1960

  • X-15 (No. 1) , piloted by Joseph A. Walker of NASA, achieved a speed of Mach 3.2 and an altitude of 78,000 feet on May 12
     
  • First launch of a missile from a nuclear powered submarine on March 25 was accomplished with Vought’s Regulus I from USS Halibut off Oahu, Hawaii.
     
  • On September 21 a USAF/Vought Blue Scout rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral to an altitude of 16,600 miles.

X-15 Number 1  

Songs From 1960

  “Never on Sunday”
  “Let’s Do the Twist”

Other Facts from 1960

President: Dwight Eisenhower

 

 

Average annual income

$5,199

New car

$2,610

Loaf of bread

$0.20

Gallon of milk

$1.04

Gallon of gas

$0.26

 

 

Dow Jones Average  566 to 685