I was in the 8th grade and my school had parent teacher conferences that day, so I was out of school and sitting at the counter of a doughnut shop with my friends when I heard the news over the radio.
That was the day that the 1950s died. Everything changed soon after that. Just three months later The Beatles arrived in America.
“That was the day that the 1950s died. Everything changed soon after that. Just three months later The Beatles arrived in America”
I’d say that Kennedy’s administration was a transitional period between the ‘50s and ‘60s. Things felt different (a bit faster and more dynamic) than the sleepy Eisenhower years, but the assassinations, counterculture movement, and the Vietnam War (ie. the stuff that really defined the decade) hadn’t happened yet