1960s Timeline

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Mar 8

Movies: “The Last Man on Earth” with Vincent Price

Mar. 8, 1964 - Opening today is “The Last Man on Earth,” a science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel “I Am Legend,” by Richard...

May 8, 2023

Movies: “The Day of the Triffids”

May 8, 1963 - “The Day of the Triffids,” a British science fiction horror film in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor starring Howard Keel and...

May 23, 2022

(VIDEO) Rod Serling on "The Twilight Zone" and accusations of "commercialism"

May 23, 1962 - Rod Serling speaks out on "The Twilight Zone" and accusations of "commercialism." Complete report here:...

May 13, 2022

Dick Calkins, Co-Creator of Buck Rogers Comic Strip, Dead at 67

May 13, 1962 - Dick Calkins, who helped to create the Buck Rogers comic strip, died in Tucson, Ariz., today after a long illness. His age...

Sep 29, 2021

TV: "The Twilight Zone," 10 p.m. on CBS

Sept. 29, 1961 - Tonight on the "The Twilight Zone," a suburban dinner party is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear...

Sep 22, 2021

TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"

Tonight's "Twilight Zone" episode: "The Arrival" Sept. 22, 1961 - Tonight on "The Twilight Zone," Federal aviation investigator Grant...

Sep 15, 2021

TV: "Twilight Zone" Season Three Premiere Tonight

Sept. 15, 1961 - On tonight's Season Three premiere of "The Twilight Zone," two survivors of an apocalyptic battle, a man (Charles...

Sep 10, 2021

Movie: "Master of the World," with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson

Sept. 10, 1961 - Arriving at local movie theatres this week is "Master of the World," a Jules Verne science-fiction drama starring...

Jul 18, 2021

Irwin Allen's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" Opens

July 18, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," a science-fiction melodrama from 20th Century-Fox....

Jul 5, 2021

TV: Season Finale on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

July 4, 1961 - On tonight's season finale of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," a district attorney's ambition for higher office may ...

Jul 5, 2021

Movies: Sci-Fi Drama "Most Dangerous Man Alive"

July 3, 1961 - Today's new film is "Most Dangerous Man Alive," a science-fiction melodrama from Columbia. Ron Randell (left), Elaine ...