Culture+in+the+1960's-+IL

The 1960's were the time of civil rights for African Americans, and the hippies, also the beatles and rock n' roll. :) The average cost for a house back then was $12,700.00. The average monthly rent was around $98.00. The cost for a gallon of gas was .25 cents! The average cost of a new car was $2,600.00 Some events that happened during this time are, France tests its first atomic bomb. there were over 100 million TV sets in use world wide, aluminum cans used for the first time, the US launches the first weather satellite TIROS-1, Dr. Kazuo Invents the Ansafone sold in the US as the Automatic Telephone Answering Machine, The Flintstones was shown on TV for the first time. This was the decade of the Smiley Face found on anything and everything around the world incluing T-shirts, it's popularity was at its peak in the 1960's. This time was also the start of the skateboarding era which was started by some surfers who were frustrated by the weather and decided to put wheels on their surf boards.In the early 60's women wore mini skirts and leather boots men wore Paisley shirts and velvet pants. Later 60's started the intro of Psychedelic clotheswith bright colors for men and women which started the age of the Hippie. This is where the alternative genre got brought up but become so popular that they become mainstream, two of the dominant forces being The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Some of the major inventions were:Cash Dispenser, Computer Mouse, Fibre Optics, Heart Pacemaker, Human Space Travel, Hypertext, Internet, Laser, Potable Calculator, Tape Cassette, And The Weather Satellite. 