The Year I Was Born

Share what you know about the year you were born.

1962. Spring of that year I was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

In that year the president was John F. Kennedy. Popular music was by Elvis Presley and Ray Charles. The NFL champions were the Green Bay Packers. The NBA champions were the Boston Celtics. Marilyn Monroe was found deceased.

Food costs were way down. A new house was $13,500. New car was $2900. A gallon of gas was 32 cents a gallon. Movie tickets were 69 cents. A postage stamp was four cents. Milk was fifty cents. A dozen eggs were eighty-nine cents.

Favorite books were “One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “A Wrinkle in Time”.

The first Walmart store opens to the public.

All this stuff was something I was never aware of until now. Great prompt!