Explore 1965
1965
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Population of USA: 198,712,056 approx.
Life expectancy: 70.5 years
Unemployment 3.8%
Average Income $ 5,942.00
Minimum Wage $ 1.20 per hour
Cost of New House $ 22,700.00
Cost of New Car $ 3,115.00 (Chevy Impala Station Wagon)
Cost of 1st Class Stamp $ .05
Cost of Gallon of Gas $ .24
Price of a Dozen eggs $ .37
Price of Gallon of Milk $ 1.03 25% of milk is delivered by milkmen
Hershey Candy Bar $ .05
Local Pay Phone Call $ .10
The Grammy Winners of 1965
Song of the Year Hello Dolly by Louis Armstrong
Record of the Year The Girl from Ipanema” by Gilberto & Getz
Album of the Year Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto)
Best New Artist The Beatles
Pop
Vocal - Female People by Barbra Streisand
Vocal - Male Hello Dolly by Louis Armstrong
Vocal - Group A Hard Days night by The Beatles
R & B
Vocal - Female Nancy Wilson for “How Glad I Am”
Vocals - Duo/Group Four Tops for “I can’t Help Myself”
Top Movie $$ Dollar Makers of 1965
Doctor Zhivago
The Sound of Music
Cat Ballou
Other Movie Releases in 1965
James Bond “Thunderball”
The Nanny
The Beatles “Help”
Ship of Fools
Othello (with Sir Laurence Olivier)
The Pawnbroker (with Rod Steiger)
The Spy who came in from the Cold (Richard Burton)
The Flight of the Phoenix
The Agony and The Ecstasy
The Greatest Story ever Told
The Great Race
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