1960
Class of 1970 is in 3rd grade, most are 8 years old during the school year; popular cartoons include Bugs Bunny, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Quick Draw McGraw, Tom & Jerry, Heckle and Jeckle, Popeye, The Flintstones, Mr. Magoo, Felix the Cat, Huckleberry Hound, Pixie-Dixie-Mr. Jenks, Woody Woodpecker, Ruff and Reddy, etc. and popular kid shows include The Mickey Mouse Club, Bozo, Johnny Ginger Show (The Three Stooges), Jingle's in Boofland and Milky's (Twin Pines Clown) Party Time.
Etch-a-sketch introduced
Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho debuts
Democrat G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams is Governor of Michigan (famous for bow tie look)
Phil Hart and Patrick McNamara are U.S. Senators, both democrats
Democrat John Dingell (1955-2011) and Republican Gerald Ford are amongst current U.S. Congressmen
1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California; Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy
Soviet Union dominates 1960 Summer Olympics with 124 medals including 50 Gold
Rafer Johnson and Wilma Rudolph, both 1960 Olympic Gold Medalists, are athletes of the Year
Michigan's Swimming Coach, Gus Stager, names USA Olympic Swimming & Diving Head Coach
Minnesota Gophers win NCAA Championship in Football, but loses in the Rose Bowl to Washington; Big Ten has Iowa #3, Ohio State #8 and MSU #15 and Purdue #19
Joe Bellino of Navy wins Heisman Trophy
Venetian Way wins Kentucky Derby
Bobby Fischer retains U.S. Chess Championship at the age of 16
Cassius Clay wins Gold Medal in Boxing
Floyd Patterson, 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist, defeats Swede Ingemar Johansson in rematch of 1959 fight to regain Heavyweight Boxing Title, first to do so
Boston Celtics win 1960 NBA Championship
Arnold Palmer is PGA Player of the Year winning U.S. Open and Master's
Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the New York Yankees in 7 games in the 1960 World Series with Bill Mazeroski's HR
Philadelphia Eagles win NFL Championship over Green Bay Packers; Detroit Lions win Playoff Bowl over Cleveland Browns
NFL adds Dallas Cowboys who finish 0-11-1
Soviet missiles shoot down U-2 spy plane on May 1, Francis Gary Powers captured; Khrushchev demands apology from Eisenhower on May 16
Soviet Sputnik program ahead of United States in the Space Race
Ben-Hur wins 11 Oscars at the 32nd Academy Awards
Disney movies Pollyana (Hayley Mills) and Swiss Family Robinson debut
Hanna-Barbera introduces The Flintstones
Kennedy-Johnson defeat Nixon-Lodge in the controversial 1960 Presidential election
John F. Kennedy campaigns in Ann Arbor, and delivers midnight speech introducing the idea of the Peace Corps on October 14
Harper Lee releases To Kill a Mockingbird
Ocean's Eleven introduced with the Rat Pack
Sammy Davis Jr. married Swedish actress May Britt which triggered interracial marriage discussions
First Kidney Transplant
Birth Control Pill released
Xerox introduces copy machine
Howard Johnson's is largest food distributor in the USA
Motown's Miracles release You Better Shop Around
Motown Records Founded
Andy Griffith Show and Candid Camera begin on TV
Estimates of 85 million TV sets in America
Chubby Checker, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry are popular musicians-The Twist begins
Greensboro, NC Sit-In Protest of Woolworth Store beins on February 1; December 5th Boynton Supreme Court Decision ruling segregation is illegal on public transportation
Tom Monahan purchases Dominick’s Pizza with his brother, James, for $75
OPEC is formed September, 1960
Belgian Congo, Ghana, Niger, Upper Volta, Gabon, Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritania and other African Countries gain independence from France, Belgium and the United Kingdom
Disney introduces Pollyana and Swiss Family Robinson
#10 1960 Michigan Football Team loses to #9 Ohio State 0-7 in Columbus, #13 Michigan State 17-24 and #1 Minnesota 0-10 and finishes 5-4 on the season
Psycho, Swiss Family Robinson, Spartacus, Exodus, The Alamo, Butterfield 8, The World of Suzie Wong, The Apartment, Ocean's 11 and Please Don't Eat the Daisies are Box Office Top 10; other good movies were: Jerry Lewis' The Bellboy and Cinderfella, Cimmarron, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Elmer Gantry, 13 Ghosts (3D goggles in theatres to see ghosts), House of Usher, Inherit the Wind, Let's Make Love, The Rat Race, Sink the Bismark, The Unforgiven, Where the Boys Are and Village of the Damned
Congress imposes limits on TV quiz shows due to scandals
1960 in Television (1959-1960 TV Schedule)
Thriller, My Three Sons and The Flintstones are new TV Shows
Father Knows Best, The Millionaire and Home Run Derby end their TV runs
December 11 Wizard of Oz is telecast on CBS