Friday, September 5, 2014

Flashback Friday

50 years ago...

The top movies were;
Goldfinger, Mary Poppins, The Pink Panther, My Fair Lady and Last Man on Earth.

MacArthur, Harpo and Hoover died.

The top songs were;
Baby Love, Chapel of Love, Can't Buy me Love, Pretty Woman and I Want to Hold Your Hand.
the sixties were big on love :-)

The average yearly income was $5880.
A stamp cost .05
Life Magazine was .35 an issue
A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud cost $16,655.00

A bottle of Squibb aspirin of 400 was $1.96

There were 4027 births
Pontiac came out with the first GTO (Goat)
Police caught the Boston Strangler
Ford introduced The Mustang
Hasbro introduces G.I. Joe
60% of the population smokes.
And the Surgeon General says smoking MAY be hazardous to your health.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Flipper, Bewitched, Addams Family, Man From UNCLE, The Munsters and Gilligans Island all premiered on television.

what a light hearted year it was!

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