This week was the rumor that had millions of young girls in tears.....
Paul McCartney was dead...

And 34 years ago the reality that had millions of Spaniards happy...
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is dead...
(and he's still dead)

I didn't know that. I guess I've learned something new tonight.

Guy's tears too. I was there.
Well not with Franco though.

Cost of Living 1969

Yearly Inflation Rate USA 5.46 %
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 800
Average Cost of new house $15,550.00
Average Income per year $8,550.00
Average Monthly Rent $135.00
Average Cost New Car $3,270.00
Toyota Corona $1,950.00
Gas per Gallon 35 cents
Alarm Clock from Westclox $9.98

But, But, But Paul is till alive....

Oh, I was talking about Paul McCartney. My rent was only $65. a month.

Minimum wage 1.30 an hr.

The birth of Sesame street!!!!

Naw, it was $.90 an hour.

in 1969


* Richard Nixon becomes President of the United States

* The first man is landed on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission by the United States and Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. and the famous words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." will become part of our history


* Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin , USA, becomes Prime Minister of Israel


* The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made from Vietnam

* Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Established

* Chappaquiddick Affair Senator Edward Kennedy driving a car plunges into a pond and a body of a woman passenger is found in the car

* Civil war in Biafra leaves 3 million starving and needing international aid.

* Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people August 9th

* Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast killing 248 people

* Australian light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half killing 82 of her crew

* The trial begins of "Chicago Seven" accused of inciting riot at 1968 Democratic National Convention

* Charles de Gaulle Resigns as French President

* Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock-n-roll fans

* The US Supreme Court rules on Stanley v. Georgia declaring "The State may not prohibit mere possession of obscene materials for personal use".

* Militant black students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York use force to take over Willard Straight Hall demanding a black studies program.

* The U.S. Air Force closed its Project ( Blue Book ) concluding there was no evidence of UFO's

$1.30 http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/coverage.htm

I was 10

minimum wage for me was a quarter every Friday

* First Concorde test flight is conducted In France


* First transplant of human eye


* Seiko sells the first Quartz Watch


* The Harrier Jump Jet enters service with the RAF


* The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) is founded


* The first automatic teller machine ATM or Cash Machine is installed in the United States


* Creation of ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet


* The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its debut. It carried 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle to New York City.


* UNIX is developed by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs


* The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the epitome of the American muscle car is introduced.


* The Microprocessor ( a miniature set of integrated circuits ) is invented opening the way for the computer revolution that followed

* A free concert organized by the Rolling Stones is held at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif with problems caused by the use of Hells Angels as Bouncers resulting in a number of deaths

* The Groundbreaking TV programe Monty Python's Flying Circus is shown for the first time and the catch phrase "And now for something completely different," becomes their trade mark

* Sesame Street known for its Muppet characters, makes it's debut on PBS

* Bell Bottom Jeans and tie-dye shirts become part of the teenage fashion scene.

* The John Lennon Album "Two Virgins" featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the nude are confiscated at Newark Airport

* The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records.

* The Beatles release their album Abbey Road.

* Sesame Street debuts on Public Television

* Brian Jones Former Rolling Stones Guitarist drowns after drinking and drugs binge.

Tip Movies in 1969

* The Love Bug
* Funny Girl
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
* True Grit
* Midnight Cowboy
* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
* Easy Rider
* Where Eagles Dare

* The Rolling Stones " Honky Tonk Woman "
* James Brown
* The Beatles with " Get Back and Come Together "
* Johnny Cash " Daddy Sang Bass "
* Bob Dylan
* Crosby, Stills and Nash
* Creedence Clearwater Revival
* John Denver
* Simon and Garfunkel
* Fleetwood Mac
* Marvin Gaye
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* Cream
* Pink Floyd
* " In The Year 2525 " by Zager and Evans
* " Sugar Sugar " by The Archies
* Elton John
* David Bowie

happy to announce that 40 years ago i wasn't even here

and no Google.....