On This Day 49 Years Ago......

My father got a GREAT year-end tax deduction.

Other things that were happening in 1962:

(I found this below info "HERE" )
(Its kinda neat to see what was going on in the year of your birth)


1962 the cars continued to evolve as more compacts appeared and sold well in the US. The Cold War continued to worsen when the Russians placed Ballistic Missiles on Cuban land just 90 miles away from the coast of Florida in and JFK called the bluff by threatening war unless they were removed which they were but for a short time the world was on the brink of nuclear war and self destruction. The president then set a goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade and became more involved in politics in Southeast Asia by training South Vietnamese pilots. Folk music was evolving into protest music thanks to young artists like Bob Dylan and the birth of Surfing music by the beach boys grew in popularity meanwhile in England the Beatles record the single "Love Me Do". The new hit on TV for that year was "The Beverly Hillbillies" and the first of the James Bond movies "Dr No" was an instant success, some of the other movies released included "Spartacus" and "El Cid". 

Cost of Living 1962

How Much things cost in 1962
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.20%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 3.6%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 652
Average Cost of new house $12,500.00
Average Income per year $5,556.00
Average monthly rent $110.00 per month
Tuition to Harvard University $1,520.00
All Wheel Drive Scout off road $2,150.00
Renault Imported car $1,395.00
Average Cost of a new car $3,125.00
Eggs per dozen 32 cents
Gas per Gallon 28 cents

Factory Workers Average Take Home Pay with 3 dependents $94.87
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling

Average House Price 2,950
New Ford Cortina 591  

Popular Culture

• Beatles Turned Down By Decca Records

Release of first Beatles recording: the single "Love Me Do"

Andy Warhol's famous painting of a can of soup

Beverly Hill Billies is on TV

The Dick Van Dyke show on TV

Johnny Carson begins as presenter for The Tonight Show

Popular Films

• West Side Story
• Spartacus
• El Cid
• Lawrence of Arabia
• To Kill a Mockingbird

Popular Singers

• The Beatles
• Bob Dylan
• Chubby Checker
• Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
• Neil Sedaka
• Roy Orbison
• Shirley Bassey

 U.S.

• Marilyn Monroe is found dead on August 5th after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills

U.S.

• Rioting on University of Mississippi campus following Black student James Meredith attempting to enroll ending when federal troops and U.S. marshals take control.

U.S.

• The First Wal-Mart discount store is opened by by Sam Walton in Bentonville Arkansas

United States / Canada

• The Columbus Day Storm ( 12th October ) strikes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

Brazil

• Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the 1962 World Cup

Space

• The first US rocket Ranger IV lands on the moon on April 26th

U.S.

• First Ever Flavored Crisps / Chips sold Salt and Vinegar

UN

• The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation

Burundi

• Burundi Gains Independence From Belgium

Germany

• East German Border Guards shoot attempted escapee Peter Fechter and leave him to die on the Berlin Wall

U.S.

• The first Kmart department store opens in Garden City, Michigan

France

• Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport in Paris

Space

• John H. Glenn, Jr., becomes first American to orbit the earth during Friendship 7 orbit.

U.S.

• Oral Polio Vaccine developed by Albert Sabin given to millions of children to combat Polio

Algeria

• Algeria Gains Independence From France

Jamaica

• Jamaica Gains Independence From Great Britain

Brazil

• Brazil wins the 1962 World Cup in Chili