1960s

1960:

-Kennedy elected as President-seventy million people watched.

-Queen first message at Christmas.

-Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962.

-Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.

-The Pill goes on sale
Oral contraception which is 99% effective has a liberating effect on the English approach to sex.

1961:

-Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space.

-First episode of Songs of Praise.

-U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.

- Cuba invaded at Bay of Pigs ( an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government) by an estimated 1,200 anti-Castro exiles aided by U.S.; invasion crushed.

1962:

-Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
-Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business.

-Kennedy orders Cuban blockade.

-Cuba releases 1,113 prisoners of 1961 invasion attempt.

-Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda, and Trinidad and Tobago become independent.

1963:

-JFK assassinated, shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner

-Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King delivers “I have a dream” speech (Aug. 28).

-Kenya achieves independence.

1964:

-Nelson Mendela sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of high treason, sparking off protests around the world.

-Top of the Pops.

1965:

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 other blacks arrested in Selma, Ala., during three-day demonstrations against voter-registration rules.

-Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City

-Churchill dies.

-'Tomorrow's World', a show about new technologies and inventions.

-Kenneth Tynan first person to say F word on tv.

1966:

-England World Cup.

1967:

-First heart transplant.

-Coronation Street, 20 million viewers.

-Stamp with Queen on it.

-Sexual Offences Act
This Act ends the total ban on sex between men which has been in place since 1885.

1968:

-Sudents riot in Paris as they object to the apparent closure of the city's uni. hundreds arrested.

-First black woman police officer.

-First issue of Time Out. The essential listings guide to everything that's cool in London.

-"Rivers of Blood" speech. Enoch Powell makes his "Rivers of Blood" speech in Birmingham, stirring up racial prejudice and calling for forced re-patriation of immigrants.

1969:

-Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement.

-Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon.

-Kray Twins convicted of murder. The East End's most notorious gangsters are convicted at the Old Bailey. The Kray twins were celebrities as well as violent criminals.

-Concorde was created.

-Benny Hill's first appearance - known for chasing scantily clad women, Benny Hill is one of this country's top comedy exports.

-voting age reduced to 18.

-Women's Liberation Workshop is founded.

-Parliament votes to outlaw capital punishment.