What was Happening in 1965
Cost of living
Average yearly income was $5,942
First class postage stamp was 5 cents
Pay phone for local calls was 10 cents
Hershey bars cost 5 cents
Average cost of a gallon of gasoline was 31 cents
1965 Corvette base price was $4,321
Top singles
Get off my Cloud (Rolling Stones)
Help (Beatles)
Help Me Rhonda ( Beach Boys)
I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter ( Herman's Hermits)
I Got You Babe ( Sonny & Cher)
Turn, Turn, Turn ( The Byrds)
Yesterday ( Beatles)
Unchained Melody ( Righteous Brothers)
Popular TV Shows
Andy Griffith
Red Skelton
The Lucy Show
Gilligan's Island
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Munsters
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Ed Sulivan Show
Movies
Thunderball
Doctor Zhivago
The Sound of Music
Cat Ballou
The Nanny
Agony and the Ecstasy
Famous Deaths
Famous Births
Jan 4- T.S. Elliot (Emphysema)
Jan 20- Alan Freed
Jan 24- Winston Churchill (Stroke)
Feb 15- Nat King Cole (Lung Cancer)
Feb 23- Stan Laurel (Heart Attack)
May 1- Spike Jones (Emphysema)
Jan 22 - Diane Lane
Feb 25 - Carrot Top
Mar 25 - Sarah Jessica Parker
Apr 4 - Robert Downy Jr.
Apr 16 - Jon Cryer
May 31 - Brooke Shields
Special Events
The most popular baby names for girls: Lisa, Maria, Karen, Mary,
Kimberly, Susan, Patricia, Cynthia, Linda and Donna.
The most popular baby names for boys: James, John, David, Robert
William, richard, Mark, Thomas and Jeffery.
Diet Pepsi becomes available for the first time.
The miniskirt makes it appearance.
M.Y. Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath.