You might not be old enough to remember the “good old days.” As we feature science and engineering fair alumni from each decade of LRSEF, we will highlight some cool facts and events that occurred during that period. Enjoy the journey!
1960
- Lasers Invented
- First Televised Presidential Debates
- Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho Released
- Walsh and Piccard Become the First to Explore the Deepest Place on Earth
1961
- JFK Gives “Man on the Moon” Speech
- Berlin Wall Built
- Freedom Riders Challenge Segregation on Interstate Buses
- Peace Corps Founded
- Soviets Launch First Man in Space
1962
- First James Bond Movie
- Andy Warhol Exhibits his Campbell’s Soup Can
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- First Wal-Mart Opens
1963
- First Woman in Space
- JFK Assassinated
- March on Washington
- Martin Luther King Jr. Makes His “I Have a Dream” Speech
1964
- Beatles Become Popular in U.S.
- Cassius Clay (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali) Becomes World Heavyweight Champion
- Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.
- Permanent Press Fabrics developed
- Hasbro Launches GI Joe Action Figure
1965
- U.S. Sends Troops to Vietnam
- Soft Contact Lenses Created
- Miniskirt First Appears
- AstroTurf produced
1966
- Star Trek T.V. Series Airs
- First Kwanzaa Celebrated
- Mao Zedong Launches the Cultural Revolution in China
- National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded
1967
- First Heart Transplant
- Three U.S. Astronauts Killed During Simulated Launch
- Hand-held Calculator Invented
- Thurgood Marshall Becomes the First African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1968
- Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
- Computer Mouse invented
- Nerve Gas Leak in Utah Kills 6,000 Sheep
- Spy Ship USS Pueblo Captured
1969
- ARPANET, the Precursor of the Internet, Created
- Sesame Street First Airs
- Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock
- Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Man on the Moon