The McBournie Minute: History That Happened in the Past (1960-1969)

My apologies for not telling you last week what came after the 1950s. With Labor Day and all, we were off from work and observing the Holy Day of the Worker by refraining from blogging. Today I am pleased to tell you that the 1960s came after the 1950s, but they are more commonly referred to as The Sixties.

For America, it marked a time of great change, you may have heard about that once or twice. But is what happened forty years ago really over? Of course not, the Baby Boomers are still around arguing over whether or not we won the Vietnam War.

Hit the jump, do some ‘ludes and free your soul, man.

International
As mentioned above, there was a war in Vietnam. This war was completely different from the Korean War, because rather than being a land war in Asia fighting Marxists with only the support of some of the people, this was a land war in Asia fighting Marxists with only the support of some of the people on a river delta. Despite the best efforts of John Kerry and John McCain, U.S. forces remained in a stalemate with the North Vietnamese and the Viet Kong. It would not be for many years that Sylvester Stalone and Chuck Norris would win the war for us.

The Cold War was just starting to get fun, too. The U.S. and the Soviets had a great time of spying on each other, dividing the world up, and blasting off rockets. Because there are really only so many countries you want to invade, the two world super powers took to making nukes, making threats, then settling things in a race to the moon.

We won the race to the moon, but the Russians figured out new ways to kill dogs. So who really won after all?

Homefront
Horticulture was in, bathing was out. The hippies, better known as the generation that had everything handed to them and still weren’t happy, got tired of the war, tired of swing music and were generally dismayed that they had to live at home with their parents for so long.

Meanwhile, Sterling Cooper was bought out by another advertising firm based in London. All sorts of upheaval came along with the limeys. Will Don ever be faithful to his wife? Will Peggy get equal pay for equal work? Will little Sally lose her lisp? Find out next week every Sunday at 10 pm Eastern on AMC.

Social
Absolutely nothing changed socially about the country. Everyone always got along with each other and treated each other equally. There were no marches, riots, rallies or sit-ins. There was Led Zeppelin, however.

Notable births

  • Kermit the Frog
  • Baseball player Kirby Puckett
  • Actor Matt LeBlanc
  • Actress Renee Zellwegger
  • Illinois State Senator Barack Obama

One thought on “The McBournie Minute: History That Happened in the Past (1960-1969)”

  1. “but the Russians figured out new ways to kill dogs”

    …and bring them back. everyone forgets about the “bringing back” part.

    then, years later, Chris Carter makes a half-hearted documentary on the perils of zombie dog technology in the world of gay couples.

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