Athletics
He became the first person to run a sub-4-minute mile indoors and dominated 1960s boxing as "The Greatest."
Muhammad Ali
This "Fab Four" group from Liverpool sparked a "Mania" in the U.S. starting in 1964.
The Beatles
He was the youngest person ever elected President and founded the Peace Corps.
John F. Kennedy
This 1969 music festival in New York was billed as "3 Days of Peace & Music."
Woodstock
This colorful, swirling fabric pattern became a symbol of the psychedelic hippie movement.
Tie-dye
In 1962, this NBA legend scored a record-breaking 100 points in a single game.
Wilt Chamberlin
This "Queen of Soul" demanded a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T in her 1967 hit.
Aretha Franklin
In 1968, this African American civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Martin Luther King Jr
This iconic sci-fi series debuted in 1966, featuring the Starship Enterprise.
Star Trek
These shoes with thick wooden or cork soles became a height-boosting fashion staple.
Platforms
These two sprinters gave the "Black Power" salute on the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Tommie Smith & John Carlos
This folk singer went "electric" at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, much to the fans' chagrin.
Bob Dylan
He served as JFK’s Vice President before becoming the 36th President in 1963.
Lyndon B. Johnson
This "Master of Suspense" shocked audiences with the shower scene in the 1960 film Psycho.
Alfred Hitchcock
Invented in 1963, this "lamp" used heat to move colorful wax blobs inside a glass jar.
Lava Lamp
This legendary Green Bay Packers coach led his team to victories in the first two Super Bowls.
Vince Lombardi
This guitarist’s rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock became a defining moment of the era.
Jimi Hendrix
This 1964 act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
The Civil Rights Act
He was the host of The Twilight Zone and wrote many of its mind-bending episodes.
Rod Serling
This short-skirt style, popularized by Mary Quant, shocked traditionalists.
The Miniskirt
In 1968, this American long jumper shattered the world record by nearly two feet in Mexico City.
Bob Beamon
This Detroit-based record label, founded by Berry Gordy, launched the careers of The Supremes and Stevie Wonder.
Motown
This 1961 failed invasion of Cuba was a major foreign policy embarrassment for the Kennedy administration.
The Bay of Pigs.
This 1968 Stanley Kubrick film pushed the boundaries of visual effects and sci-fi storytelling.
2001: A Space Odyssey.
These "dolls" with colorful, upright hair became a massive toy craze starting in 1959/60.
Troll Dolls