On This Day In History

What happened on the day you were born? How much was a loaf of bread, some milk and eggs or even the gas price?

How about the top song on the chart busters, everyone’s favorite tv show, the most wished for christmas toy, or even the best book when you were born.

It’s always interesting to see what was going on in the world at that time.

I recently googled this info for my mother’s 80th birthday party …Very Interesting !

Select specific headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, and books for any selected date.

This is a sampling of mine :

1961 Prices
Bread: $0.21/loaf
Milk: $1.05/gal
Eggs: $0.92/doz
Car: $2,275
Gas: $0.31/gal
House: $18,800
Stamp: $0.04/ea
Avg Income: $6,471/yr
Min Wage: $1.15/hr
DOW Avg: 731

Top Songs for 1961
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tokens – Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean – Pony Time by Chubby Checker – Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee – Runaway by Del Shannon – Tossin’ and Turnin’ by Bobby Lewis – Calcutta by Lawrence Welk – Wonderland By Night by Bert Kaempfert – Blue Moon by Marcels – Runaround Sue by Dion

On TV in 1961
Perry Mason – Leave it to Beaver – The Twilight Zone – The Andy Griffith Show – Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Flinstones – Bonanza – The Dick Van Dyke Show – I Love Lucy – Gunsmoke

Hot New Toys in 1961
Frosty The Sno-cone Machine – Slip ‘N Slide – Dick Tracy Wrist Radio – Stratego – Lie Detector – Little Red Spinning Wheel – Mr. Mix-It – Beany Copter