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The Groovy Sixties Presented by Linda Grekusis http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=groovy+tyedye&gbv=2
First Televised Presidential Debates Bay of Pigs Invasion Berlin Wall Built Soviets Launch First Man in Space Cuban Missile Crisis Marilyn Monroe Found Dead JFK Assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S. Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison Malcolm X Assassinated New York City Great Blackout Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1960.htm
   Population 177,830,000  Unemployment 3,852,000  National Debt 286.3 Billion  Average Salary $4,743  Teacher's Salary $5,174  Minimum Wage $1.00  Life Expectancy:  Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years  Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000  An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter college; emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps.  http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html American Cultural History Facts of the 1960’s
The three presidents in the 1960's were John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson , and Dwight D. Eisenhower.  The three presidents in the 1960's were John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson , and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong traveled to the moon in the 1960's. The first person who touched the moon was Neil Armstrong. He put a flag there to symbolize America's accomplishment on July 30, 1968 http://library.thinkquest.org/3633/sixties.htm

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The Groovy Sixties

  • 1. The Groovy Sixties Presented by Linda Grekusis http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=groovy+tyedye&gbv=2
  • 2. First Televised Presidential Debates Bay of Pigs Invasion Berlin Wall Built Soviets Launch First Man in Space Cuban Missile Crisis Marilyn Monroe Found Dead JFK Assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S. Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison Malcolm X Assassinated New York City Great Blackout Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1960.htm
  • 3.   Population 177,830,000 Unemployment 3,852,000 National Debt 286.3 Billion Average Salary $4,743 Teacher's Salary $5,174 Minimum Wage $1.00 Life Expectancy:  Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000 An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter college; emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps. http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html American Cultural History Facts of the 1960’s
  • 4. The three presidents in the 1960's were John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson , and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The three presidents in the 1960's were John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson , and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong traveled to the moon in the 1960's. The first person who touched the moon was Neil Armstrong. He put a flag there to symbolize America's accomplishment on July 30, 1968 http://library.thinkquest.org/3633/sixties.htm