The swinging sixties

Born in the 1960s?

Here's what shaped your world.

The 1960s shook Britain to its foundations. Beatlemania swept the world, Carnaby Street defined a new look, and the moon landing proved anything was possible. It was a decade of protest, possibility and an entirely new kind of pop culture.

Life in the 1960s

Pint of Beer

13p

Average House

Β£3,800

Prime Minister

Macmillan / Douglas-Home / Wilson

US President

Kennedy / Johnson / Nixon

#1 Songs of the 1960s

1960

β€œIt's Now or Never”

Elvis Presley

1965

β€œTicket to Ride”

The Beatles

1969

β€œGet Back”

The Beatles

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Top TV Shows of the 1960s

1960

Sunday Night at the London Palladium

ITV

1966

Till Death Us Do Part

BBC One

1969

Coronation Street

ITV

Famous People Born in the 1960s

You're in good company.

Barack Obama

JK Rowling

Bono

Julia Roberts

Michael Jordan

Quentin Tarantino

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