Trivia of 1969

  Cost of Living Statistics

 

 

A loaf of bread cost	$   .23
A gallon of milk	$ 1.10
A dozen eggs cost	$   .62
A pound of sugar cost	$   .12
Postage Stamp	$   .06
A new car cost approximately	$ 2,000.00
A gallon of gasoline cost	$   .32
A new house cost approximately	$ 40,000.00
Minimum wage	$ 1.60 per hour
Average annual income (per person)	$6,500.00
Population of the United States	202,677,000

 

U.S. Statistics

 

President – Richard M. Nixon

Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew

Life expectancy: 70.5 years

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 36.8

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 33.5

Homicide Rate (per 1,000): 7.7

 

Economics

 

US GDP (1998 Dollars): $ 982.2 billion

Federal spending: $183.64 billion

Federal debt: $ 365.8 billion

Consumer Price Index: 36.7

Unemployment: 3.6%

 

Sports

 

Super Bowl

NY Jets defeated Baltimore (16-7)

 

World Series

NY Mets defeated Baltimore (4-1)

 

NBA Championship

Boston defeated LA Lakers (4-3)

 

Stanley Cup

Montreal defeated St Louis (4-0)

 

Wimbledon

Women: Ann Jones defeated Billy Jean King (3-6, 6-3, 6-2)

Men: Rod Laver defeated J Newcombe (6-4, 5-7,6-4,6-4)

 

Kentucky Derby Champion

Majestic Prince

 

 

NCAA Basketball Championship

UCLS defeated Purdue (92-72)

 

NCAA Football Champions

Texas (11-0-0)

 

 

 

Entertainment

 

Pulitzer Prizes

 

Fiction: House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday

Music: String Quartet No. 3, Karel Husa

Drama: The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler

 

Oscars awarded in 1969

 

Academy Award, Best Picture: “Oliver”, John Woolf, Producer (Columbia)

 

Grammys awarded in 1969

 

Record of the Year: “Mrs. Robinson”, Simon and Garfunkel

Album of the Year: “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, Glen Campbell

Song of the Year: “Little Green Apples” Bobby Russell, songwriter

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