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| Cost of a gallon of
regular gasoline is $.31. |
| Average cost of a new
home is $21,500. |
| Cost of a first class stamp is $.05. |
| The first US combat
troops arrive in Vietnam. |
| The miniskirt makes
its appearance, in time for 35 million boomer women (and, perhaps,
a few men). |
| 25% of all milk is
delivered to homes by milkmen (and, perhaps, a few women). Cost of
a gallon of milk is $.95, but in 2009 that would be $6.39. |
| The L.A. Dodgers win
the World Series over the Minnesota Twins. (4-3) |
| In November, the worst
power failure in history blacks out Ontario and nine U.S. states,
including New York. The power is out for 12 hours. Nine months
later, a whole lot of post-boomer babies are born. |
| Amos and
Andy is taken off the air amid protests of racial
stereotyping. |
| The Gateway Arch in
St. Louis is completed. |
| Population of the United States is 194 million,
304 million in 2008. |
| 129 Students are graduated from
Barron Area Senior High School, the 75th graduating class in the history
of the school. |
| Mr. John Hoar retires after 36 years,
at Barron High School, as teacher and high school principal. |
| Medicare is created. |
| New song releases include: Down Town (Petuala Clark);
King of the
Road (Roger Miller); I got you, Babe (Sony and
Cher); What's New Pussycat (Tom Jones); and Help,
Michelle, and Yesterday
(Beatles). |
| Health warnings appear
on cigarette packs. |
| The Voting Rights Act becomes
law, outlawing literacy test. |
|
Television
shows ending include: Mr. Ed, The Alfred
Hitchock Hour, Perry Mason, Dick Van Dyke
Show, My Favorite Martian, and The (original) Price
is Right.
|
| Digital
Equipment Corp. introduces the first minicomputer, considered to
be the first "personal computer." Cost: $18.500. |
| Deaths include:
Winston Churchill, Nat "King" Cole, Adlai Stevenson, Edward R. Murrow,
and, assassinated Black Muslim leader, Malcom X. |
| Russian cosmonaut
Aleksie Leonov makes the first space walk. |
| Lyndon Johnson is President.
Hubert Humphrey is Vice-President. |
| Dr. Martin Luther King
leads a 54 mile march between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, know
as the "freedom march." |
| 105 Air Force cadets resign for
cheating on exams. |
| The US female Figure Skating
championship is won by 16-year-old Peggy Fleming. |
| The NFL adds the 6th official and
changes penalty flags from white to bright gold. |
| Bill Crosby, starring in I Spy,
becomes the first African American to headline a television show. |
| Days of Our Lives premieres
on television. |
| Tom Jones wins a Grammy Award for
Best New Artist. |
| New words, "flower power,"
"discotheque," "kook," "dude,"
"groupie," and "no way," become part of the
vernacular. |
| The Astrodome, the first domed
stadium, is completed. |
| 90% of silver is removed from coins,
only a "clad" cover is silver. |
| Silicon chips are introduced. |
| Muhammad Ali KO's Sonny Liston, in
the first round, for heavyweight boxing title. |
| Brad Pitt, Brooke Shields, Charlie
Sheen and Shania Twain were born. |
Bonanza
The
Sound of Music (Best Picture)
