1960s the first man in space

In April 12, 1961, it was already a huge day in space history the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space.

Yuri Gagarin,1961

References:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html

http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacehistory/yurigagarin.html

http://russianmind.com/content/yuri-gagarin-–-superstar

Psychedelic

The psychedelic fashion fully embraced all the bold and bright colorful patterns of the 1960s. Psychedelic art is any kind of visual artwork inspired by psychedelic experiences induced by drugs such as LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin. The word "psychedelic” means, "mind manifesting".

In 1960s, psychedelic art was popular in San Francisco and some of poplar designers of psychedelic posters were Victor Moscoso, Stanley Mouse and Wes Wilson.

Psychedelic art made use of beautiful and brightly forms of colored patterns with detailing and such compositions always illustrated the psychedelic experiences felt by the artist.

The 1960s was one such period that witnessed many trends from the hippy culture to people who would love to rebel and be seen and heard.

psychedelic Art

Stanley Mouse, 1060 poster

Victor Moscoso, 1960 poster

Wes Wilson,1966 poster

References:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/60s-psychedelic-art.html

http://www.blackdogadvertising.com/miami-advertising-blog/wp-content/uploads/jefferson-airplane-poster-stanley-mouse.jpg

http://www.amoeba.com/merch/artists/140362/posters/1949-/

Hairstyle fashion in the1960s.

During 1960s decade women’s hairstyles has changed to very short styles popularized by Twiggy and Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby towards the latter half of the decade, and men’s hairstyles has changed to African-American hairstyles  wich called (afro). 

Afro Hairstyle

Twiggy short hairstyle

Reference:

http://oddlittlehippo.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/afro.jpg

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/TWIGGY--twiggy-361486_300_566.jpg

1960s popular film "The Sound of Music"

The Sound of Music was one of the highest-grossing film in the 1960s. This film released in 1965 by Robert Wise, starring Julie Andrewsand and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music.

1960s Calculator

Perhaps one of the most amazing inventions ever, almost every person is familiar with this device particularly the fact that it is used not only by mathematicians but is put into practice by almost everyone. The first calculator was created in the Late 1960s and the pocket version became available in 1970.

The electronic calculators of the mid-1960s were large and heavy desktop machines due to their use of hundreds of transistors on several circuit boards with a large power consumption that required an AC power supply.

1963 -- Bell Punch Co. LTD and Sumlock-Comptometer LTD of England introduce the "Anita" which is claimed to be the world's first fully electronic desk-top calculator