. There may have been plenty before (I didn't look it all up yet), but this just fits the theme of the 60s. 2:01 - nuclear-powered? I guess that's 60s, more 50s. 2:26 - nope. 2:53 - knowing what the 60s ended up becoming, but knowing what the 50s offered (the magazine itself)... this might be a bit of both. 3:17 - not so much a start of the 60s, but more an end to the 50s. 3:40 - you simply cannot have the 60s without Motown! 4:10 - This boosted the possibilities of horror movies, but it's hard to say if it's a pure 60s thing or not? 4:36 - I'd say so. 5:00 - ditto. 5:30 - still sounds 50s. 5:52 - like Lucy's divorce, this was also more like an end to the 50s. 6:14 - more a continuation of 50s-style TV, although it did run for 8 seasons. 6:38 - see the first part. Also, not the last we hear of Nixon, of course. 7:00 - political stuff, could've happened before/after 1960. Granted it's Cold War-themed, right? 7:22 - just a movie event, with a 1939 movie. This was also the year the ☮ was developed! It didn't go anywhere for several years, it was made by somebody in college for their own protests. Musically it was more 50s, but I'd say Cathy's Clown, Money (twiw), Shimmy KoKo Bop, and anything by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates really helped the decade find its future sound! Tried Joe Meek's "I Hear a New World"? SO MUCH 60s for 1960 it'll blow ya mind, man!!! But most of these weren't as popular or impactful as other things of the year, as people were still used to 1958-59. Overall, *1960 gets a 3 out of 10 on its 60s-ness.*