Editing 1960s (section)

====Electronics and communications====
[[File:60s tech.jpg|thumb|Examples of 1960s technology, including two rotary-dial telephones and a Kodak camera.]]
* 1960 – The first working laser was demonstrated in May by [[Theodore Maiman]] at [[Hughes Research Laboratories]].
* 1960 – [[Tony Hoare]] announces the [[Quicksort]] [[algorithm]], the most common sorter on computers.
* 1961 – [[Unimate]], the first [[industrial robot]], was introduced.
* 1962 – First transatlantic satellite broadcast via the [[Telstar]] satellite.
* 1962 – The [[FORMAC]] coding language was invented by [[Jean Sammet]] 
* 1962 – The first computer video game, ''[[Spacewar!]]'', was invented.
* 1962 – Red [[LED]]s were developed.
* 1963 – The first [[Geosynchronous satellite|geosynchronous communications satellite]], ''[[Syncom 2]]'', is launched.
* 1963 – First transpacific satellite broadcast via the [[Relay 1]] satellite.
* 1963 – [[Touch-Tone]] telephones introduced.
* 1963 – [[Sketchpad]] was the first touch interactive [[computer graphics]] program.
* 1963 – The [[Nottingham]] Electronic Valve company produced the first home [[Videocassette recorder|video recorder]] called the "Telcan".
* 1964 – [[8-track tape]] audio format was developed.
* 1964 – The [[Compact Cassette]] was introduced.
* 1964 – The first successful [[Minicomputer]], [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]'s 12-bit [[PDP-8]], was marketed.
* 1964 – The [[programming language]] [[BASIC]] was created.
* 1964 – The world's first [[supercomputer]], the [[CDC 6600]], was introduced.
* 1964 – [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] released [[Integrated Circuit|IC]]s with [[Dual in-line package|dual in-line packaging]].
* 1967 – [[PAL]] and [[SECAM]] broadcast color television systems started publicly transmitting in Europe.
* 1967 – The first [[Automatic Teller Machine]] was opened in [[Barclays Bank]], London.
* 1967 – The [[Logo (programming language)|Logo]] coding language was invented by [[Cynthia Solomon]]
* 1968 – [[Ralph Baer]] developed his [[Brown Box]] (a working prototype of the Magnavox Odyssey).
* 1968 – The [[The Mother of All Demos|first public demonstration]] of the [[computer mouse]], the [[paper paradigm]] [[Graphical user interface]], [[video conference|video conferencing]], [[teleconference|teleconferencing]], email, and [[hypertext]].
* 1969 – [[ARPANET]], the research-oriented prototype of the Internet, was introduced.
* 1969 – [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] invented at AT&T [[Bell Labs]], used as the electronic imager in still and video cameras.