50th Anniversary

People Born:

• Will Smith
• LL Cool J
• Celine Dion
• Tony Hawk
• Owen Wilson
• Rachel Ray
• Kenny Chesney
• Marc Anthony

Popular Songs:

• The Beatles – Hey Jude
• Tom Jones – Delilah
• The Rolling Stones – Jumpin' Jack Flash
• Barry Ryan – Eloise
• Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days

World Population:

• 3.55 Billion

U.S. President:

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What Was on Television:

• Here's Lucy
• Hawaii Five-O
• One Life To Live
• Adam - 12

At the Cinema:

• Planet of the Apes
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Rosemary's Baby
• Barbarella

What Things Cost:

• New Home: $14,975.00
• Annual Income: $7,880.00
• New Car: $2,822.00
• Gas: $0.34 per gallon
• 1 Dozen Eggs: $0.49
• Gallon of Milk: $1.21
• Movie Ticket: $1.50
• Postage Stamp $0.06

Events in 1968:

• Boeing 747 made its flight
• First successful heart transplant was performed
• Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
• Emergency 911 service started in the U.S.A.
• The first Big Mac goes on sale at McDonald's
• NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission