1960
The 1960's
The 1960's was a decade of radical change in the United States of America in both social and political aspects of life . Starting with the 1960 election of the youngest presidential candidate to take office through the largest gathering of rock n roll concert goers ever to an event called Woodstock. Sandwiched in between these 2 historic events were equally important life changing and world changing events that would make life for the average everyday Americans different from the decade before and the decades to follow.
The year 1960 would start the decade off with a presidential election that would introduce us to the televised presidential debates , yes , the same presidential debates that we see and take for granted every 4 years to this day. The 1960 presidential elections saw the Democratic candidate , a young rich socialite from Massachusetts named John Fitzgerald Kennedy run against the incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Millhous Nixon. This Election was the closest presidential election since 1916 with President elect John F. Kennedy getting 34,220,984 votes to Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s 34,108,157 votes , a difference of 112,827 votes , thus making the president elect the youngest ever to hold the office of commander-in-chief of the United States of America.
Also In 1960 we saw the invention of the laser , an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation . Lasers have become vitally important in todays' technologies. Lasers are found in DVD players , printers and everyday bar code scanners. Lasers are also used in the medical field for surgeries and diagnostic xrays. Military and police agencies also use lasers in their day to day activities. The birth control devise known simply as “The Pill” was also approved by the FDA in 1960.
The year of 1961 brought the United States of America racial turmoil and some International turmoil. Freedom Riders were Civil Rights Activist who challenged the
The 1960's was a decade of radical change in the United States of America in both social and political aspects of life . Starting with the 1960 election of the youngest presidential candidate to take office through the largest gathering of rock n roll concert goers ever to an event called Woodstock. Sandwiched in between these 2 historic events were equally important life changing and world changing events that would make life for the average everyday Americans different from the decade before and the decades to follow.
The year 1960 would start the decade off with a presidential election that would introduce us to the televised presidential debates , yes , the same presidential debates that we see and take for granted every 4 years to this day. The 1960 presidential elections saw the Democratic candidate , a young rich socialite from Massachusetts named John Fitzgerald Kennedy run against the incumbent Republican Vice President Richard Millhous Nixon. This Election was the closest presidential election since 1916 with President elect John F. Kennedy getting 34,220,984 votes to Vice President Richard M. Nixon’s 34,108,157 votes , a difference of 112,827 votes , thus making the president elect the youngest ever to hold the office of commander-in-chief of the United States of America.
Also In 1960 we saw the invention of the laser , an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation . Lasers have become vitally important in todays' technologies. Lasers are found in DVD players , printers and everyday bar code scanners. Lasers are also used in the medical field for surgeries and diagnostic xrays. Military and police agencies also use lasers in their day to day activities. The birth control devise known simply as “The Pill” was also approved by the FDA in 1960.
The year of 1961 brought the United States of America racial turmoil and some International turmoil. Freedom Riders were Civil Rights Activist who challenged the