Portal:1960s

The 1960s Portal The Apollo 11 moon landing "The Sixties", as they are known in both scholarship and popular culture, is a term used by historians, journalists, and other objective academics; in some cases nostalgically to describe the counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, formalities and schooling. Conservatives denounce the decade as one of irresponsible excess and flamboyance, and decay of social order. The decade was also labeled the Swinging Sixties because of the fall or relaxation of social taboos especially relating to racism and sexism that occurred during this time. The 1960s became synonymous with the new, radical, and subversive events and trends of the period. In Africa the 1960s was a period of radical political change as 32 countries gained independence from their European colonial rulers. Some commentators have seen in this era a classical Jungian nightmare cycle, where a rigid culture, unable to contain the demands for greater individual freedom, broke free of the social constraints of the previous age through extreme deviation from the norm. Christopher Booker charts the rise, success, fall/nightmare and explosion in the London scene of the 1960s. However, this alone does not explain the mass nature of the phenomenon. Several nations such as the U.S., France, Germany and Britain turned to the left in the early and mid 1960s. In the United States, John F. Kennedy, a Keynesian and staunch anti-communist, pushed for social reforms. His assassination in 1963 was a stunning shock. Liberal reforms were finally passed under Lyndon B. Johnson including civil rights for African Americans and healthcare for the elderly and the poor. Despite his large-scale Great Society programs, Johnson was increasingly reviled by the New Left at home and abroad. The heavy-handed American role in the Vietnam War outraged student protestors across the globe, as they found peasant rebellion typified by Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara more appealing. Italy formed its first left-of-center government in March 1962 with a coalition of Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, and moderate Republicans. Socialists joined the ruling block in December 1963. In Britain, the Labour Party gained power in 1964. In Brazil, João Goulart became president after Jânio Quadros resigned. Featured article - This is a Featured article, which represents some of the best content on English Wikipedia.. Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad "Desolation Row". Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s "started" with this album. Leading with the hit song "Like a Rolling Stone", the album features songs that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including "Ballad of a Thin Man" and the title track. He named the album after the major American highway which connected his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota, to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and the Delta blues area of Mississippi. (Full article...) List of Featured articles Apollo 11 Stonewall riots The Beatles Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Daisy (advertisement) 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash December 1964 South Vietnamese coup 1968 Illinois earthquake 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing 1966 New York City smog 1969 Curaçao uprising September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt Coinage Act of 1965 Tropical Storm Brenda (1960) 1964 European Nations' Cup Final History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present) 1962 Tour de France Voting Rights Act of 1965 Good article - This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. On the evening of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, was shot and fatally wounded in the archway of The Dakota, his residence in New York City. His killer was Mark David Chapman, an American Beatles fan who was incensed by Lennon's lavish lifestyle and his 1966 comment that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus". Chapman said he was inspired by the fictional character Holden Caulfield from J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, a "phony-killer" who despises hypocrisy. Chapman planned the killing over several months and waited for Lennon at The Dakota on the morning of 8 December. Early in the evening, Chapman met Lennon, who signed his copy of the album Double Fantasy and subsequently left for a recording session at the Record Plant. Later that night, Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, returned to The Dakota. As Lennon and Ono approached the entrance of the building, Chapman fired five hollow-point bullets from a .38 special revolver, four of which hit Lennon in the back. Chapman remained at the scene reading The Catcher in the Rye until he was arrested by the police. Lennon was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital in a police car, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. (Full article...) List of Good articles History of the Soviet Union (1964–82) Psycho (1960 film) Psychedelic rock The Rolling Stones Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Abbey Road 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) The Who The Hustler (film) Goldfinger (film) Dr. No (film) The Wild Bunch Tommy (The Who album) 1961 San Diego Chargers season Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 American Airlines Flight 1 (1962) 1964 Gabonese coup d'état 1965 Burundian coup d'état attempt Elvis (1968 TV program) 1963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion 1968–1969 Japanese university protests 1963 Syrian coup d'état 1966 Syrian coup d'état The Secret Service The Judy Garland Show Joe 90 Madhouse on Castle Street Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines 1964 Zagreb flood 1960 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Debbie (1969) February 1969 nor'easter 1966 NASA T-38 crash Selected picture - Lyndon B. Johnson taking the U.S. Presidential Oath of Office on Air Force One following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. He was sworn in by Judge Sarah T. Hughes, making him the first President sworn in by a woman. Johnson was not sworn using a Bible; none could be found aboard the plane. A Roman Catholic Missal was discovered in Kennedy's desk, and this book was used during the swearing-in ceremony. Did you know - ... that several thousand people lived on Washington's National Mall (pictured) for six weeks in 1968 as part of the Poor People's Campaign? ...that the Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s distinctly similar to the British Invasion, with rock bands from Uruguay rapidly gaining popularity in Argentina? ... that The New York Times credited the success of promoter Gary Kurfirst's 1968 New York Rock Festival featuring Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and The Doors as inspiring the 1969 Woodstock Festival? Related portals Modern history LGBT Religion Human sexuality Society Fashion 1920s 1950s 1980s 1990s Featured biography - This is a Featured article, which represents some of the best content on English Wikipedia.. "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release on their Apple record label and one of the "First Four" singles by Apple's roster of artists, marking the label's public launch. "Hey Jude" was a number-one hit in many countries around the world and became the year's top-selling single in the UK, the US, Australia and Canada. Its nine-week run at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 tied the all-time record in 1968 for the longest run at the top of the US charts, a record it held for nine years. It has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on music critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time. The writing and recording of "Hey Jude" coincided with a period of upheaval in the Beatles. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's young son Julian, after Lennon had left his wife for the Japanese artist Yoko Ono. The lyrics espouse a positive outlook on a sad situation, while also encouraging "Jude" to pursue his opportunities to find love. After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a coda featuring a "Na-na-na na" refrain that lasts for over four minutes. (Full article...) List of Featured biographies John Lennon Bob Dylan Richard Nixon Neil Armstrong Malcolm X Jimi Hendrix Frank Zappa Alan Shepard John Glenn Walt Disney George Harrison Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Peter Sellers Selected biography - This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker who was one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", he became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo roles in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director despite five nominations. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copy writer before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. His directorial debut was the British-German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1925). His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and Blackmail (1929) was the first British "talkie". His thrillers The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful films followed, including Rebecca (1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and Notorious (1946). Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director; he was also nominated for Lifeboat (1944) and Spellbound (1945). After a brief commercial lull, he returned to form with Strangers on a Train (1951) and Dial M for Murder (1954); he then went on to direct four films often ranked among the greatest of all time: Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959) and Psycho (1960), the first and last of these garnering him Best Director nominations. The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964) were also financially successful and are highly regarded by film historians. (Full article...) List of selected biographies Fidel Castro Suharto Pelé Keith Richards Mick Jagger Leonid Brezhnev Ravi Shankar Stanley Kubrick Keith Moon Félix Houphouët-Boigny Selected article - Barry Miles (born 21 February 1943) is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subjects of the 1960s London underground and counterculture. He is the author of numerous books and his work has also regularly appeared in left-wing papers such as The Guardian. In the 1960s, he was co-owner of the Indica Gallery and helped start the independent newspaper International Times. (Full article...) List of selected articles Daisy (advertisement) Lyndon B. Johnson Muhammad Ali Vince Lombardi Janis Joplin Jim Morrison The Doors Grateful Dead Big Brother and the Holding Company Jefferson Airplane Summer of Love Woodstock March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Civil Rights Act of 1964 Cuban Missile Crisis Joan Baez The Allman Brothers Band Brian Jones Bill Wyman Charlie Watts Ian Stewart (musician) Ronnie Wood Counterculture of the 1960s Folk rock Raga rock Tet Offensive Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Northeast blackout of 1965 John F. Kennedy 1963 South Vietnamese coup Kwame Nkrumah Bay of Pigs Invasion Ken Kesey International Society for Krishna Consciousness Star Trek: The Original Series Deep Purple The Troubles Sharpeville massacre Vietnam War Gay liberation Assassination of John F. Kennedy Manson Family British Invasion Space Race Cultural Revolution Berlin Wall Mexican Movement of 1968 Monterey Pop Festival Selma to Montgomery marches 1964 Brazilian coup d'état 1964 Alaska earthquake Civil rights movement The Late Late Show (Irish talk show) Yellow Submarine (film) Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Second-wave feminism Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War Jerry Garcia Death of Marilyn Monroe Eric Clapton Timothy Leary The Graduate The Pink Panther Dr. Strangelove The Feminine Mystique National Organization for Women The Population Bomb Sean Connery The Girl from Ipanema 1960s in fashion 1960s in music Black is beautiful 1960s in jazz More Did you know (auto generated) ... that KSBK, which has been described as the most influential radio station in Okinawa in the 1960s, became a casualty of the reversion of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan and closed in October 1973? ... that catalog showroom retailer Luria's hired former Cuban diplomats in the 1960s due to their knowledge of china and silverware? ... that cloth face masks were routinely used by surgeons before being replaced by modern surgical masks in the 1960s? ... that Gertrude Degenhardt illustrated her brother-in-law Franz Josef Degenhardt's song albums in the 1960s, and created art books such as Women in Music and Vagabondage in Blue in the 1990s? ... that French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy was admired by musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan during the 1960s? ... that the WandaVision episode "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" employed a variety of live special effects such as wire rigs to emulate television series of the 1950s and 1960s? 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