America - 1960AD
In 1960AD:
The presidential debates of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were televised.
The first submerged firing was made of a Polaris submarine-launched missile.
American physicist Theodore H. Maiman demonstrated the first successful laser.
The Echo 1 experimental communications satellite was launched.
NASA launched the first TIROS weather satellite.
American track star Wilma Rudolph won 3 gold medals at the Rome Olympic Games.
The Motown record company was founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy.
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson founded the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock directed the suspense thriller
Psycho
.
American author John Updike published the novel
Rabbit Run
.
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