- "Good morning, Smallville. The America conscience died with Robert, Martin and John."
- ―Perry White[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1960s.
Undated events[]
- LexCorp is founded by Alexander Luthor Sr..[1]
- A woman who will become a nurse in 1981 is born.[2]
- Kenmore Bowling Alley is founded in Metropolis, Delaware.[3]
- Billy Batson and most of his foster family accidentally time travelled to a Beatles concert at some point during this era before quickly departing again.[4]
1960[]
1961[]
- President Kennedy establishes the White House Situation Room in the basement of the West Wing as one of his measures to deal with the growing Soviet threat.[8]
- Charlie the Tuna is created.[9][7]
March[]
14th[]
- Baba Booey is born.[10][11]
April[]
3rd[]
- Eddie Murphy is born.[10][11]
July[]
30th[]
August[]
4th[]
- Barack Obama is born.[10][13]
1962[]
- Thaddeus Sivana's twin sisters are born.[14]
- Ralph Corcoran is born.[15]
- The book The Big Honey Hunt is published, featuring the first appearance of the Berenstain Bears.[9][16]
August[]
4th[]
- Marilyn Monroe dies.[10][17]
November[]
- "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is released by Harry Simeone.[18]
7th[]
28th[]
- Jon Stewart is born.[10][19]
December[]
25th[]
1963[]
- Jonathan Kent and his father manage to save the Kent Farm from a horrible flood by barricading off the farm. The family celebrates, with Jonathan's mother baking a cake for her son to award his heroism. However, the next day, he and his family learn that they had just diverted the flood water to the Lang Farm.[19]
- G.I. Joe toys are first created.[9][8][16]
- Ronald McDonald makes his first appearance.[9][21]
February[]
17th[]
- Micheal Jordan is born.[10][11]
April[]
- "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" is released by Patsy Cline.[17]
18th[]
- Conan O'Brian is born.[10][21]
19th[]
- "Ring of Fire" is released by Johnny Cash.[22]
August[]
10th[]
- Andrew Sullivan is born.[10][19]
November[]
22nd[]
- President John F. Kennedy is shot in Dallas.[23][19]
- Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested as suspect of the assassination.[23][19]
- The Daily Planet publishes a front-page article about the assassination and the arrest.[19]
24th[]
December[]
- "You Don't Own Me" is released by Lesley Gore.[24]
18th[]
1964[]
January[]
23rd[]
- Mariska Hargitay is born.[10][21]
25th[]
- Nike, Inc. is founded.[9][17]
February[]
25th[]
- Don Majkowski is born.[2][10]
August[]
- "House of the Rising Sun" is released by The Animals.[24]
September[]
4th[]
- Ronald Edwards is born.[10][25]
29th[]
October[]
4th[]
20th[]
- Herbert Hoover dies.[10][27][28]
- Kamala Harris is born.[10][29]
1965[]
- Thaddeus Sivana is born.[4]
April[]
10th[]
- Linda Darnell dies.[10][19]
May[]
14th[]
- Royland Goff is born.[12]
June[]
27th[]
November[]
8th[]
- The soap opera Days of Our Lives begins broadcasting.[9][17]
1966[]
April[]
- "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is released by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome.[17]
June[]
25th[]
September[]
19th[]
- Soledad O'Brien is born.[10][19]
December[]
23rd[]
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is released.[9][31]
1967[]
- John Economos is born.[11]
June[]
3rd[]
- Anderson Cooper is born.[10][19]
July[]
16th[]
- Will Ferrell is born.[10][11]
21st[]
- Basil Rathbone dies.[10][19]
September[]
12th[]
- Louis C.K. is born.[10][32]
October[]
31st[]
- Robert Matthew Van Winkle, later known as Vanilla Ice, is born.[10][21]
1968[]
February[]
22nd[]
March[]
27th[]
- Yuri Gagarin dies.[10][33]
April[]
4th[]
June[]
A.R.G.U.S.'s Waylon Jones file.
3rd[]
- Waylon Jones is born in Tampa, Florida.[24][34] His mother dies due to childbirth and his father abandons him. Waylon is later adopted by his aunt.[35]
6th[]
December[]
2nd[]
6th[]
- "Sympathy for the Devil" is released by the Rolling Stones.[24]
1969[]
- Benjamin Wayne dies.[19][36]
- This date is mentioned on a newspaper article about Aquaman.[26]
March[]
28th[]
May[]
2nd[]
- Silas Stone is born in Metropolis.[37][33]
June[]
15th[]
July[]
16th-24th[]
21st[]
- The characters of Bert and Ernie make their first appearances.[9][21]
26th[]
- The last Looney Tunes is released.[9][8]
September[]
23rd[]
- The film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is released.[9][39]
October[]
10th[]
- Brett Favre is born.[2][10]
December[]
- "Spirit in the Sky" is released by Norman Greenbaum.[24]
References[]
| Timeline | |
| Before the 20th century | Before 19th century • 19th century |
|---|---|
| 20th century | 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s |
| 21st century | 2000s • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 |
| After the 21st century | Far future |
| Alternate timelines | Flashpoint • Post-Flashpoint |