A Look Back At

Born in 1960

What Was Life Like in 1960?

Who Was in Charge?

President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gas (per gallon)

$0.31

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Average House

$11,900

Weekly Wage

$86

A selection from Wikipedia's '1960 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

February 9 – Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
February 29 – The first Playboy Club opens in Chicago.
May 16 – Theodore Maiman operates the first laser.
May 16 – Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union, thus ending the 1960 Paris summit.
June 16 – Psychological horror film Psycho is released, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
September 30 – Animated sitcom The Flintstones airs its first episode on the ABC network in the United States, becoming Hanna-Barbera's first television series episode lasting half an hour.
November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected president.
December 9 – The first Domino's Pizza location opens in Ypsilanti, Michigan.