History:1960

ICONS: Vietnam War, Psychedelic Music, Apollo 11
U.S. Soldiers in Vietnam The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Frances Gary Power's U2 spy plane is shot down over Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R. on May 1, 1960.
Harper Lee’s 1961 book To Kill A Mockingbird is a bestseller.
On October 1, 1962, James H. Meredith becomes the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi.
Sidney Poitier wins the 1963 "Best Actor" Academy Award for Lilies of the Field.
The Beatles make their U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964.
The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrive in Vietnam on March 8, 1965.
The National Organization for Women is founded in 1966.
Apollo astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee die during a simulated launch exercise on January 27, 1967.
The August 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair draws more than 450,000 people to Bethel, NY.

The 1960 Census		10 Largest Urban Places
U.S. Resident Population:	179,323,175	Rank	Place	Population
Population per square mile of land area:	50.6	1	New York City, NY	7,781,984
Percent increase of population from 1950 to 1960:	18.5	2	Chicago, IL	3,550,404
Official Enumeration Date:	April 1	3	Los Angeles, CA	2,479,015
Number of States:	50	4	Philadelphia, PA	2,002,512
Cost:	$127,934,000	5	Detriot, MI	1,670,144
Cost per Capita (cents):	71.4	6	Baltimore, MD	939,024
Total Pages in Published Reports:	103,000	7	Houston, TX	938,219
Number of Enumerators:	159,321	8	Cleveland, OH	876,050
Census Bureau Director:	Robert Wilbur Burgess	9	Washington, DC	763,956
Number of Questions on the Short Form:		10	St. Louis, MO	750,026
Number of Questions on the Long Form:		Other lists of largest urban places.

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