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Lyndon B. Johnson 36th President of the United States Served from Nov. 22, 1963 to Jan. 20, 1969
“We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.” — Lyndon Johnson
1965 Chevy Corvette
AVERAGE COST OF LIVING
Cat Ballou Hubert Humphrey 38th Vice President of the United States Served from Jan. 20, 1965 to Jan. 20, 1969
Inventions
• Compact disc • Hypertext language • Respirator
Sports World events
• Australia joins Vietnam war • Hindi becomes the official language of India • The Maple leaf becomes Canada’s new national flag symbol • Rhodesia declares unilateral independence from Great Britain and becomes Zimbabwe • India and Pakistan fighting continues to escalate • Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs escapes from prison and flees to Brazil • Cigarette advertising banned on television in Britain • Following attempted coup by communists in Indonesia lead to the murder of over half million people and a transition to the new order led by Major General Suharto
• Operation Rolling Thunder launched in Vietnam • U.S. begins airlift of Cubans wishing to leave Cuba and live in America
U.S. news
• Palm Sunday tornado outbreak kills 256 to 271 people • Race riots break out in Watts, California, leaving large parts of the city burnt and looted and 34 dead • Northeast blackout — several states (VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY and portions of NJ) and parts of Canada hit by series of blackouts lasting up to 13-1/2 hours and involving 30 million people
• Higher Education Act of 1965 is signed into law providing low-interest loans for students in higher education • Warren Buffet gains controlling interest in Berkshire-Hathaway — 1965 ($18 per share), 2008 ($150,000 per share) • Troopers violently confront civil rights marchers in Alabama
• The 630-foot-tall steel Gateway Arch is completed in St. Louis • The Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote, becomes law • Lyndon Johnson announces increase in number of U.S. troops in South Vietnam from 75K to 125K • Hurricane Betsy Malcolm X makes landfall in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana, causing $1 billion in damTechnology age • Cosmonaut Aleksei • Pope Paul VI becomes the first Leonov, becomes the Pope to visit the U.S. first person to walk in • Malcolm X shot in New York space, leaving his space• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads craft for 12 minutes civil rights march in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery
• World Series: Dodgers over Minnesota, 4-3 • NBA Championship: Boston over Lakers, 4-1 • Racing driver Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis 500 and later wins the Formula One world driving championship in the same year
Popular culture
• Mini skirt makes its appearance in London
Movies
• Mary Poppins • The Flight of the Phoenix • Dr. Zhivago • In Harm’s Way • The Sound of Music • Goldfinger • Battle of the Bulge • What’s New Pussycat? • Cat Ballou
BORN THIS YEAR: Robert Downey Jr., actor. Above left: Elizabeth Hurley, actress; Charlie Sheen, TV & film actor; Chris Rock, comedian; Ben Stiller, actor/comedian
Music
• “Wooly Bully,” Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs • “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch),” Four Tops • “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” The Rolling Stones • “You Were on My Mind,” We Five • “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” The Righteous Brothers • “Downtown,” Petula Clark • “Help!,” The Beatles • “My Girl,” The Temptations
Born this year
• Dr. Dre • J.K. Rowling • Shawn Michaels • Slash • Ben Stiller • Booker T • Sarah Jessica Parker • Piers Morgan
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Income per year ....... $6,450 Minimum wage ........... $1.25 New house ............ $13,600 Monthly rent ................. $118 New car .................... $2,650 Gallon of gas .................. 31¢ Dozen eggs .................... 53¢ Gallon of milk .................. 95¢ Loaf of bread .................. 21¢ First-class stamp .............. 5¢ Movie ticket ................. $1.00
TV shows
• Days of Our Lives • I Dream of Jeannie • Hogan’s Heroes • Lost in Space • The Big Valley • Green Acres • Get Smart • F Troop • The Wild Wild West • Gidget
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