the swinging 60s
Britain in the 1960s
1960s
The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. It is known as the Swinging Sixties and is associated with the birth of British pop music and fashion.
Events
1961 - First man in space
1966 - England won the football World cup
1969 - First humans to walk on the Moon
Population
1960 Population of Britain was about 53 million
1960 World's population was just over 3 billion.
Homes and households
Most houses now had a refrigerator and a cooker.
People could buy sliced bread.
Plastic buckets could now be bought.
CoCo Pops were launched in 1961.
Ice lollies and choc ices on sticks became very popular during the 1960s
Electricity
For the first time, virtually all houses had electricity.
Transport
1969
The Anglo-French airliner Concorde makes its first supersonic test flight
Space
1961 - First man in space
First human space flight to orbit the Earth: Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1.
1966
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1968
First humans to leave Earth's gravity influence and orbit another world: Apollo 8.
1969
First humans to walk on the Moon: Apollo 11.
Communications
1962
The audio cassette invented.
1963 -
The first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom 2 is launched.
1963
Touch-Tone telephones introduced.
1965
Sony markets the CV-2000, the first home video tape recorder.
Television
Most homes had televisions by the end of the decade.
Coronation Street first aired in 1960.
Live trans-Atlantic satellite television via the Telstar satellite was made possible in 1962.
BBC 2 went on air in 1964 and was the first channel to have colour in 1967.
Dr Who first appeared on television during the 60s.
Shops
The first supermarkets opened – mainly in town centres. Now you could buy all your food in one shop.
Houses
In the 1960s, tower blocks were considered a solution to
1960s
The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969. It is known as the Swinging Sixties and is associated with the birth of British pop music and fashion.
Events
1961 - First man in space
1966 - England won the football World cup
1969 - First humans to walk on the Moon
Population
1960 Population of Britain was about 53 million
1960 World's population was just over 3 billion.
Homes and households
Most houses now had a refrigerator and a cooker.
People could buy sliced bread.
Plastic buckets could now be bought.
CoCo Pops were launched in 1961.
Ice lollies and choc ices on sticks became very popular during the 1960s
Electricity
For the first time, virtually all houses had electricity.
Transport
1969
The Anglo-French airliner Concorde makes its first supersonic test flight
Space
1961 - First man in space
First human space flight to orbit the Earth: Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1.
1966
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1968
First humans to leave Earth's gravity influence and orbit another world: Apollo 8.
1969
First humans to walk on the Moon: Apollo 11.
Communications
1962
The audio cassette invented.
1963 -
The first geosynchronous communications satellite, Syncom 2 is launched.
1963
Touch-Tone telephones introduced.
1965
Sony markets the CV-2000, the first home video tape recorder.
Television
Most homes had televisions by the end of the decade.
Coronation Street first aired in 1960.
Live trans-Atlantic satellite television via the Telstar satellite was made possible in 1962.
BBC 2 went on air in 1964 and was the first channel to have colour in 1967.
Dr Who first appeared on television during the 60s.
Shops
The first supermarkets opened – mainly in town centres. Now you could buy all your food in one shop.
Houses
In the 1960s, tower blocks were considered a solution to