Flashback 1964!

Cost of living: Average yearly income $5,880 Gallon of gas .25¢ Gallon of milk $1.06 Loaf of bread .21¢ 1st class postage stamp .05¢ Pay phone (local call) .10¢ Look Magazine .25¢ an issue Life Magazine .35¢ an issue Life Magazine 1 year gift subscription (51 issues) $5.00 Sunshine clothes dryer by General Electric $99.95 Thom McAn Shoes $9.95 Arrow staple gun $12.50 Squibb aspirin 400 tablets $1.96 Emerson 11" portable TV $139.95 Admiral 19" portable TV $139.95 Emerson transistor tape recorder (reel to reel) $79.95 Best Homes-(pre fabricated houses) $8,990-$17,990 Rolls Royce Silver cloud III sedan $16,655

TV highlights of '64: 01/03/1964 - Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You" 01/24/1964 - CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million 01/29/1964 - NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million 02/09/1964 - 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers) 03/19/1964 - Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" 05/04/1964 - "Another World" & "As the World Turns" premieres on TV 05/27/1964 - "From Russia With Love" premieres in US 06/27/1964 - "New Phil Silvers Show," last airs on CBS-TV 09/14/1964 - "The Danny Thomas show" last aires. Show was on ABC-TV from 1953-1957 & CBS from 1957-1964 and had 336 episodes. 09/14/1964 - The adventure series, "Voyage to the bottom of the sea" begins on ABC-TV. Show ran until 9/15/1968 and had 110 episodes. 09/17/1964 - The comedy show, "Bewitched" premieres on ABC-TV. Show ran until 9/1/1972 and finished with 252 episodes. 09/18/1964 - "Addams family" premiers on ABC=TV. Show would run intil 9/2/1966 and have 64 episodes made. 09/19/1964 - "Flipper", an NBC-TV adventure series begins and runs until 9/1/1968 with 88 episodes. 09/22/1964 - The "Man from U.N.C.L.E." spy spoof premieres on NBC-TV. Show ran until 1/15/1968 and 105 episodes were made. 09/24/1964 - The Munsters premier on CBS-TV. Last show aired on September 8th, 1966 and had a total of 70 episodes 09/25/1964 - The comedy, "Gomer Pyle" begins on CBS-TV. Show ran until 9/19/1969 with 150 episodes. 09/26/1964 - Gilligans Island premiers on CBS-TV. Last show was on September 4th, 1967 and had a total of 98 episodes 10/26/1964 - Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show 12/12/1964 - Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie) 12/18/1964 - "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink) 12/25/1964 - "Goldfinger" premieres in US

Top singles of '64: Baby Love (The Supremes) Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles) Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups) A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals) I Get Around (The Beach Boys) I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) Rag Doll (The Four Seasons) There, I've Said It Again (Bobby Vinton)

Movies of '64: Goldfinger Marnie Mary Poppins The Pink Panther A shot in the dark My Fair Lady Last Man on Earth Lady in a Cage Dead Ringer

Famous Deaths: April 5th - General Douglas MacArthur July 31st - Jim Reeves (airplane crash) August 27th - Gracie Allen (heart attack) September 28th - Harpo Marx "Arthur Marx" (following heart surgery) October 20th - Herbert Hoover (intestinal cancer) Famous Births: January 7th - Nicholas Cage January 27th - Bridget Fonda February 15th - Chris Farley February 18th - Matt Dillon February 20th - French Stewart March 17th - Rob Lowe May 8th - Melissa Gilbert May 26th - Lenny Kravitz July 9th - Courtney Love July 26th - Sandra Bullock September 2nd - Keanu Reeves September 11th - Kristy McNichol November 7th - Dana Plato November 11th - Phillip McKeon December 18th - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Special events of '64:

There are approximately 4,027,000 births in 1964.

Chevrolet introduces the "Chevelle" for 1964. $2,268-$2,695 (base price)

Pontiac comes out with the "GTO" or "Gran Turismo Omologato". It's a big hit with 7,384 sport coupes, 18,422 hardtops, and 6,644 convertibles made in it's first year.

Marlboro Country ad campaign is launced in 1964. "Come to where the flavor is, come to Marlboro country." Marlboro sales begin to grow 10% per year.

Cigarette smoking is enjoyed by 60% of the population.

The Academy award for Best Picture goes to "My Fair Lady." Julie Andrews wins for Best Actress in "Mary Poppins."

Police catch the "Boston Strangler," Albert DeSalvo.

"Hello Dolly," "Funny Girl," and "Fiddler on the Roof" premier in New York.

01/08/1964 - President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"

01/11/1964 - U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous

02/09/1964 - Hasbro introduces the G.I. Joe doll

03/06/1964 - Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)

03/15/1964 - Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton)

04/17/1964 - Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)

06/27/1964 - Jan & Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"

July - President Johnson signs a bill enacting Medicare.

08/05/1964 - US begins bombing North Vietnam

09/17/1964 - Supremes release "Baby Love"

10/15/1964 - Dr Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize

10/27/1964 - Singers Sonny & Cher wed, Cher wore bell-bottoms

Colonel Harland Sanders began his "Kentucy Fried Chicken" empire in 1952, and by 1964 over 600 restaurants were selling his chicken on a franchise basis.

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