Time Capsule

Top Headlines the Week You Were Born

*Roger Maris hit HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record*

*Sandy Koufax set the NL strikeout season record at 269*

Top Songs in 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*

1961 Prices

*Bread:  $0.21 / Loaf*

*Milk:  $1.05 / Gallon*

*Eggs:  $0.92 / Dozen*

*New Car:  $2,275*

*New House:  $18,800*

*Stamp:  $0.04 / Each*

*Average Income:  $6,471 / Year*

*Minimum Wage:  $1.15 / Hour*

1961 T.V.

*Perry Mason*

*Leave it to Beaver*

*Bonanza*

*The Andy Griffith Show*

*Alfred Hitchcock Presents*

*The Flintstones*

*The Twilight Zone*

*The Dick Van Dyke Show*

* I Love Lucy*

*Gunsmoke*

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*

U.S. President and Vice President in 1961

*John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson*

{Source can be found here} 

"I might not be as big as a bear, but I'm smarter than the average bear." -Virgil Smith