Do you remember? Way back, 55 years ago, in 1964 . . .
- Average new house cost $13,050
- Average income per year was $6,000
- Gas per gallon cost 30¢
- Average new car cost $3,500
- Loaf of bread cost 21¢
- U.S. postage stamp cost 5¢
- Average monthly rent was $115
- Movie ticket cost $1.25
- Sony introduces the Betamax Video Recorder
- Oct. 27th Albert DeSalvo is arrested and later confesses to being the Boston Strangler
- 1964-65 Ford Mustang introduced
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr received the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1964 Presidential Election – President Lyndon B. Johnson (D) defeats
- Barry Goldwater (R)
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 enacted