| Date |
Events |
Hit records |
Movies |
| 1960 |
- The laser is invented
- The last men enter National Service
|
- Why (Anthony Newley)
- My Ole Man's a Dustman (Lonnie Donegan)
- Cathy's Clown (Everly Brothers)
- Apache (Shadows)
- It's Now or Never (Elvis Presley)
|
- Psycho
- Spartacus
- Two Way Stretch
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
|
| 1961 |
- Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space
- Betting shops made legal in the UK
|
- Are you Lonesome Tonight? (Elvis Presley)
- Wooden Heart (Elvis Presley)
- Surrender (Elvis Presley)
- Little Sister/His Latest Flame (Elvis Presley)
|
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- The Magnificent Seven
- The Rebel
|
| 1962 |
- The Sunday Times Magazine published for the first time
- The last trolley bus run in London
- Telstar communications satellite is launched
|
- The Young Ones (Cliff Richard and the Shadows)
- Rock-a-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
- Wonderful Land (Shadows)
- Good Luck Charm (Elvis Presley)
- I Remember You (Frank Ifield)
- Telstar (Tornados)
- Lovesick Blues (Frank Ifield)
|
- Doctor No
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Young Ones
|
| 1963 |
- John Profumo resigns
- Alec Douglas Home becomes Prime Minister
- President Kennedy is shot dead in Texas
|
- From Me to You (Beatles)
- I Like It (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- She Loves You (Beatles)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles)
|
- Cleopatra
- Dr Strangelove
- The Great Escape
- This Sporting Life
- From Russia With Love
|
| 1964 |
- BBC2 goes on air
- Beeching Plan to close railways announced
- Harold Wilson is elected Prime Minister
- Parliament votes to abolish the death penalty for murder
|
- You're My World (Cilla Black)
- I Feel Fine (Beatles)
|
- A Fistful of Dollars
- My Fair Lady
- Mary Poppins
- Carry On Spying
- A Hard Day's Night
- A Shot in the Dark
|
| 1965 |
- Winston Churchill dies
- Cigarette advertising banned from UK television
|
- The Last Time (Rolling Stones)
- Ticket to Ride (Beatles)
- Long Live Love (Sandie Shaw)
- Help (Beatles)
- Tears (Ken Dodd)
- Get Off My Cloud (Rolling Stones)
- The Carnival is Over (Seekers)
- Day Tripper/We Can Work it Out (Beatles)
|
- Dr Who and the Daleks
- Dr Zhivago
- The Sound of Music
- The Ipcress File
- The Knack
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Thunderball
|
| 1966 |
- The State Opening of Parliament is shown on television for the first time
- Barclaycard introduced
|
- These Boots are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra)
- The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More (Walker Brothers)
- Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
- Distant Drums (Jim Reeves)
- Green, Green Grass of Home (Tom Jones)
|
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- A Man for All Seasons
- Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
- Alfie
- Georgy Girl
- To Sir, With Love
|
| 1967 |
- North Sea oil is pumped ashore for the first time
- Parliament legalises abortion
|
- I'm a Believer (Monkeys)
- Release Me (Engelbert Humperdinck)
- A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
- The Last Waltz (Engelbert Humperdinck)
- Massachusetts (Bee Gees)
- Hello Goodbye (Beatles)
|
- Bonnie and Clyde
- The Graduate
- In the Heat of the Night
- Accident
- Blow Up
- You Only Live Twice
- Robbery
- Far from the Madding Crowd
|
| 1968 |
- "I'm Backing Britain" campaign is started
- The QE2 is launched
- A two-tier postal service introduced. Stamps cost 4d and 5d
|
- What a Wonderful World/Cabaret (Louis Armstrong)
- Young Girl (Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett)
- Those Were the Days (Mary Hopkin)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra)
|
- Barbarella
- Oliver!
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Charge of the Light Brigade
- Witchfinder General
- If....
|
| 1969 |
- Man lands on the moon
- British troops sent to Northern Ireland
|
- Where Do You Go to My Lovely (Peter Sarstedt)
- Get Back (Beatles with Billy Preston)
- Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)
- Sugar Sugar (The Archies)
- Two Little Boys (Rolf Harris)
|
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Easy Rider
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Kes
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