Monday, January 28, 2013

1964

Just a random year in the 1960s. What can I say? Like I said in my previous post, I love the 1960s!
Movies
-Dr. Strangelove
-Mary Poppins
-Goldfinger. My all-time favorite Bond movie!
-My Fair Lady
-A Hard Day's Night
-The Pink Panther
-From Russia With Love

Music
-The Beatles
-The Beach Boys
-Martha Reeve and the Vandellas
-The Dave Clark Five
-Jan and Dean
-The Kinks
-Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
-The Kingsmen

TV Shows
-Petticoat Junction
-General Hospital
-The Avengers (Not the superheroes. It means John Steed and Emma Peel)
-The Flintstones
-Ready, Steady, Go!
-The Beverly Hillbillies
-The Ed Sullivan Show
-The Andy Griffith Show
-Gunsmoke
-Perry Mason
-Lassie

History
-The Rolling Stones first US tour
-G.I. Joe debuts as a very popular American boy toy
-Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis
-Chicago Police break up Rolling Stones press conference
-Nelson Mandela sentenced to prison in South Africa
-Earthquake hits Niigata, Japan
-Byron De La Beckwith is found guilty of the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers 30 years later
-Shindig premiers on ABC-TV
-Rolling Stones first appear on Ed Sullivan Show

1 comment:

  1. Yes, the 60s was an great time! My favorite movie from that time would probably be "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly". But Goldfinger, Butch and Sundance, and True Grit are some of my other fanvorites. :D

    -James

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