January 4, 1960 — Albert Camus dies
Albert Camus was not an existentialist. He’d have been the first one to tell you that. He was mates with...
December 4, 2017
Art & Culture
January 25, 1960 — The NAB announces fines for DJs found accepting payola
While there had been rumours about payola in the music industry for years, the practice became more prevalent in the...
November 29, 2017
June 1, 1961 — “Stranger in a Strange Land” is published
One of the most famous science fiction novels of all time, Robert Anson Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land” remains...
October 24, 2017
October 5, 1961 — “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” premieres
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is perhaps the single best known film of Audrey Hepburn’s career. Less well-remembered for it is the...
October 19, 2017
August 5, 1962 — Marilyn Monroe dies in suspicious circumstances
Was it suicide? Was she killed? Or was it an accidental overdose, like the death certificate claimed? Marilyn Monroe was...
October 4, 2017
September 4, 1962 — The Beatles release “Love Me Do”
“Love Me Do” was a number one hit for the Beatles in the USA (and Australia and New Zealand), their...
September 29, 2017
September 15, 1962 — “Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs reaches #1 on the charts
“Green Onions” is probably the single best known instrumental of the rock era, and routinely appears on lists of the...
September 24, 2017
February 19, 1963 — Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” is published
“The Feminine Mystique” is the book most credited with kick-starting Second Wave Feminism. Betty Friedan took aim at a number...
August 29, 2017
March 5, 1963 — Patsy Cline dies
About a month after finishing recording her fourth, and, alas, final album Sentimentally Yours, Patsy Cline died in what has...
August 24, 2017
March 30, 1963 — The last streetcars of Los Angeles make their final runs
Like most other cities the world over, Los Angeles moved away from the inflexibility of light rail public transportation after...
August 19, 2017
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