I'm doing a project on the sixties and need some really famous people from the, i have jimi hendrix, marylin monroe and audrey hepburn and theres that like peace activist guy who is always on like t-shirts but i can never remember his name lol.
also any big events or things that happened in the 60's??
2007-04-15 23:07:04 · 14 answers · asked by just_a_metaphor 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well,
1. JFK nearly took us into an atomic war.(1962)
2. JFK was shot and killed(1963)
3. His brother Bobby took on organised crime.(1961)
4. Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed(1965?)
5. Martin Luther King stood up for equality.1963
6. Martin Luther King was shot and killed.1963
7. Johnston sent, "combat", troops to fight in Vietnam(1965/6).
8. America put men on the moon.
9. Checkoslovakia was betrayed by the west, (1968).
10. China went into revolutionary melt down.(1966)
11. Nixon got into power.
12 Israel won several , "Wars".
13. Saddam Hussain took power in Iraq. (1968)
2007-04-16 00:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by djoldgeezer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most historical event of the 60's would have to be the moon landing and the first time that a human being set foot on soil not of this earth. In 4 or 5 hundred years this will be the event of the 60's that will still be in the history books.
Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the moon, and he said: "That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
2007-04-16 08:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by Where Yat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abbie Hoffman, Anita Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Nancy Kurshan, Paul Krassner, and whole lot of other men and women formed the Youth International Party, or the Yippies. If you want to know more about the American counterculture, this would be a good place to start. I have read both Hoffman and Rubin's books. I once had the pleasure to meet Abbie Hoffman in person at a book signing, and he signed my copy of 'Steal This Book', his most famous book, and considered to be the "yippie Bible." There were many other events that occurred in the 1960s, but I just wanted to draw attention to this historical group, and these outstanding individuals.
2007-04-16 06:34:20 · answer #3 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In music there were The Beatles& Rolling Stones, who dominated the music scene. There were also the Mamas & Papas, Beach Boys and Elvis. Politically the Kennedy Brothers were assassinated and America went to war with Vietnam. In England there was the Profumo scandal and the legalisation of abortion. Worldwide the big thing was the moonwalk in 1969.
2007-04-16 06:27:13 · answer #4 · answered by jemima 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1.Beatles
2.the Kennedys
3. Martin Luther King
4.Malcolm X
5.Woodstock
6.The C.I.A.
7. Moon Landing
8. Vietnam
2007-04-16 07:03:39 · answer #5 · answered by Basil P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lu-Lu, with Shout Sandy Shaw, Puppet on a String Pertulia Clark, Down Town,
The Vietnam War, free love am, not sure if this is the year the pill first came out.
2007-04-16 06:11:35 · answer #6 · answered by Tyanna-Daisy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few assassinations with JFK, his brother Bobby and MLK. The Manson family and their murders. The Beetles coming to town. A couple of things happened..
2007-04-16 06:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by DrB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Stephen, king of carnaby st. fashion designer,born in Govan Glasgow, his da had a wee shop called marshalls in kintra st. next to the Glasgow City Mission.
2007-04-16 06:17:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a wikipedia search for "1960's"; look into the external links portion too.
2007-04-16 06:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by AnswerGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England won the football world cup!
2007-04-16 06:25:26 · answer #10 · answered by Tufty Porcupine 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋