1960
Start of a decade
1960 functions as a noun for the calendar year, an adjective for things from that time a 1960 Cadillac, or shorthand for the decade beginning that year.
In American cultural memory, 1960 often marks the threshold between the conservative 1950s and the turbulent sixties: Everything changed after 1960.
Irish-origin surname, political dynasty
- Nixon37th U.S. president
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- electionOrganized public voting
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
Camelot · New Frontier · Bay of Pigs · civil rights · sit-ins · Freedom Riders · integration · segregation
Former communist superpower
- USANorth American nation, abbr.
- superpowersCapabilities beyond human limits
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
Cuban Missile Crisis · Berlin Wall · nuclear · arms race · espionage · propaganda · communism · capitalism
Iconic sixties rock quartet
- ElvisRock and roll monarch
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- rock-n-rollAmplified popular music genre
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
pop art · Hitchcock · Mad Men · Marilyn Monroe · Hemingway · beatniks · jazz · bossa nova
Residential areas outside cities
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- generation gapAge-based cultural disconnect
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
television · prosperity · middle class · nuclear family · housewife · birth control pill · youth culture · protest
Federal space exploration bureau
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- Mercury programFirst US crewed spaceflight initiative
orbit · rocketry · spacecraft · launchpad · mission control · Gagarin · Shepard · Cape Canaveral
Kennedy
Irish-origin surname, political dynasty
inauguration · Camelot · New Frontier · Bay of Pigs · civil rights · sit-ins · Freedom Riders · integration · segregation · Malcolm X
USSR
Former communist superpower
- USANorth American nation, abbr.
- superpowersCapabilities beyond human limits
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
Kennedy · Cuban Missile Crisis · Berlin Wall · nuclear · arms race · espionage · propaganda · communism · capitalism · Iron Curtain
Beatles
Iconic sixties rock quartet
- ElvisRock and roll monarch
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- rock-n-rollAmplified popular music genre
psychedelic · pop art · Hitchcock · Mad Men · Marilyn Monroe · Hemingway · beatniks · jazz · bossa nova · twist
suburbia
Residential areas outside cities
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- generation gapAge-based cultural disconnect
consumerism · television · prosperity · middle class · nuclear family · housewife · birth control pill · youth culture · protest · draft
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
Mercury program · orbit · rocketry · spacecraft · launchpad · mission control · Gagarin · Shepard · Cape Canaveral · space exploration
- Congo HistoryBelgian Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, Congo River, atrocities
- SenegalDakar, Wade, boubou, negritude, Atlantic coast