1. The Sixties
By: Brianne H.

2. Bands The Beatles The Dave Clark Five The Rolling Stones The Band
The Grateful Dead

3. Television shows Batman The New People Land of the Lost
Tennessee Tuxedo
Diver Dan

4. Slang Words Bummed out- Depressed Cat- A guy
A chick- A girl or a woman
Dip stick- An idiot
Dig- Understand

5. Foods
Bacon
Jello
Carrots
Corn
Apples

6. Sports
Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games.
Ohio St. wins over California.
Pittsburgh Pirates win four games to three over the New York Yankees.
The New York Yankees hit a record 193 home runs during the season.
NASCAR Grand National tracks open at Charlotte, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia.

7. Political Events
John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon run against each other for the U.S. presidency.
The U.S. Supreme Court rules against compulsory prayer in public schools citing Constitutional prohibitions of state sponsored religion.
The U.S. Civil Rights Act is passed, ending legal discrimination in public places, promising equal voting rights and creating the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
President Lyndon Johnson announces his Great Society program, creating Medicare and expanding his "war on poverty."

8. Cars
1966 Ford Mustang
1969 Camara SS
1968 Pontiac GTO

9. Racially Motivated Incidents
The 16th Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed in It killed four African American girls, marking a turning point in the U.S. 1960’s Civil Rights Movement.
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan., in which the justices ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of It prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin, and it gave the federal government powers to enforce desegregation.

10. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_in_sports#Boxing