The war in Vietnam continues to worsen as whatever the Americans do including major bombing of North Vietnam they continue to lose more men.
At the same time the Anti-War movement grows and on November 13th, 35,000 march on Washington as a protest against the war. There is also civil unrest with rioting, looting and arson in Los Angeles.
This was also the first year mandated health warnings appeared on cigarette packets and smoking became a “no no”.
The latest craze in kids toys was the SuperBall and The Skate Board.
Fashions also changed as women’s skirts got shorter men’s hair grew longer as the the miniskirt makes its appearance.
Hypertext is introduced for linking on the Internet.
The St Louis Arch is completed.
The Beatles release 4 new albums including “Help”.
Northeast blackout including parts of Canada and U.S. North East
Mini Skirt appears in London
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads civil rights march in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery
The Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote becomes law
Operation Rolling Thunder launched In Vietnam
St. Louis, Gateway Arch is completed
Race Riots Break Out In Watts, California
Population:
- Wake County (1960 Census): 169,082
- NC: 4,863,000
- USA: 194,300,000
National Debt:
- $317,273,898,983 (1965)
- $18,152,809,942,589 (2015)
Value of a Dollar: $1 in 1965 is $7.52 in 2015
Cost Of Living 1960:
- Yearly Inflation Rate USA: 1.59%
- Year-end close Dow Jones Industrial Average: 969
- Average Income per year: $6,450
- Average Cost of New House: $13,600
- Average Monthly Rent: $118
- Average Cost of a New Car: $2,650
- Cost of a gallon of Gas: $0.31
- Loaf of Bread: $0.21
- McDonald’s Hamburger: $0.15
- Ticket to Disneyland: $4.00
Ounce of Gold Price:
- The cost of a Ounce of Gold was $35.12
- The inflation-adjusted price of a Ounce of Gold was $286.09
Cost of a movie ticket: $1.01
Inflation-adjusted price of a movie ticket: $7.71
The cost of a movie ticket in 2015: $7.92
Top 5 Movies:
- The Sound of Music
- Doctor Zhivago
- Thunderball
- Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
- That Darn Cat!
- Best Picture: The Sound of Music
- Best Actor: Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou
- Best Actress: Julie Christie – Darling
- Best Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam – A Thousand Clowns
- Best Supporting Actress: Shelly Winters – A Patch of Blue
- Best Director: Robert Wise
- Bonanza – NBC – 17,124,300
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. – CBS – 14,970,300
- The Lucy Show – CBS – 14,916,450
- The Red Skelton Show – CBS – 14,862,600
- Batman (Thursday) – ABC – 14,539,500
- The Andy Griffith Show – CBS – 14,485,650
- Bewitched – ABC – 13,947,150
- The Beverly Hillbillies – CBS – 13,947,150
- Hogan’s Heroes – CBS – 13,408,650
- Batman (Wednesday) – ABC – 13,300,95
- Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs – Wooly Bully
- Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
- Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
- We Five – You Were On My Mind
- Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
- Petula Clark – Downtown
- Beatles – Help!
- Herman’s Hermits – Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
- Elvis Presley – Crying In The Chapel
- Temptations – My Girl
- Beach Boys – Help Me, Rhonda
- Roger Miller – King Of The Road
- Jewel Aikens – The Birds And The Bees
- Mel Carter – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
- Jr. Walker and The All Stars – Shotgun
- Sonny and Cher – I Got You Babe
- Gary Lewis and The Playboys – This Diamond Ring
- Ramsey Lewis Trio – The “In” Crowd
- Herman’s Hermits – Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter
- Supremes – Stop! In The Name Of Love
- You’re The Only World I Know – Sonny James
- I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail – Buck Owens
- King Of The Road – Roger Miller
- This Is It – Jim Reeves
- Girl On The Billboard – Del Reeves
- What’s He Doing In My World – Eddy Arnold
- Ribbon Of Darkness – Marty Robbins
- Before You Go – Buck Owens
- The First Thing Ev’ry Morning – Jimmy Dean
- Yes, Mr. Peters – Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell
ACC Football Champ: Clemson and NC State; South Carolina/Duke originally co-champions. League office made South Carolina forfeit wins against NC State and Clemson which made them co-champions.
ACC Basketball Champs: NC State (NC State 91 – Duke 85)
World Series Winner: La Dodgers over the Minnesota Twins 4 games to 3
Heavyweight Boxing Champ: Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay (WBC) and Ernie Terrell (WBA & NYSAC)
NFL Championship Game: Green Bay Packers (Green Bay Packers 23 – Cleveland Browns 12)
NASCAR Season Winner: Ned Jarrett
Masters Winner: Jack Nicklaus – 271 (-17) – Winner’s share: $20,000
Wimbledon Winners:
- Men’s Singles: Australia Roy Emerson defeated Australia Fred Stolle 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
- Women’s Singles: Australia Margaret Court defeated Brazil Maria Bueno 6–4, 7–5
- Men’s Doubles: Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche defeated Australia Ken Fletcher / Australia Bob Hewitt 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
- Women’s Doubles: Brazil Maria Bueno / United States Billie Jean King defeated France Françoise Dürr / South Africa Janine Lieffrig 6–2, 7–5
- Mixed Doubles: Australia Margaret Smith Court / Australia Ken Fletcher defeated Australia Judy Tegart / Australia Tony Roche 12–10, 6–3