Guy looks back at 1963
I reached a milestone today. I became cordless 50 years ago when dad snipped my umbilical cord.
I am a product of the 60’s, a planned child but unscheduled. If you can’t remember where you were, or weren’t, here’s a glimpse at Americana in 1963…
· Jack Nicklaus won his first Masters (and $125,000)
· Alfred Hitchcock directed “The Birds,” a movie that still freaks me out
· The Flintstones were a TV hit (I always had a crush on Betty)
· The Chevy Impala was a top seller
· The first successful liver transplant occurred
· The sedative valium became available
· The United States unemployment rate was 6.1%
· The average cost of a new house was under $20,000
· The average American income was $5,807
· The average cost of a new car was $3,233
· A gallon of regular gas cost $0.30
· American life expectancy was 70 years
· AT & T introduced touch tone phones
· Zip codes were first implemented in the USA
· Michael Jordan and Johnny Depp were born
· My wife, Hun, was 2 years old (She’s still older than me.)
I downloaded this information from the new iPhone Hun bought me. It came with programmed reminders, which reminds me my first call is to schedule a colonoscopy…
That story is just around the bend.
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