▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1960
High School
1956–1960The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1958–1960Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1960–1964Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1965–1969First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
1990
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
84
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 At the movies
📰 Headlines
- Greensboro lunch-counter sit-ins
- U-2 spy plane shot down
- JFK elected president
- First TV presidential debate
- FDA approves the Pill
💡 Tech & Firsts
- First working laser
- TIROS-1 weather satellite
- Bathyscaphe reaches Mariana Trench
- Echo communications satellite
- Integrated circuit takes off
🏆 Sports
- Pirates win the World Series
- Eagles beat Packers for NFL title
- Celtics win the NBA Finals
- Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- Rome Summer Olympics
🤪 Crazes & fads
- The Twist dance craze
- Hula hoop still spinning
- Drive-in movies
- Sock hops
- Transistor radios
👖 Clothes
- Jackie Kennedy pillbox hats
- Boxy tailored suits
- Stiletto heels
- Bouffant hairdos
- Capri pants
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 31¢/gal
- Stamp: 4¢
- Movie ticket: ~70¢
- New car avg: ~$2,600
- Median home: ~$11,900
How well do you remember Class of 1960?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1960
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📸 Your Class of 1960 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1960 gear
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