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 saleOral 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 ActThis 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.