Timeline of the 1960s - Intertel | Rediffusion, the ABC, NET, Westinghouse and the CBC

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Senator John F Kennedy announces he will run for President of the USA

2 January 1960

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USA break off diplomatic relations with Cuba

3 January 1960

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Construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt begins

9 January 1960

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British PM Harold Macmillan makes his first ‘Wind of Change’ speech

10 January 1960

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The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security is signed by Japan and the USA

19 January 1960

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Rebellion against French presence in Algeria begins

24 January 1960

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Sit-ins begin in segregated lunch counters in the USA

1 February 1960

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Harold Macmillan makes his ‘Wind of Change’ speech again, this time to the South African parliament

3 February 1960

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France tests an atomic bomb in the Algerian desert

13 February 1960

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The photo of Che Guevara, seen since on millions of t-shirts, is taken by Alberto Korda

5 March 1960

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3,500 American soldiers to be sent to Vietnam

6 March 1960

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The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s television station in Adelaide begins broadcasting

11 March 1960

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A ceasefire is declared in Algeria

18 March 1960

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Nikita Khrushchev and Charles de Gaulle meet for talks

23 March 1960

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Census day in the US. Population is 179,323,175

1 April 1960

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April Revolution against President Syngman Rhee of South Korea begins

19 April 1960

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Brasilia replaces Rio de Janeiro as capital of Brazil

21 April 1960

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The USSR shoots down a US spy plane and captures Gary Powers, its pilot

1 May 1960

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The European Free Trade Association is founded

3 May 1960

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The Civil Rights Act 1960 becomes law in the US

6 May 1960

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The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s television station in Perth begins broadcasting

7 May 1960

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The Kenya African National Union is founded

14 May 1960

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Military coup in Turkey

27 May 1960

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Television begins in New Zealand

1 June 1960

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The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s television station in Hobart begins broadcasting

4 June 1960

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Ghana becomes a republic

1 July 1960

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Cuba nationalises all foreign-owned assets

6 August 1960

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Cyprus becomes independent from the UK

16 August 1960

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President Adolfo López Mateos of Mexico nationalises the electricity system

21 September 1960

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Kennedy and Nixon hold a televised debate

26 September 1960

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Jânio Quadros elected president of Brazil

3 October 1960

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Whites in South Africa vote to become a republic

5 October 1960

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Nigeria joins the United Nations

7 October 1960

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‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ is not obscene: UK court

2 November 1960

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John F Kennedy elected president of the USA

8 November 1960

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Church of England archbishop Geoffrey Fisher holds talks with Pope John XXIII

2 December 1960

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Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria; riots break out, killing 127

9 December 1960

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Military coup in Ethiopia

13 December 1960

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Counter-coup in Ethiopia restores Haile Selassie to the throne

17 December 1960

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John F Kennedy becomes 35th president of the USA

20 January 1961

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The US Peace Corps are established

1 March 1961

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JFK proposes an anti-Communist ‘Alliance for Progress’ with Latin America

13 March 1961

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“Two Faces of Japan” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

2 April 1961

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Failed coup in Portugal

13 April 1961

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Cuban exiles supported by the US invade the Bay of Pigs

17 April 1961

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The Bay of Pigs invasion is defeated

20 April 1961

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‘Freedom Riders’ begin to challenge illegal segregation on US interstate buses

4 May 1961

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The FCC chairman, Newton Minow, calls US commercial TV ‘a vast wasteland’

9 May 1961

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Military coup in South Korea

16 May 1961

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Race riots in Alabama

21 May 1961

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JFK promises to put a man on the moon, and bring him home safely, before the decade is out

25 May 1961

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South Africa becomes a republic and leaves the Commonwealth

31 May 1961

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Huge earthquake in Ethiopia

1 June 1961

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JFK and Khrushchev hold talks in Vienna

4 June 1961

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“The Quiet War” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

4 June 1961

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“The Heartbeat of France” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

16 July 1961

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The UK begins talks on membership of the EEC; it will be turned down

10 August 1961

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East Germany begins building a wall between East and West Berlin

13 August 1961

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s affiliate TV station in Pembroke begins broadcasting

19 August 1961

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s affiliate TV station in Prince George begins broadcasting

20 August 1961

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João Goulart becomes president of Brazil

25 August 1961

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Eritrea begins armed struggle for independence from Ethiopia

1 September 1961

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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld killed in a plane crash

18 September 1961

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“Dawn Over the Mountains” (NHK) airs on NET

25 September 1961

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Military coup in Syria, ending the union with Egypt

28 September 1961

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s television station in Edmonton begins broadcasting

1 October 1961

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Riots in Paris over a curfew on Algerians in the city

17 October 1961

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Mauritania and Mongolia join the United Nations

27 October 1961

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US and USSR tanks face each other across Checkpoint Charlie in divided Berlin

27 October 1961

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18,000 US ‘military advisors’ sent to South Vietnam

18 November 1961

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“Postscript to Empire” airs on NET

20 November 1961

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U Thant becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations

30 November 1961

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Telefís Éireann comes on air

31 December 1961

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Pope John XXIII excommunicates Cuba’s Fidel Castro

3 January 1962

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“Don’t Label Me” (CBC) airs on NET

6 January 1962

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The USSR and Cuba sign a trade pact

9 January 1962

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Albania switches allegiance from the USSR to the People’s Republic of China

13 January 1962

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Cuba is suspended from the Organization of American States

22 January 1962

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The USA begins an embargo on Cuba

3 February 1962

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Military coup in Burma

2 March 1962

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“Forty Million Shoes” (CBC) airs on NET

19 March 1962

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Commonwealth Immigration Bill drastically reduces non-white immigration into the UK

18 April 1962

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Educational Television Facilities Act begins federal funding for NET

1 May 1962

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“Living with a Giant” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

14 May 1962

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JFK makes a televised announcement in support of Civil Rights for African-Americans

11 June 1962

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Algeria becomes independent of France

5 July 1962

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The satellite ‘Telstar’ is launched

10 July 1962

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Nelson Mandela arrested in South Africa

5 August 1962

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“America Abroad” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

6 August 1962

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Singapore referendum supports joining nearby states to form Malaysia

1 September 1962

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The USSR and Cuba sign an arms deal

2 September 1962

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James Meredith becomes the first African-American to register at the University of Mississippi. He needs a guard of Federal Marshals.

1 October 1962

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“The Unfinished Revolution” airs on NET

1 October 1962

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Uganda becomes independent from the UK

9 October 1962

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Cuba: US spy planes discover USSR nuclear missiles on the island

14 October 1962

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A border war begins between India and China

20 October 1962

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Cuba: JFK makes a televised address revealing the presence of Soviet missiles on the island

22 October 1962

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Cuba: the US Navy confronts a USSR cargo vessel sailing to Cuba. The Soviet ship changes course

24 October 1962

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Cuba: the USSR announces it will remove the nuclear missiles from the island

28 October 1962

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s affiliate TV station in Terrace begins broadcasting

1 November 1962

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The United Nations condemns South Africa’s apartheid policy

6 November 1962

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Cuba: the USA ends the blockade of the island

20 November 1962

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Ceasefire in the the China-India border war

21 November 1962

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Senator Mike Mansfield returns to the US after visiting Vietnam. He is pessimistic about US involvement

2 December 1962

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Tanganyika becomes independent from the UK

9 December 1962

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The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s television station in Canberra begins broadcasting

18 December 1962

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North Vietnam wins substantial victory in the Battle of Ap Bac

2 January 1963

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Racist George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama

14 January 1963

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“Tahiti–Pacific Cocktail” (ABC) airs on NET

21 January 1963

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Harvey Ganntt joins Clemson University in South Carolina, the last college to officially desegregate

28 January 1963

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Trading with and travelling to Cuba made illegal for US citizens

8 February 1963

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Women win the right to vote in Iran

27 February 1963

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Sit-ins begin in Birmingham, AL, against segregation

3 April 1963

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“The Turkish Question” airs on NET

8 April 1963

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Birmingham, AL, police respond to segregation protests with police dogs and fire hoses

2 May 1963

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The Catholic government of South Vietnam begins persecuting Buddhists

8 May 1963

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Kuwait joins the United Nations

14 May 1963

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Government forces spray Buddhist protestors with chloroacetone, to the shock of the US government

3 June 1963

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Pope John XXIII dies

3 June 1963

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The Equal Pay Act becomes law in the United States

10 June 1963

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The “red telephone” (actually a teleprinter) direct line from the White House to the Kremlin is authorised

20 June 1963

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Giovanni Battista Montini becomes Pope Paul VI

21 June 1963

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“Ich bin ein Berliner”

26 June 1963

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“Twelve Flags South” (ABC) airs on NET

22 July 1963

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Huge earthquake in Yugoslavia

26 July 1963

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US/USSR/UK Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is signed

5 August 1963

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James Meredith graduates from the University of Mississippi

18 August 1963

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Buddhist sites across South Vietnam smashed by government forces, again to US government shock

21 August 1963

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“I Have a Dream”

28 August 1963

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The Federation of Malaysia comes into being

16 September 1963

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Nigeria becomes a republic

2 October 1963

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Military coup in Honduras

3 October 1963

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Harold Macmillan resigns as prime minister of the UK

18 October 1963

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Sir Alec Douglas-Home becomes prime minister of the UK

19 October 1963

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US-backed coup in South Vietnam; president Ngô Đình Diệm murdered

2 November 1963

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Coup leader Dương Văn Minh becomes head of state in South Vietnam

6 November 1963

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Malcolm X makes his “Message to the Grass Roots” speech in Detroit, MI

10 November 1963

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President John F Kennedy murdered in Dallas, TX. Lyndon B Johnson succeeds him

22 November 1963

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Alleged assassin of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, murdered on live television by Jack Ruby

24 November 1963

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Zanzibar becomes independent from the UK

10 December 1963

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Kenya becomes independent from the UK

12 December 1963

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“Ten Million Strong” (ABC) airs on NET

16 December 1963

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Civil war begins between Greek and Turkish Cypriots

21 December 1963

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New US president Lyndon B Johnson announces his “War on Poverty”

8 January 1964

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Nationalist coup in Zanzibar

12 January 1964

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Amendment XXIV to the US constitution bans states from using poll taxes to discriminate against African-American voters

23 January 1964

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Military coup in South Vietnam. Nguyễn Khánh becomes the new leader

30 January 1964

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African-American and Puerto Rican children begin a schools boycott in New York over de facto segregation

3 February 1964

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Cuba cuts supplies of clean water to the US naval base on the island at Guantanamo Bay

6 February 1964

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Dương Văn Minh returns as leader of South Vietnam

8 February 1964

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Military coup in Brazil

31 March 1964

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Associated-Rediffusion becomes Rediffusion Television (trading as Rediffusion, London)

6 April 1964

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“A King’s Revolution” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

6 April 1964

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Failed military coup in Laos

19 April 1964

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Tanzania is formed from the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar

26 April 1964

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Viet Cong sink the USNS Card in Saigon harbour

2 May 1964

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“Algeria: What Price Freedom?” (CBC) airs on NET

4 May 1964

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12 men publicly burn their draft cards in New York, the first known such protest against the Vietnam War

12 May 1964

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Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India since independence, dies aged 74

27 May 1964

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Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa

12 June 1964

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“Room Down Under” airs on NET

15 June 1964

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Civil Rights Act officially abolishes segregation in the US

2 July 1964

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“The New Italian” airs on NET

6 July 1964

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Nguyễn Khánh returns as leader of South Vietnam

16 July 1964

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Race riots in Harlem, New York

18 July 1964

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Race riots in Singapore

21 July 1964

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Total number of US military forces in South Vietnam is 21,000

27 July 1964

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Congress expands the Vietnam War into North Vietnam

7 August 1964

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“Africa: The Hidden Frontiers” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

24 August 1964

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Malta becomes independent from the UK

21 September 1964

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War of independence against Portugal begins in Mozambique

25 September 1964

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Race riots in Philadelphia, PA

28 September 1964

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Bullet trains begin operation in Japan, from Tokyo to Osaka

1 October 1964

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s television station in Newfoundland begins broadcasting

1 October 1964

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Opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics

10 October 1964

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Martin Luther King awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

14 October 1964

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Labour Party wins UK general election; Harold Wilson becomes prime minister

15 October 1964

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Party coup in the Kremlin deposes Nikita Khrushchev; Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader

15 October 1964

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People’s Republic of China detonates a nuclear bomb, becoming the 5th acknowledged nuclear power in the world

16 October 1964

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“Crisis in Canada” airs on NET

18 October 1964

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Zambia becomes independent from the UK

24 October 1964

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Phan Khắc Sửu becomes head of state in South Vietnam

26 October 1964

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Lyndon B Johnson heavily defeats Barry Goldwater in the US presidential election

3 November 1964

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Military coup in Bolivia

3 November 1964

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“Stronger Since the War” (ABC) airs on NET

18 November 1964

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“America: The Dollar Poor” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

23 December 1964

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LBJ announces his “Great Society” plans

4 January 1965

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“America: the Edge of Abundance” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

20 January 1965

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“Three Men” (CBC) airs on NET

17 February 1965

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The Gambia becomes independent from the UK

18 February 1965

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Malcolm X murdered in New York

21 February 1965

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US begins carpet bombing of North Vietnam

2 March 1965

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“Early Bird” satellite is launched

6 April 1965

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Mass anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Washington DC

17 April 1965

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“Every 10th Man: A Study of Homosexuality” (CBC) airs on NET

21 April 1965

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“South America: Votes or Violence” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

21 April 1965

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Civil war begins in the Dominican Republic

24 April 1965

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US deploys troops to the Dominican Republic

28 April 1965

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“To Live Till You Die” airs on NET

19 May 1965

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Australian troops begin arriving in South Vietnam

2 June 1965

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“This Question of Color” airs on NET

16 June 1965

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Military coup in Algeria; Ahmed Ben Bella deposed

19 June 1965

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“Children of Revolution” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

21 July 1965

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The Maldives become independent from the UK

26 July 1965

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Medicare and Medicaid created in the US

30 July 1965

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Voting Rights Act prohibits prevention of African-Americans from voting

6 August 1965

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Singapore expelled from the Federation of Malaysia

9 August 1965

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“The Cathode Colours Them Human” (CBC) airs on NET

18 August 1965

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Burning of US draft cards now carries a $1,000 penalty and up to 5 years in prison

31 August 1965

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India and Pakistan go to war

2 September 1965

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Fidel Castro allows Cubans to emigrate to the US

28 September 1965

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First draft card burner arrested in New York

15 October 1965

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“The House on the Beach” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

20 October 1965

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Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the UK by white minority rulers of Rhodesia

11 November 1965

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“The Union Man” (ABC) airs on NET

17 November 1965

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Military coup in Congo-Kinshasa

24 November 1965

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The Pentagon requests troop numbers in South Vietnam to be increased to 400,000

27 November 1965

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Charles de Gaulle re-elected president of France

5 December 1965

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The Race Relations Act becomes law in Great Britain

8 December 1965

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“Men for Others” (CBC) airs on NET

15 December 1965

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UK and US oil embargo against Rhodesia begins

17 December 1965

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Military coup in the Central African Republic

1 January 1966

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Military coup in Upper Volta

4 January 1966

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Tashkent Declaration ends India/Pakistan war

10 January 1966

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Lal Bahadur Shastri, prime minister of India, dies suddenly

11 January 1966

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Robert C Weaver becomes Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the first African-American in the US cabinet

13 January 1966

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Military coup in Nigeria

15 January 1966

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Second military coup in Nigeria

17 January 1966

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There are now 190,000 US troops in South Vietnam

18 January 1966

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Food riots in Hungary

20 January 1966

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Civil war in Chad

22 January 1966

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Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India

24 January 1966

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Harold Holt becomes prime minister of Australia, replacing Robert Menzies

26 January 1966

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All UK trade with Rhodesia ends

31 January 1966

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Military coup in Syria

24 February 1966

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Military coup in Ghana

24 February 1966

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UK government announces plans to decimalise their currency in 1971

1 March 1966

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A Buddhist uprising begins in South Vietnam

10 March 1966

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“Men in Black” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

23 March 1966

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General election in the UK; Harold Wilson’s Labour party returned with a majority increased from 2 to 96

31 March 1966

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“The Difference Between Us” airs on NET

20 April 1966

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First ever Vatican-USSR meeting as Andrei Gromyko visits Pope Paul VI

27 April 1966

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There are now 250,000 US troops in South Vietnam

29 April 1966

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The Cultural Revolution begins in the People’s Republic of China

16 May 1966

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“Homosexuality in Men and Women” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

19 May 1966

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Guyana becomes independent from the UK

26 May 1966

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Charles de Gaulle begins a state visit to the USSR

20 June 1966

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“Someone Must Govern Us” airs on NET

22 June 1966

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Military coup in Argentina

28 June 1966

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US bombing is extended to Hanoi, capital of North Vietnam

29 June 1966

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Violent anti-Vietnam War demonstration in London

3 July 1966

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Malawi becomes a republic

6 July 1966

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Race riots in Cleveland, OH

18 July 1966

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“The Culture Explosion” (CBC) airs on NET

20 July 1966

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“One in Every Hundred” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

20 July 1966

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Military coup in Nigeria

29 July 1966

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With few colonies left, the UK Colonial Office is folded into the Commonwealth Relations Office

1 August 1966

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Work begins on two skyscrapers in New York, to be known as the World Trade Center

5 August 1966

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Indonesia and Malaysia announce a formal end to their long-running war

11 August 1966

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Huge earthquake in eastern Turkey

19 August 1966

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War between South African troops and South West African rebels breaks out

26 August 1966

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Prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd of South Africa is murdered

6 September 1966

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Botswana becomes independent from the UK

30 September 1966

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Lesotho becomes independent from the UK

4 October 1966

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Edward Brooke becomes the first African-American to be elected to the US Senate since the civil war

8 November 1966

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Barbados becomes independent from the UK

30 November 1966

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“The Lion and the Eagle” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

5 December 1966

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“After the Miracle” (ABC) airs on NET

20 February 1967

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Civil war begins in Cambodia

11 March 1967

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“Sense of Captivity” (CBC) airs on NET

13 March 1967

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Military coup in Sierra Leone

21 March 1967

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“The Mounting Millions” airs on NET

10 April 1967

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Massive anti-war demonstrations across the US

15 April 1967

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Military coup in Greece

21 April 1967

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“Germany and Its Shadow” airs on NET

24 April 1967

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Boxer Mohammad Ali is drafted. He refuses to go to Vietnam

28 April 1967

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The UK and Ireland apply to join the European Economic Community

11 May 1967

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Biafra, a province of Nigeria, declares independence

30 May 1967

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Stockport Air Crash kills 72 Arrowsmith Holidays customers and British Midland crew

4 June 1967

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The Six-Day War begins in the middle east

5 June 1967

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The United Nations mediates a ceasefire to end the Six-Day War in the middle east

10 June 1967

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The USSR breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel

10 June 1967

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The Supreme Court makes interracial marriage legal throughout the USA

12 June 1967

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The Independent Television Authority announces that Rediffusion must merge operations with ABC to keep the London weekdays ITV contract

12 June 1967

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“The Banquet of Life” airs on CBC Television

18 June 1967

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“Our World”, the largest-ever international television exchange, is broadcast

25 June 1967

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The various organisations that make up the EEC merge to form the European Communities (EC)

1 July 1967

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Colour television is introduced in the UK on BBC-2

1 July 1967

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Race riots in Newark, NJ

12 July 1967

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Race riots in Detroit

23 July 1967

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“Thailand” (NDR) airs on NET

24 July 1967

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The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalises male homosexuality in England and Wales

27 July 1967

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Race riots in Milwaukee, WI

30 July 1967

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Race riots in Washington DC

1 August 1967

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Thurgood Marshall becomes a US Supreme Court justice, the first African-American to hold such a position

30 August 1967

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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes president of South Vietnam

3 September 1967

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“Spring in Ethiopia” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

4 September 1967

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“Farewell to Arabia” is pre-empted on NET and does not air

18 September 1967

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Che Guevara is killed in Bolivia

9 October 1967

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Massive anti-war demonstrations in the US

21 October 1967

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Charles de Gaulle vetoes UK application to join the European Communities

27 October 1967

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“Report from Cuba” (KQED) airs on NET

30 October 1967

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“Russia: The Unfinished Revolution” (WGBH) airs on NET

6 November 1967

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The Public Broadcasting Act is signed by LBJ, creating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

7 November 1967

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LBJ states that the US is winning the Vietnam War: “We are inflicting greater losses than we’re taking… We are making progress.”

17 November 1967

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The US population is estimated to have reached 200,000,000

20 November 1967

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US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara resigns

29 November 1967

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The first heart transplant is carried out; patient Louis Washkansky lives for 18 days

3 December 1967

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“The Way it is” airs on NET

4 December 1967

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Nicolae Ceaușescu becomes leader of Romania

9 December 1967

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Constantine II of Greece flees the country

13 December 1967

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Harold Holt, prime minister of Australia, disappears whilst swimming in the sea. His body is never found

17 December 1967

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“April is the End of Summer” (ABC) airs on NET

18 December 1967

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Alexander Dubček becomes leader of Czechoslovakia

5 January 1968

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John Gorton becomes prime minister of Australia

10 January 1968

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Huge earthquake in Sicily

15 January 1968

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“Inside the Foreign Office” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

29 January 1968

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The Tet Offensive, an invasion of South Vietnam by the North, begins

30 January 1968

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‘Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood’ debuts on NET

19 February 1968

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Student riots in Poland

8 March 1968

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Mauritius becomes independent of the UK

12 March 1968

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My Lai massacre: mass killing of Vietnamese civilians by US troops

16 March 1968

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“The Other Side of Paradise” (ABC) airs on NET

25 March 1968

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is incorporated; it will be the major funder of NET

27 March 1968

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President Lyndon B Johnson will not be a candidate in November

31 March 1968

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr murdered in Memphis, TN

4 April 1968

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Race riots across the US

4 April 1968

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Pierre Trudeau becomes prime minister of Canada

20 April 1968

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Student riots in Paris

13 May 1968

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Robert F Kennedy murdered in Los Angeles, CA

5 June 1968

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“The Volunteers” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

24 June 1968

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Rediffusion Television’s last day as an ITV contractor

29 July 1968

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“Audubon” (CBC) airs on NET

23 December 1968

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“American Samoa – Paradise Lost?” airs on NET

3 February 1969

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“The Sixth Paul” (Rediffusion) airs on NET

10 February 1969

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“A Matter of Time” (CBC, 1967) airs on NET

4 August 1969

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