1960
Black students sit-in at F. W. Woolworth lunch counter, Greensboro, North Carolina
U-2 spy plane shot down in U.S.S.R.
Kennedy elected 35th president and youngest
U.S. Population 179,323,175 (10.5% Black; Hispanic unavailable)
18.6% of married women with children work outside the home
FDA approves first birth control pill
Laser invented
"Psycho," directed by Alfred Hitchcock
"The Twist" by Chubby Checke