The decade from 1960 to 1969. Also known as the 60s.(noun)
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Use "1960s" in a sentence
"One of the biggest changes in historians 'understanding since the 1960s is their knowledge of the overwhelming role played by epidemic disease."
"The fact that NASA cannot perform the same feat better with less money today than they could in the 1960s is the source of embarrassment."
"Things like Weathermen are just people giving the forecast and the 1960s is ancient history. so, while the right thinks it so important and such a big deal, people of Obama's age group look at that time as just so long ago and totally different era from them."