Life In America 1969– The median family income is $9,400. Richard Nixon becomes president. Nell Armstrong lands on the moon. An estimated 450,000 turn up for the Woodstock music festival. The Beatles perform for the last time. The seminal motorcycle movie, Easy Rider, is released. The first Wendy’s opens. The Plymouth Roadrunner is Car of [...]
Life In America 1968– The average family income is $8,630. It’s been a tumultuous year, the Viet Cong launched their Tet Offensive in January. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy have been assassinated. Lyndon Johnson has announced that won’t run for re-election. Our worries are off-set somewhat by Rowan and Martin’s new comedy program, Laugh [...]
Life In America 1967 – The war in Vietnam has escalated and there are now close to a half-million troops in country. On the home front, protests against the war are spreading across the country. Comedy rules TV with the Smothers Brothers Show, and The Carol Burnett Show. Musically it’s a booming year; the Beatles [...]
Life In America Its 1966 –average family income is $7,400. per year. You’re listening to the Beach Boys singing, Good Vibrations, or the Monkees, I’m A Believer. There are now over 250,000 American soldiers in Vietnam and bombing of Haiphong and Hanoi has been ordered. At the movies you’ll see Steve McQueen in the Sand [...]
Life In America 1965 –Average family income is $6,900. A new house will set you back $13,600. The Rolling Stones top the charts with Satisfaction. Dylan goes electric at the Newport Jazz Festival. In San Francisco, the Warlords begin a long and strange journey as the Grateful Dead. On the tube you’re watching I Spy [...]
Life In America 1964 – Lyndon Johnson is president. The average family income is up 5%. A new house will set you back $13,000. The Beatles dominate the airways with six number one hits including I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You…yeah. You’re watching Gilligan’s Island on the tube, along with the [...]
Life In America 1963 – Average family income is $6,200 per year. The average car costs $3,233, and gas is $.30 per gallon. In November, President Kennedy was shot in Dallas. His funeral is the most highly viewed event of the year with 93% of the population watching. You’re listening to Surf City, by Jan [...]
Life In America 1962 – The average family income is $6,000 per year. The average car, $3,125, and gas is $.28 per gallon. The Beatles have just released Love Me Do, in England. John Kennedy is in the White House and dealing with the Cuban missile crisis which just might have your undivided attention because [...]
Life In America 1961 – John F. Kennedy is elected president. The average family income is $5,700 per year. Ben E. King’s, Stand By Me, and Chubby Checker’s Lets Twist Again, are among the year’s top singles. On TV you’re probably watching the Brit hit, the Avengers, and getting your sports info from the newly [...]
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