E C O N O M Y
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- Average US yearly income was $5,200
- Gas cost $.25.
- Average US house was $12,700.
- Average UK house was £2,530.
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N E W S
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- OPEC is formed
- South Africa leaves the UK Commonwealth.
- IRA starts its fight with Britain.
- US sends 3500 soldiers to Vietnam.
- Berlin Wall ordered built by Khrushchev.
- Soviet Union and China split over ideology.
- US U2 spy plane shot down by Russia.
- Cuba nationalizes American interests.
- Sri Lanka elects world's first female leader.
- US launches first nuclear aircraft carrier.
- Independence: 15 different African countries including Chad, Senegal, Mauritania, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast.
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T R I V I A
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- Lady Chatterley's Lover allowed to be published in UK, 32 years after being banned.
- First Playboy Club opens.
- Chubby Chequer shows us hot to Twist.
- The Flintstones yabba-dabba-do for the first time.
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F I L M
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- Showers became dangerous places in Psycho.
- The Duke and others take a stand at The Alamo.
- Kirk Douglas is an awesome gladiator and leader in Spartacus.
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