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When Life Was
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Although first sold in 1953,
in 1965, only 10% of U.S. homes had a color television. |
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A 1965 Television Guide
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| What cost $1.00 in 1965, cost $6.91 in 2010. If you were to buy exactly the same
products in 2010 and 1965, they would cost $1.00 and $0.14, respectively.
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Barron, WI
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| 1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ( The Rolling Stones)
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2. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (Four Tops)
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3. Wooly Bully (Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs)
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4. My Girl (Temptations)
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5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Righteous Brothers)
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6. Downtown (Petula Clark)
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7. Help! (The Beatles)
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8. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat (Herman's Hermits)
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9. Crying In The Chapel (Elvis Presley)
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10. You Were On My Mind (We Five)
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11. I Got You, Babe (Sonny and Cher)
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12. Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits)
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13. The Birds And The Bees (Jewel Aikens)
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14. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Mel Carter)
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15. Shotgun (Jr. Walker and The All Stars)
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16. Help Me, Rhonda (Beach Boys)
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17. This Diamond Ring (Gary Lewis and The Playboys)
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18. The "In" Crowd (Ramsey Lewis Trio)
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19. King Of The Road (Roger Miller)
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20. Stop! In The Name Of Love (Supremes)
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1965 Ford Mustang
Cost in 1965:
$3,334 |
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1965 Chevrolet Corvette
Cost in 1965:
$4,321
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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. In 2010 that would be $6.56. |
| 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,
310 million in 2011. |
| 129 Students are graduate 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
(Petula 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. |
| Watts
Ghetto riots leave 34 dead. |
| 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. |
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| On April 11, 51
tornados hit six Midwestern states, killing 271 people. It becomes
known as "The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak." |
| 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. |
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Pillsbury Doughboy® mascot and Diet Pepsi®
introduced.
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Brad Pitt, Brooke Shields, Charlie
Sheen and Shania Twain were born.
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Water and ice dispersers on refrigerator doors
introduced.
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Other discoveries and inventions include:
AstroTurf®, soft contact lenses, Kevlar®, aspartame, "big
bang" theory, optical disk (CD/DVD),
and one shot measles vaccine.
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Since
1965...
| Frost-free
refrig./freezers |
Continuous
cleaning ovens |
Plastic milk bottles |
| Electronic fuel
injection |
Air
hockey |
Yellow margarine
in Wisconsin |
| Bic®
disposable lighters |
ATM |
Smoke/CO detectors |
| Computer mouse |
Ziploc® bags |
Twister® |
| Pulsars |
Dental
implants |
Cordless
power tools |
| Moon Landing |
Arpanet/Internet |
Jumbo jets |
| Digital
watches |
Bar codes |
Floppy disc |
| Karaoka |
Disposable
razors |
FAX
(facsimile) mail |
| Space
Station |
Super
Bowls |
Felt
tipped pens |
| Teflon® |
Non-dairy
creamer |
Electric
toothbrush |
| Liver and
Heart
transplants |
Disney
World® |
Etch-A-Sketch® |
| LCD/LED display |
Hamburger Helper® |
Post-it® Notes |
| Electronic mail |
Food processors |
Word processors |
| M*A*S*H |
Woodstock |
Star Trek |
| Pac-Man® |
CNN, HBO |
Sears Tower
Built |
| $2 bill |
Domestic
microwave ovens |
Honey Nut Cheerios® |
| Cabbage
Patch Kids® |
Hepatitis-B/mumps
vaccines |
DNA fingerprinting |
| MRI's/CAT
and PET
scans |
Fuel cells |
Videocassettes/VHS |
| Segways® |
High-definition/3D television |
Skateboards/Roller
Blades |
| Chemotherapy |
Breathalyzers |
Magnetic
strips on credit cards |
| Instance
replay |
Acrylic
paint |
Music synthesizers |
| Liposuction |
Laser
& ink-jet printers |
Fiber
optics |
| Whirlpool
baths |
Dental
implants |
Instance
replay |
| K'nexs® |
Matchbox
cars |
Rubik's®
Cube |
| Mandatory
seat belts |
Presidential
resignation |
Solar
panels |
| Disposable contact lenses |
Disposable cameras |
"Chads" |
| Laser correction vision |
Meningitis vaccine |
Stove Top Dressing® |
| Silicone
breast implants |
Doppler radar |
Check out scanners |
| Mall of
America |
Stuffed
crust pizza |
Peanuts
comic strip ends |
| Wendy's
Hamburger® |
Hooters® |
Gatorade® |
| Big Mac® |
Red Lobster Restaurants® |
Pringles®
potato chips |
| EPA founded |
Starbucks® |
Alaskan
pipeline |
| Extra
crunchy peanut butter |
Nutrition
labels |
Diet Coke® |
| Dunkin
Donuts® |
Sugar free
Jell-O® |
"Where's
the Beef?" |
| Last wringer
washer made |
Chernobyl
nuclear plant |
Soybean ink |
| Electric
bread machines |
Weather satellites |
Napster |
| Office
cubicles |
Blue-ray |
Mr. Coffee® |
| 3 triple
crown winners |
Trivial
Pursuit |
Stereophonic
records |
| "Mad
cow" decease |
AIDS |
Movie
ratings (G, PG, etc.) |
| Pocket
calculators |
Titanic
found |
Berlin wall
falls |
| Prozac®/Valium®/Viagra® |
Hubble space telescope |
Tabs on
beverage cans |
| Personal
Computer |
Electronic
cruise control |
Jarvik-7 (artificial heart) |
| Birth control patch |
Walkman |
GPS |
| Cloning |
ipod, iphone,
ipad, itunes |
In vitro
fertilization |
| Air bags |
Designer
jeans |
First Black
President |
| Hybrid cars |
Video
stores |
Exxon
Valdez oil spill |
| 8 track and
MP3 players |
World Trade
Center falls |
Human growth hormone |
| Genetic
engineering |
Slow
release "smart" pills |
Digital answering machines |
| Google© |
You
Tube |
Social
networks |
| "Camera
pill" |
Digital
Cameras |
Digital
cellular phones |
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| This page updated 2/19/2011 |
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