Las Cruces High School Class of 1964 - 1964 in Review
Capture the significant events of your graduation year here
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
We were the first for The Mickey Mouse Club and Disney
A Collage Of TV
we loved Lucy and Elvis
Cultural History of the Sixties
We were the key part of the so called 'baby boomers' generation...the biggest population cohort in American history.
American Cultural History - 1960-1969
FACTS about this decade.
Population 177,830,000
Unemployment 3,852,000
National Debt 286.3 Billion
Average Salary $4,743
Teacher's Salary $5,174
Minimum Wage $1.00
Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years
Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000
An estimated 850,000 'war baby' freshmen enter college; emergency living
quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps.
Cost of a new home: $20,500.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: 0.05
Cost of a gallon of regular gas:$0.30
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.54
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.95
The sixties were the age of youth, as 70 million children from the post-war baby
boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative
fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and
real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be
images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes
affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the
revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.
Many people influnced us but we all remember where we were when ...
It's a sign of the times.
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
Happy birrrrrrthday, Mr. Pres-i-dent.
I want a word with all you tigers.
Sorry about that, chief.
Meeska-Mooska-Mouseketeer.
I'm strong to the finish.
With a little help from my friends
Let the word go forth
From this time and place
To friend and foe alike
That the torch has been passed
To a new generation of Americans.
Let every nation know
Whether it wishes us well or ill
That we shall pay any price - bear any burden
Meet any hardship - support any friend
Oppose any foe to assure the survival
And the success of liberty
Now the trumpet summons us again
Not as a call to bear arms
- though embattled we are
But a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle
A struggle against the common enemies of man Tyranny - Poverty - Disease - and War itself
In the long history of the world
'All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.
Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days,
nor in the life of this administration,
nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
But let us begin.'
A little News from 1964
News Headlines
· James Hoffa Gets 8 Years for Jury Rigging
· Warren Commission Says Oswald Acted Alone In Kennedy Assassination
· GOP Nominates Berry Gold Water, Democrats Nominate LBJ
· Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Peace Prize
· China Explodes First A-Bob
· LBJ Wins landslide Victory 43 Million to 27 Million
· Beatles Invade America
· Hoffa Sentenced For Jury Tampering
· Arnold Palmer Wins Fourth Masters
· Stampede Kills 300 AT Peru Soccer Game
· Soviet Union Now Using Spy Satellites
Dow high 891 low 776
· Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswalds murder
· Supreme Court upholds Civil Rights Act
· US Surgeon General links smoking to cancer
· Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for boxing heavy weight title
· Jim Ryun at 17 years old runs a 3.50 min. mile
· Aug. 8, US begins bombing N. Vietnam
· Beatles arrive in US and launch the 'British Invasion'
· Ford introduces the sporty 'Mustang'
MUSIC OF 1964
We all loved different music and we still listen to 'old 'music and new 'now ' music I am sure. But our biggest music listening years were when we were between 13-22. One of these songs may have been one of your favorites.
1964 was the year of The Beatles and the British Invasion. The appearance of The Beatles on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' was one of the biggest events of the year; 73 million Americans watched! The Beatles had 10 songs in the Top 100 for the year -- a feat that no one else has ever matched. That was nearly 60% of those old enough to watch tlevision and represented 85% of the TV market.
The top songs in 1964 were:
I Want To Hold Your Hand -- The Beatles
Hello, Dolly -- Louis Armstrong
Oh, Pretty Woman -- Roy Orbison
She Loves You -- The Beatles
I Get Around -- The Beach Boys
My Guy -- Mary Wells
There! I've Said It Again -- Bobby Vinton
Baby Love -- The Supremes
Come See About Me -- The Supremes
A Hard Day's Night --The Beatles
Where Did Our Love Go -- The Supremes
I Feel Fine -- The Beatles
Can't Buy Me Love -- The Beatles
Chapel Of Love -- The Dixie Cups
She's No There -- The Zombies
Do Wah Diddy Diddy -- Manfred Mann
We'll Sing In The Sunshine -- Gale Garnett
Rag Doll -- The Four Seasons
A World Without Love -- Peter and Gordon
Last Kiss -- J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
House Of The Rising Sun -- The Animals
Bread And Butter -- The Newbeats
Love Me Do -- The Beatles
People -- Barbra Streisand
Ringo -- Lorne Greene
Leader Of The Pack -- The Shangri-Las
Forget Him -- Bobby Rydell
