5 - Dr. Spock is indicted for aiding and abetting draft dodgers - New 4/21/08   7 - The Surveyor 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral and lands on the moon 45 days later. 14 - Super Bowl II is played and Green Bay defeats Oakland 33-14. 15 - 5,000 women march on Washington to demand an end to the Vietnam War - New 4/21/08 16 - Activist Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, establish the Youth Int'l Party - the Yippies - New 4/21/08 17 - The Number one song is the Beatles "Hello Goodbye". 22 - Laugh In premiers Sock it to me. 24 - The movie "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" is released.   1 - Elvis and Pricilla become parents to Lisa Marie.   1 - Photojournalist Eddie Adams takes his famous photo of the South Vietnamese police chief Nguyen Ngoc        Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner - New 4/21/08   3 - "Green Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers becomes number one hit.   6 - Winter Olympic Games open in Grenoble France.   8 - The original "Planet of the Apes" is released.   8 - Three student protestors are killed and dozens are injured at a South Carolina State University rally against      the segregation of a local bowling alley - New 4/21/08 10 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympic Gold in Figure Skating. 12 - Eldridge Cleaver publishes "Soul on Ice" - New 4/21/08 14 - Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" opens on Broadway. 16 - A police station in Haleyville Alabama, is the first to officially use 911 - New 4/21/08 21 - Susan Klindienst celebrates her 18th birthday 22 - Philip Morris begins test marketing "Virginia Slims" campaign for the modern female. 26 - Manfred Mann's "The Mighty Quinn" becomes Number one. 28 - Frankie Lymon dies at age 25 of Heroin Overdose. 29 - The 10th annual Grammies name "Up Up and Away" Record of the year. 14 - The TV Show Batman airs it's last original episode. Ever hear of Syndication. 17 - The Bee Gees appear on Ed Sullivan. 30 - "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" is number one. 31 - Lyndon Johnson announces he will not seek reelection - New 4/21/08   3 - "2001: A space Odyssey" debuts.   4 - Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated. 10 - "In the Heat of the Night" wins Best Picture. 10 - Rod Steiger for "In the Heat of the Night" wins Best Actor. 10 - Katherine Hepburn for " Guess who's Coming to Dinner" wins Best Actress. 10 - Kathy Curran celebrates her 18th birthday. 13 - Ken Herr celebrates his 18th birthday. 14 - Carol Dolan celebrates her 18th birthday. 17 - "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro becomes number one. 29 - "Hair" opens at the Biltmore Theater in NYC.   3 - "The Odd Couple" movie is released.   4 - Dancers Image wins the 94th running of the Kentucky Derby.   7 - Dancers Image is disqualified and Forward Pass is named Kentucky Derby winner.   8 - Special for Gary Corbet - Catfish Hunter pitches a Perfect Game against the Twins. 16 - "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and the Drells is number one. 30 - Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500.   1 - Helen Keller dies.   5 - Robert Kennedy is shot and dies on June 6.   9 - "Mrs Robinson" is number one for the second week. 13 - Johnny Cash performs live at California's Folsom Prison - New 4/21/08 15 - Mike Neuhaus celebrates his 18th birthday 16 - The first modern cash-dispensing machine - The ATM is invented in Dallas - New 4/21/08 19 - The "Green Berets" is released. 20 - We Graduate I think. Average Income - $ 7,844.00 New Car - $ 2,822.00 New House - $14,975.00 Loaf of Bread - $ .22 Gallon of Gas - $ .34 Gallon of Milk - $ 1.21 Minimum Wage - $ 1.60 per hour Gold Per Ounce - $ 39.26 Silver Per Ounce - $ 2.14 Dow Jones Avg. - 825.13 to 985.21 Life Expectancy - 70.2 Years Last updated 06-15-2008 |