10Alice Wells became 1st policewoman [L.A.P.D.] (9/12) ... Patent issued for insect electrocutor (11/8) ... Largest railway terminal in world opened in New York (11/27) Flour/5 lbs - $.18 ... Milk/half gal. - $.17 ... Pair of Boots was $4.95 ... Lady's Bicycle - $16.65 "LUCREZIA BORGIA" IN ITALY AND "HAMLET" IN DENMARK. A BANJO SONG - HOWARD WEEDEN DAY DREAMS - ROBERT B. SMITH DOCTOR TINKLE TINKER -OTTO HARBACH THE CHANTICLEER RAG -EDWARD MADDE Artie Shaw =Musician Jacques Cousteau =Marine Biologist William Schuman =Composer Mother Teresa =Nun-Missionary
11Standard Oil Company ordered dissolved (5/15) ... Ray Harroun won the 1st Indy 500 car race (5/30) ... Airplane landed on White House grounds (7/14) Flour/5 lbs was $.17 ... Eggs/dozen was $.32 ... Milk/half gal. - $.17 ... Baseball cost $.95 "ANNA KARENINA"-RUSSIAN. "SPARTACUS"-ITALIAN. BABY ROSE - LOUIS WESLYN WHEN YOU'RE AWAY - SEYMOUR BROWN HONEY-LOVE - JACK DRISLANE JIMMY VALENTINE - EDWARD MADDEN Jean Harlow =Actress Tennessee Williams =Dramatist-Author Robert Taylor =Actor Chet Huntley =TV Journalist
12New Mexico was admitted to the Union as the 47th state (1/6) ... 1st parachute jump from an airplane (3/1) ... The British liner Titanic sank, 1500 people lost (4/15) Eggs/dozen cost $.34 ... Milk/half gal. was $.17 ... Pair of Pants - $4.65 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.02 "WAR AND PEACE"-RUSSIAN. "QUEEN ELIZABETH"-FRENCH. KENTUCKY SUE - LEW BROWN GIANNINA MIA - OTTO HARBACH HITCHY KOO - WOLFE GILBERT AT THE DEVIL'S BALL - IRVING BERL Ronald F. Delderfield =Author Eve Arden =Actress Rosalind Russell =Actress Woodie Guthrie =Singer
131st sedan automobile, the Hudson, displayed (1/11) ... The 13th Amendment was ratified - Federal Income Tax (2/2) ... The all-purpose zipper was patented (4/29) Flour/5 lbs - $.17 ... Eggs/dozen was $.35 ... Pair of Boots - $5.35 ... Pair of Pants - $3.50 CECIL DEMILLE STARS IN "THE SQUAW MAN." FIFTEEN CENTS - CHRIS SMITH THE BUBBLE - OTTO HARBACH IN MY HAREM - IRVING BERLIN PEG O' MY HEART - ALFRED BRYAN Danny Kaye =Actor Woody Herman =Bandleader Perry Como =Singer Gerald R. Ford =38th President
141st airplane flight to Los Angeles from San Francisco (2/16) ... Mexico severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. (4/22) Flour/5 lbs - $.17 ... Pair of Boots was $5.35 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $16.65 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.02 CHARLIE CHAPLIN STARS IN "MAKING A LIVING." PLAY A SIMPLE MELODY -IRVING BERLINI LOVE THE LADIES - GRANT CLARKE CECILE WALTZ - FRANK McKEE SYLVIA - CLINTON SCOLLARD Budd Schulberg =Journalist Romain Gary =Author-Diplomat Billy Eckstine =Singer Frank Silvera =Actor
15Patent issued for neon sign (1/19) ... Emma Goldman fined for talking publicly about contraceptives (3/28) ... Germans started using chemical warfare in WWI (4/22) Flour/5 lbs - $.21 ... Eggs/dozen was $.34 ... Pair of Boots - $6.00 ... Pair of Pants - $4.50 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS STARS IN "THE LAMB." THE PERFECT SONG - CLARENCE LUCAS NORWAY - JOE McCARTHY SO LONG LETTY - EARL CARROLL RAILROAD JIM - NAT H. VINCENT Mark Goodson =TV Producer Orson Welles =Director-Actor Oscar Howe =Artist William Proxmire =Political Leader
16'Pancho' Villa and 1500 guerrillas attacked Columbus, N.M. (3/9) ... Gen. John J. Pershing led expedition into Mexico (3/15) Milk/half gal. cost $.18 ... Pair of Pants was $4.75 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $18.95 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.02 CHARLIE CHAPLIN STARS IN "THE PAWN SHOP." LI'L LIZA JANE - COUNTESS DE LACHAUTHE COBBLER'S SONG - OSCAR ASCHE PRETTY BABY - GUS KAHN RACKETY COO! - OTTO HARBACH Gregory Peck =Actor Yehudi Menuhin =Violinist John Ciardi =Poet Van Johnson =Actor
17U.S. ratified purchase of Virgin Islands for $25 million (1/16) ... Wilson said, 'The world must be made safe for democracy' (5/2) ... 1st Class Mail cost 3 cents (11/3) Pair of Boots cost $4.95 ... Pair of Pants cost $5.00 ... Baseball was $1.15 ... Lady's Bicycle was $26.95 MARY PICKFORD STARS IN "THE LITTLE PRINCESS." THE BOMBO-SHAY - HENRY CREAMER HAWAIIAN BUTTERFLY - GEORGE LITTL INDIANA - BALLARD MacDONALD ROCKAWAY - HOWARD JOHNSON Ernest Borgnine =Actor Anthony Burgess =Author John Connally Jr. =Political Leader Lena Horne =Singer
18Daylight-savings time approved by Congress (3/19) ... 1st WWI dogfight won by ace, Eddie Rickenbacker (4/29) ... The Second Battle of the Marne was fought (7/15) Flour/5 lbs cost $.34 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.28 ... Pair of Pants cost $3.95 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN "A DOG'S LIFE." BAGHDAD - HAROLD ATTERIDGE SOMETIME - RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG OH! FRENCHY - SAM EHRLICH K-K-K-KATY - GEOFFERY O'HARA Ida Lupino =Actress Pearl Bailey =Singer William Holden =Actor Edwin O'Connor =Author
191st wedding in an airplane (5/31) ... General Pershing and 25,000 soldiers welcomed home in NYC (9/10) ... Women admitted into Democratic National Committee (9/27) Milk/half gal. was $.31 ... Pair of Boots cost $6.00 ... Lady's Bicycle was $31.95 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.02 "MADAME DUBARRY" AND "THE DEVIL'S PASSKEY." THE LAMPLIT HOUR - THOMAS BURKE MY ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS -GUS KAH PEGGY - HARRY WILLIAMS SWANEE - IRVING CAESAR J. D. Salinger =Writer Red Buttons =Actor Curt Gowdy =Sportscaster Malcolm Forbes =Magazine Mogul
20League of Nations started (1/10) ... NY Times editorial said rockets would never fly (1/13) ... 19th Amendment ratified, women now had right to vote (8/26) Flour/5 lbs was $.41 ... Pair of Boots - $5.48 ... Baseball cost $1.25 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $40.75 MARY PICKFORD STARS IN "POLLYANNA." JAPANESE SANDMAN - RAYMOND EGAN AVALON - AL JOLSON MARGIE - BENNY DAVIS WHISPERING - MALVIN SCHOENBERGER Eileen Farrell =Opera Singer Julius Boros =Golfer Ronald Searle =Artist & Editor Howard Cosell =Sportscaster
211st broadcast of religious services (1/2) ... Albert Einstein spoke on his theory of relativity (4/15) ... An Unknown Soldier was buried at Arlington (11/11) Flour/5 lbs cost $.29 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.29 ... Pair of Pants was $6.75 ... Lady's Bicycle - $35.95 CHARLIE CHAPLIN STARS IN "THE KID." KITTEN ON THE KEYS - ZES CONFREY DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND - HENRY CREAME APRIL SHOWERS - BUD G. DeSYLVA COAL-BLACK MAMMY - LADDIE CLIFF Brian Faulkner =Prime Minister Rowland Evans Jr. =Columnist Alexis Smith =Actress Maureen O'Hara =Actress
22Radio 1st installed in the White House (2/8) ... Bluebeard executed for burning his fiancees (2/24) ... 'Geometric Art' movement starts in Paris (10/30) Eggs/dozen was $.44 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.26 ... Pair of Pants - $6.75 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.02 "NANOOK OF THE NORTH" AND "LAST OF THE MOHICANS." ANGEL CHILD - GEORGE PRICE HOT LIPS - HENRY BUSSE DO IT AGAIN - B.G. DE SYLVA MY BUDDY - GUS KAHN Barbara Hale =Actress George Allen =Football Coach Shelley Winters =Actress Sid Caesar =Comedian
231st chinchilla farm started in U.S. (2/22) ... Time magazine published their 1st issue (3/3) ... Pres. Warren G. Harding died in office of natural causes (8/2) Flour/5 lbs was $.24 ... Baseball - $.98 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $26.95 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.02 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS STARS IN "ROBIN HOOD." SITTIN' IN A CORNER - GUS KAHN BARNEY GOOGLE - BILLY ROSE CHARLESTON - CECIL MACK ANNABELLE - LEW BROWN Mort Lindsey =Bandleader Harry Reasoner =Reporter Joseph Heller =Author Linda Christian =Actress
24Congress passed law making all Indians citizens (6/15) ... Calvin Coolidge was elected President (11/4) ... 1st U.S. corn-husking championship (12/1) Flour/5 lbs was $.25 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.27 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $28.95 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.02 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS STARS IN "THE THIEF OF BAGDAD." THE PRISONER'S SONG - GUS MASSEY O, KATHERINA! - L. WOLFE GILBERT JUNE NIGHT - CLIFF FRIEND JEALOUS - TOMMIE MALIE Marlon Brando =Actor Henry Mancini =Composer Theodore Bikel =Actor Leon Uris =Author
251st radio broadcast across the Atlantic (3/14) ... Florida required daily Bible readings in all public schools (5/13) ... The 1st motel in U.S. opened (12/12) Flour/5 lbs cost $.31 ... Eggs/dozen cost $.55 ... Pair of Boots - $3.98 ... Baseball cost $.85 CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S "THE GOLD RUSH." ALWAYS - IRVING BERLIN COLLEGIATE - MOE JAFFE DON'T BRING LULU - BILLY ROSE NEAPOLITAN NIGHTS - HARRY D. KERR Paul Newman =Actor June Lockhart =Actress Patrice Lumumba =Political Leader Merv Griffin =TV Host
261st public demonstration of television (1/27) ... Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made 1st North Pole flight (5/9) Eggs/dozen was $.52 ... Milk/half gal. was $.28 ... Pair of Pants cost $6.50 ... Baseball was $.85 JOHN BARRYMORE STARS IN "DON JUAN." BECAUSE I LOVE YOU - IRVING BERLIN WHEN DAY IS DONE - BUD G. DeSYLVA BYE BYE BLACKBIRD - MORT DIXON SAY IT AGAIN - HARRY RICHMAN Ray Price =Singer Patricia Neal =Actress Andy Griffith =Actor June Haver =Actress
271st armored car robbery - $104,250 stolen (3/11) ... Chiang's Nationalists take Shanghai (3/21) ... The iron lung was 1st used at NYC's Bellevue Hospital (7/29) Flour/5 lbs cost $.28 ... Pair of Boots - $2.98 ... Baseball cost $.85 ... Lady's Bicycle was $28.95 WINGS - PRODUCED BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES EMIL JENNINGS - THE WAY OF ALL FLESH JANET GAYNOR - SEVENTH HEAVEN RUSSIAN LULLABY - IRVIN BERLIN OLD MAN RIVER - OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN PRELUDES - GEORGE GERSHWIN MY HEART STOOD STILL - LORENZ HAR Leontyne Price =Opera Singer Erma Bombeck =Funny Columnist Jacques Bergerac =Actor Robert Shaw =Actor
28Station WGY started the 1st scheduled T.V. programs (5/11) ... 1st Jumping Frog Jubilee (5/19) ... Ted Nowak walked 148 miles in under 30 hours (5/21) Milk/half gal. cost $.28 ... Pair of Boots - $2.98 ... Lady's Bicycle was $28.95 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.02 BROADWAY MELODY - PRODUCED BY MGM WARNER BAXTER - IN OLD ARIZONA MARY PICKFORD - COQUETTE MAKING WHOOPEE - GUS KAHN NAGASAKI - MORT DIXON MARIE - IRVING BERLIN MA BELLE - CLIFFORD GREY Jeanne Moreau =Actress Eartha Kitt =Singer Jimmy Dean =Singer Arlene Dahl =Actress
29U.S. & Canada agreed to preserve Niagara Falls (1/2) ... Diathermy machine used for 1st time (2/19) ... Stock market crashed, worst U.S. depression began (10/29) Flour/5 lbs cost $.26 ... Milk/half gal. - $.29 ... Pair of Boots was $2.98 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.02 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - UNIVERSAL GEORGE ARLISS - DISRAELI NORMA SHEARER - THE DIVORCEE SERENADE OF LOVE - IRVING CAESAR STAR DUST - MITCHELL PARISH MY LOVE PARADE - CLIFFORD GREY MY KINDA LOVE - JO' TRENT Jules Feiffer =Cartoonist James Schlesinger =Politician James Coco =Actor Jacques Brel =Songwriter
30The 1st cow was milked while on an airplane (2/18) ... Gandhi began 200-mile march protesting salt tax in India (3/12) ... 1st U.S. planetarium opened in Chicago (5/10) Flour/5 lbs - $.23 ... Eggs/dozen cost $.45 ... Pair of Boots cost $2.98 ... Lady's Bicycle - $26.85 CIMARRON - PRODUCED BY RKO RADIO PICTURES LIONEL BARRYMORE - FREE SOUL MARIE DRESSLER - MIN AND BILL MYSTERIOUS MOSE - WALTER DOYLE I GOT RHYTHM - IRA GERSHWIN HAPPY FEET - JACK YELLEN GET HAPPY - HAROLD ARLEN Don Shula =Football Coach John Astin =Actor Clint Eastwood =Actor Sean Connery =Actor
31Bishops prohibited German Catholics from becoming Nazis (3/7) ... Nevada legalized gambling (3/19) ... Toscanini refused to play Fascist anthem, beaten as a result (5/7) Flour/5 lbs was $.18 ... Eggs/dozen - $.35 ... Milk/half gal. - $.25 ... Pair of Pants was $5.50 GRAND HOTEL - PRODUCED BY MGM FREDRIC MARCH - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE HELEN HAYES - SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET ALL OF ME - SEYMOUR SIMONS HEARTACHES - JOHN KLENNER I APOLOGIZE - AL HOFFMAN COME TO ME - BUD G. DeSYLVA Robert Duvall =Actor Rupert Murdoch =Newspaper Baron Billy Casper =Golf Pro Janice Rule =Actress
32Oliver Wendell Holmes retired from Supreme Court (1/12) ... Neutron discovered (2/27) ... Political parties started using TV (10/11) Flour/5 lbs cost $.16 ... Eggs/dozen cost $.30 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $22.95 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 CAVALCADE - PRODUCED BY FOX CHARLES LAUGHTON - PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII KATHERINE HEPBURN - MORNING GLORY EADIE WAS A LADY - B.G. DeSYLVA MIMI - LORENZ HART LOUISIANA HAYRIDE - HOWARD DIETZ THREE'S A CROWD - AL DUBIN Piper Laurie =Actress Edward Kennedy =Senator Mario Cuomo =Politician Mark Russell =Satirist
33Roosevelt closed the banks for 4 days (3/5) ... Hitler given dictatorial powers (3/23) ... The 21st Amendment was adopted, repealing Prohibition (12/5) Flour/5 lbs cost $.20 ... Pair of Boots was $5.95 ... Pair of Pants was $4.45 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 *NO ACADEMY AWARD CEREMONIES WERE HELD* EASTER PARADE - IRVING BERLIN DINNER AT EIGHT - DOROTHY FIELDS I WANNA BE LOVED - BILLY ROSE IT ISN'T FAIR - RICHARD HIMBER Susan Sontag =Author Frank Hughes Murkowski =Senator F. Lee Bailey =Attorney John Gardner Jr. =Author
34Alcatraz officially became a Federal Prison (1/1) ... Dillinger escaped from prison with a wooden pistol (3/5) ... FDR established Credit Unions (6/26) Flour/5 lbs was $.25 ... Pair of Boots cost $4.95 ... Baseball cost $1.10 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - DIRECTED BY FRANK CAPRA CLARK GABLE - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT CLAUDETTE COLBERT - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT ANYTHING GOES - COLE PORTER FAIR AND WARMER - AL DUBIN FUN TO BE FOOLED - IRA GERSHWIN SOLITUDE - DUKE ELLINGTON Bobby Unser =Auto Racer Sam Donaldson =TV Reporter Jane Goodall =Anthropologist Pat Boone =Singer
35Major dust storms hit the Midwest, damaged many farms (4/11) ... The Soil Conservation Service was established (4/27) ... 1st parking meter appeared in U.S. (7/16) Eggs/dozen was $.38 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.23 ... Pair of Boots was $4.95 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $26.95 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - PRODUCED BY MGM VICTOR McLAGLEN - THE INFORMER BETTE DAVIS - DANGEROUS YOU'RE AN ANGEL - JIMMY McHUGH WHY SHOULDN'T I? - COLE PORTER LULU'S BACK IN TOWN - AL DUBIN THE PICCOLINO - IRVING BERLIN A. J. Foyt =Auto Racer Antonio Eanes =Political Leader Robert Conrad =Actor Gloria Steinem =Feminist
36Patent issued for screw-top bottle with pourable lip (5/5) ... Franklin D. Roosevelt was easily reelected President (11/3) ... Life magazine debuted (11/23) Pair of Boots - $4.95 ... Pair of Pants cost $3.98 ... Baseball - $.95 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $26.95 THE GREAT ZIEGFELD - PRODUCED BY HUNT STROMBERG PAUL MUNI - THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR LUISE RAINER - THE GREAT ZIEGFELD LET YOURSELF GO - IRVING BERLIN ON YOUR TOES - LORENZ HART IT'S D'LOVELY - COLE PORTER BYE BYE BABY - WALTER HIRSCH Burt Reynolds =Actor John Madden =Sportscaster Anna Maria Alberghetti =Actress & SingerRuth Buzzi =Comedian
37Advertisers started using perfumed pages in newspapers (3/25) ... John D. Rockefeller Sr. died at age 97 (5/23) ... Aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared (7/2) Pair of Boots was $5.45 ... Pair of Pants - $4.69 ... Lady's Bicycle was $27.95 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.03 THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA - WARNER BROS SPENCER TRACY - CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS LUISE RAINER - THE GOOD EARTH AM I IN LOVE? - AL DUBIN A FOGGY DAY - IRA GERSHWIN JOHNNY ONE NOTE - LORENZ HART ROSALIE - COLE PORTER Dyan Cannon =Actress Jack Nicholson =Actor Sally Kellerman =Actress Kris Kristofferson =Actor & Singer
38Howard Hughes flew around the world in less than 4 days (7/12) ... Orson Welles broadcasted 'War of the Worlds', causing panic (10/30) Eggs/dozen cost $.36 ... Baseball was $1.10 ... Lady's Bicycle was $27.95 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.03 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - DIRECTED BY FRANK CAPRA SPENCER TRACY - BOYS TOWN BETTE DAVIS - JEZEBEL A-TISKET A-TASKET - E. FITZGERALD YOU GOT TO MY HEAD - FRED COOTS CAMEL HOP - MARY LOU WILLIAMS CHANGE PARTNERS - IRVING BERLIN Don Meredith =Sportscaster Gary Collins =Actor Rod Laver =Tennis Star Pablo Elvira =Opera Singer
391st American Indian declared Catholic saint, Tekakwitha (5/9) ... Regular commercial transatlantic air flights started (5/19) Flour/5 lbs - $.19 ... Pair of Boots cost $5.25 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $29.95 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.03 GONE WITH THE WIND - DIRECTED BY VICTOR FLEMING ROBERT DONAT - GOODBYE MR. CHIPS VIVIEN LEIGH - GONE WITH THE WIND DO I LOVE YOU? - COLE PORTER GOD BLESS AMERICA - IRVING BERLIN I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN - RUTH LOWE THREE LITTLE FISHES - SAXIE DOWEL Bobby Hull =Hockey Player Samantha Eggar =Actress Lily Tomlin =Actress Kathy Whitworth =Golf Pro
40Roosevelt said little chance troops would fight overseas (8/9) ... Congress passed 1st peace time draft law (9/16) ... Germany began fire bombing of London (12/29) Flour/5 lbs was $.22 ... Eggs/dozen cost $.33 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.26 ... Pair of Pants was $4.65 REBECCA - PRODUCED BY SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL JAMES STEWART - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY GINGER ROGERS - KITTY FOYLE I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN - F. SINATRAI'M NOBODY'S BABY - JUDY GARLAND ONLY FOREVER - BING CROSBY MAYBE - INK SPOTS John Hurt =Actor Martina Arroyo =Opera Singer Roberta Flack =Singer Herbie Hancock =Musician
41The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, 2403 Americans killed (12/7) ... U.S. declared war on Japan (12/8) ... The OPA announced rubber rationing (12/27) Flour/5 lbs was $.23 ... Milk/half gal. - $.27 ... Pair of Boots - $5.85 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.03 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY - DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD GARY COOPER - SERGEANT YORK JOAN FONTAIN - SUSPICION FRENESI - ARTIE SHAW AMAPOLA - JIMMY DORSEY DADDY - SAMMY KAYE PIANO CONCERTO - FREDDY MARTIN Barbara Feldon =Actress Bob Dylan =Singer Allan Carr =Movie Producer Paul Anka =Singer
42WWII pilot sent message 'Sighted sub, sank same.' (2/26) ... Bataan fell to the Japanese (4/9) ... B-25's bombed Tokyo 4 months after Pearl Harbor (4/18) Flour/5 lbs cost $.26 ... Eggs/dozen - $.48 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.30 ... Baseball cost $1.39 MRS. MINIVER - DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER JAMES CAGNEY - YANKEE DOODLE DANDY GREER GARSON - MRS. MINIVER SERENADE IN BLUE - GLEN MILLER TANGERINE - JIMMY DORSEY JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE - KAY KYSER SLEEPY LAGOON - HARRY JAMES Roger Staubach =Football Star Barbara Streisand =Singer & Actress Tammy Wynette =Singer Paul McCartney =Singer-Beatles
436.5 million sq. ft. Pentagon completed (1/15) ... Wartime ban on pre-sliced bread went into effect (1/18) ... Charlie Chaplin, 54, married Oona O'Neill, 18 (6/16) Flour/5 lbs was $.31 ... Eggs/dozen - $.57 ... Pair of Pants was $5.95 ... Lady's Bicycle - $29.50 CASABLANCA - DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CURTIZ PAUL LUKAS - WATCH ON THE RHINE JENNIFER JONES - THE SONG OF BERNADETTE PAPER DOLL - MILLS BROTHERS THERE ARE SUCH THINGS - T. DORSEY YOU'LL NEVER KNOW - DICK HAYMES BRAZIL - XAVIER CUGAT John Newcombe =Tennis Star Geraldo Rivera =TV Correspondent Tuesday Weld =Actress Jody Powell =Correspondent
44NYC established 1st eye bank for storing human corneas (5/9) ... Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland (6/17) Flour/5 lbs was $.32 ... Pair of Pants - $6.95 ... Lady's Bicycle was $32.50 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 GOING MY WAY - DIRECTED BY LEO McCAREY BING CROSBY - GOING MY WAY INGRID BERGMAN - GASLIGHT I'LL GET BY - HARRY JAMES SWINGIN' ON A STAR - BING CROSBY BESAME MUCHO - JIMMY DORSEY HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS - DAVID ROSE Joe Frazier =Boxer Rick Barry =Basketball Tony Orlando =Singer Gladys Knight =Singer
45The nationwide dimout was stopped (5/8) ... 1st atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima - over 78,000 died (8/6) ... VJ Day - Japan surrendered to end World War II (8/14) Pair of Boots - $5.95 ... Pair of Pants was $6.95 ... Lady's Bicycle was $35.50 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.03 THE LOST WEEKEND - DIRECTED BY BILLY WILDER RAY MILLAND - THE LOST WEEKEND JOAN CRAWFORD - MILDRED PIERCE SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - LES BROWN RUM AND COCA-COLA - ANDREW SISTER TILL THE END OF TIME - PERRY COMO DON'T FENCE ME IN - BING CROSBY Dock Phillip Ellis =Baseball Player John Carlos =Track Athlete Patty McCormack =Actress Melba Moore =Singer
46ENIAC, the 1st electronic digital computer, was dedicated (2/15) ... Patent filed in U.S. for the H-Bomb (5/26) ... Electric blankets introduced (10/9) Flour/5 lbs cost $.35 ... Eggs/dozen - $.59 ... Pair of Pants - $7.98 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.03 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER FREDRIC MARCH - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND - TO EACH HIS OWN PRISONER OF LOVE - PERRY COMO THE GYPSY - INK SPOTS TO EACH HIS OWN - EDDY HOWARD RUMORS ARE FLYING - FRANKIE CARLE Liza Minnelli =Singer Catfish Hunter =Baseball Pitcher Gilda Radner =Comic & Actress Sylvester Stallone =Actor
47Tubeless tire introduced (5/11) ... Dept. of Defense & National Security Council founded (7/26) ... 'You Bet Your Life' with Groucho Marx debuted on radio (10/27) Eggs/dozen - $.70 ... Pair of Pants - $10.50 ... Lady's Bicycle - $36.50 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT - DIRECTED BY ELIA KAZAN RONALD COLMAN - A DOUBLE LIFE LORETTA YOUNG - THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER NEAR YOU - FRANCIS CRAIG ORCHESTRA HEARTACHES - TED WEEMS PEG O' MY HEART - HARMONICATS ANNIVERSARY SONG - AL JOLSON Farrah Fawcett =Actress Elton John =Singer Sondra Locke =Actress Cheryl Tiegs =Model
48Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] gained independence (2/4) ... Patent issued for zoom lens (11/23) ... Microfilm of secret documents found in pumpkin (12/3) Flour/5 lbs was $.49 ... Pair of Boots was $11.95 ... Pair of Pants cost $10.75 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.03 HAMLET - PRODUCED BY UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL LAURENCE OLIVIER - HAMLET JANE WYMAN - JOHNNY BELINDA TWELFTH STREET RAG - PEE WEE HUNT MANANA - PEGGY LEE NOW IS THE HOUR - BING CROSBY BUTTONS AND BOWS - DINAH SHORE Mikhail Baryshnikov =Dancer Austin Carr =Basketball Star Leo Sayer =Singer Peggy Fleming =Figure Skater
49'Death of a Salesman' opened on Broadway (2/10) ... Twelve nations signed pact to form NATO (4/4) ... NBA formed from merger of two leagues (8/3) Eggs/dozen cost $.70 ... Pair of Pants cost $9.98 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $39.95 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.03 ALL THE KING'S MEN - PRODUCED BY COLUMBIA BRODERICK CRAWFORD - ALL THE KING'S MEN OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND - THE HEIRESS FOREVER AND EVER - PERRY COMO THAT LUCKY OLD SUN - FRANKIE LAIN SO TIRED - RUSS MORGAN GALWAY BAY - BING CROSBY Jessica Lange =Actress Ken Follett =Author Dan Rankow =Travel Executive Maureen McGovern =Singer
50The U.S. started producing hydrogen bombs (1/31) ... 'Peanuts' comic strip debuted (10/2) ... Crossing the 38th parallel, U.S. troops invaded North Korea (10/7) Flour/5 lbs cost $.49 ... Pair of Boots - $10.45 ... Pair of Pants was $9.35 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $48.45 ALL ABOUT EVE - DIRECTED BY JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ JOSE FERRER - CYRANO DE BERGERAC JUDY HOLLIDAY - BORN YESTERDAY MONA LISA - NAT KING COLE AND TRIO THE THIRD MAN THEME - ANTON KARAS SENTIMENTAL ME - AMES BROTHERS SAM'S SONG - GARY AND BING CROSBY Janie Fricke =Singer Cybill Shepherd =Actress Franco Harris =Football Player Peter Frampton =Singer
51U.N. forces captured Seoul (3/14) ... The 1st commercial color TV broadcast was presented by CBS (6/25) ... TV soap opera 'Search for Tomorrow' 1st aired (9/3) Flour/5 lbs cost $.52 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.46 ... Pair of Boots - $10.98 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $51.45 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS - PRODUCED BY ARTHUR FREED HUMPHREY BOGART - THE AFRICAN QUEEN VIVIEN LEIGH - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE TOO YOUNG - NAT KING COLE BECAUSE OF YOU - TONY BENNETT BE MY LOVE - MARIO LANZA I GET IDEAS - TONY MARTIN Evonne Goolagong =Tennis Star Crystal Gayle =Singer Kate Nelligan =Actress Roberto Duran =Boxer
52Britain announced it had developed A-bomb (2/26) ... 1st 'Don't Walk' signs used in NY City (2/29) ... Actor Ronald Reagan married actress Nancy Davis (3/4) Flour/5 lbs - $.52 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.48 ... Pair of Boots cost $11.98 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.03 THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - PRODUCED BY CECIL B. DEMILLE GARY COOPER - HIGH NOON SHIRLEY BOOTH - COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA BLUE TANGO - LEROY ANDERSON CRY - JOHNNIE RAY WHEEL OF FORTUNE - KAY STARR YOU BELONG TO ME - JO STAFFORD Grace Jones =Actress & Model Dan Aykroyd =Actor Robin Williams =Comedian Guillermo Vilas =Tennis Star
53Gimbel's department store started selling apartments (1/13) ... 'Bwana Devil' hit movie theaters [1st 3D movie] (2/18) ... Russia tested 1st H-bomb (8/12) Flour/5 lbs - $.52 ... Baseball was $1.65 ... Lady's Bicycle was $63.95 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.03 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - DIRECTED BY FRED ZINNEMANN WILLIAM HOLDEN - STALAG 17 AUDREY HEPBURN - ROMAN HOLIDAY YOU,YOU,YOU - AMES BROTHERS I BELIEVE - FRANKIE LAINE TELL ME YOU'RE MINE - GAYLORDS PRETEND - NAT KING COLE Benjamin Alon Kamin =Writer Desi Arnaz Jr. =Actor Deborah Raffin =Actress Jean Ratelle =Hockey Star
54The words 'under God' were added to Pledge of Allegiance (6/14) ... Communist Control Act outlawed Communist Party in the U.S. (8/24) Eggs/dozen cost $.59 ... Milk/half gal. was $.46 ... Pair of Boots cost $11.98 ... Pair of Pants cost $8.95 ON THE WATERFRONT - DIRECTED BY ELIA KAZAN MARLON BRANDO - ON THE WATERFRONT GRACE KELLY - THE COUNTRY GIRL HEY,THERE - ROSEMARY CLOONEY SH-BOOM - CREW CUTS WANTED - PERRY COMO SECRET LOVE - DORIS DAY John Schneider =Actor James Belushi =Comedian David Thompson =Basketball Jermaine Jackson =Singer
55Ray Kroc started McDonald's fast food restaurants (4/15) ... Lawrence Welk began airing his show on TV (7/2) ... The AFL-CIO was formed (12/5) Eggs/dozen was $.60 ... Pair of Boots - $11.98 ... Pair of Pants - $8.98 ... Baseball was $1.55 MARTY - DIRECTED BY DELBERT MANN ERNEST BORGNINE - MARTY ANNA MAGNANI - THE ROSE TATTOO LET ME GO LOVER - JOAN WEBER HEARTS OF STONE - FONTANE SISTERS SINCERELY - MCGUIRE SISTERS UNCHAINED MELODY - LES BAXTER Bruce Willis =Actor Reba McEntire =Country Singer Olga Korbut =Russian Gymnast Debra Winger =Actress
56Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory (2/28) ... 1st trailer bank opened (5/26) ... Navy saw Antarctic iceberg twice as big as Connecticut (11/17) Milk/half gal. was $.48 ... Pair of Pants was $9.45 ... Baseball was $1.55 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.03 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - PRODUCED BY MICHAEL TODD YUL BRENNER - THE KING AND I INGRID BERGMAN - ANASTASIA THE GREAT PRETENDER - PLATTERS ROCK AND ROLL WALTZ - KAY STARR LISBON ANTIGUA - NELSON RIDDLE HEARTBREAK HOTEL - ELVIS PRESLEY "Sugar" Ray Leonard =Boxer Tom Hanks =Actor Joni Huntley =Track Athlete Gerry Cooney =Boxer
571st commercial building with solar heat completed (8/1) ... Ford began selling the Edsel (9/4) ... The U.S. Air Force sent 1st American objects into space (10/16) Flour/5 lbs was $.55 ... Milk/half gal. was $.50 ... Pair of Boots cost $14.60 ... Pair of Pants was $9.70 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - DIRECTED BY DAVID LEAN ALEC GUINNESS - THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI JOANNE WOODWARD - THE THREE FACES OF EVE DON'T FORBID ME - PAT BOONE TOO MUCH - ELVIS PRESLEY YOUNG LOVE - SONNY JAMES PARTY DOLL - BUDDY KNOX Nancy Lopez-Melton =Golfer Joan Benoit =Runner Laura Branigan =Singer Melanie Griffith =Actress
58European Economic Community [EEC] started (1/1) ... NASA founded (7/29) ... Guinea gained its independence (10/2) ... Jet airline service began domestically (12/10) Flour/5 lbs was $.55 ... Pair of Boots - $13.70 ... Pair of Pants cost $10.70 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.04 GIGI - DIRECTED BY VICENTE MINNELLI DAVID NIVEN - SEPARATE TABLES SUSAN HAYWARD - I WANT TO LIVE AT THE HOP - DANNY & THE JUNIORS DON'T - ELVIS PRESLEY SUGARTIME - MCGUIRE SISTERS GET A JOB - SILHOUETTES Prince Albert =Monaco Heir Bob Froese =Hockey Player Michael Jackson =Singer Kornelia Ender =Olympic Swimmer
59Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba (2/16) ... Khrushchev lost temper when denied trip to Disneyland (9/19) ... 'The Twilight Zone' 1st appeared on TV (10/2) Eggs/dozen was $.53 ... Milk/half gal. was $.51 ... Pair of Pants was $10.70 ... Lady's Bicycle was $64.95 BEN-HUR - DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER CHARLTON HESTON - BEN HUR SIMONE SIGNORET - ROOM AT THE TOP STAGGER LEE - LLOYD PRICE DREAM LOVER - BOBBY DARIN COME SOFTLY TO ME - FLEETWOODS LONELY BOY - PAUL ANKA Linda Blair =Actress John McEnroe =Tennis Mary Frances Crosby =Actress Marie Osmond =Singer
60Polaris missiles fired at target 1,100 miles away (7/20) ... Castro seized American-owned Cuban property (8/7) ... Soviets sent two dogs into space (8/19) Eggs/dozen - $.57 ... Pair of Boots - $14.70 ... Pair of Pants - $10.95 ... Lady's Bicycle was $62.95 THE APARTMENT - DIRECTED BY BILLY WILDER BURT LANCASTER - ELMER GANTRY ELIZABETH TAYLOR - BUTTERFIELD 8 EL PASO - MARTY ROBBINS RUNNING BEAR - JOHNNY PRESTON TEEN ANGEL - MARK DINNING STUCK ON YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY Valerie Bertinelli =Actress Tom Browning =Baseball Pitcher Willie Aames =Actor Timothy Hutton =Actor
61'Ham', the chimp, was 1st animal sent into space by the U.S. (1/31) ... Robert Noyce patented the integrated circuit (4/25) Flour/5 lbs - $.56 ... Eggs/dozen - $.57 ... Milk/half gal. - $.52 ... Pair of Boots - $14.97 WEST SIDE STORY - DIRECTED BY ROBERT WISE MAXIMILLIAN SCHELL - JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG SOPHIA LOREN - TWO WOMEN PONY TIME - CHUBBY CHECKER SURRENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY BLUE MOON - MARCELS RUNAWAY - DEL SHANNON Christopher Atkins =Actor Dan Marino =Football Heather Locklear =Actress Nadia Comaneci =Romanian Gymnast
62The 1st K-Mart Store opened (3/1) ... MIT demonstrated 1st satellite relay of TV signal (4/24) ... Billie Sol Estes was sentenced to 8 years for swindling (11/7) Flour/5 lbs cost $.57 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.52 ... Pair of Boots was $14.97 ... Pair of Pants cost $10.70 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - DIRECTED BY DAVID LEAN GREGORY PECK - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ANNE BANCROFT - THE MIRACLE WORKER THE TWIST - CHUBBY CHECKER GOOD LUCK CHARM - ELVIS PRESLEY SOLDIER BOY - SHIRELLES DUKE OF EARL - GENE CHANDLER Paula Abdul =Dancer Matthew Broderick =Actor Kristy McNichol =Actress Jodie Foster =Actress
631st Class postage raised from 4 to 5 cents (1/7) ... Federal penitentiary, Alcatraz, closed (3/21) ... Pres. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas motorcade (11/22) Eggs/dozen - $.55 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.52 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $57.95 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.05 TOM JONES - DIRECTED BY TONY RICHARDSON SIDNEY POITIER - LILIES OF THE FIELD PATRICIA NEAL - HUD MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK - ANGELS IT'S MY PARTY - LESLEY GORE WALK RIGHT IN - ROOFTOP SINGERS WALK LIKE A MAN - FOUR SEASONS Vanessa Williams =Miss America Julian Lennon =Singer Johnny Depp =Actor Whitney Houston =Singer
64Beatles landed in the U.S. (2/7) ... GM announced $560 million in profits in the 1st quarter (4/16) ... Lyndon Baines Johnson was elected President (11/3) Flour/5 lbs was $.57 ... Eggs/dozen was $.54 ... Pair of Pants - $11.50 ... Baseball cost $1.77 MY FAIR LADY - DIRECTED BY GEORGE CUKOR REX HARRISON - MY FAIR LADY JULIE ANDREWS - MARY POPPINS I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - BEATLES LEADER OF THE PACK - SHANGRI-LAS THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN-ANIMALSMY GUY - MARY WELLS Matt Dillon =Actor Prince Edward =British Royalty Melissa Gilbert =Actress Andrea McArdle =Actress
65105 cadets resigned in cheating scandal at Air Force Academy (2/3) ... Cities started to outlaw skateboarding (6/1) ... Medicare bill signed by LBJ (7/30) Flour/5 lbs cost $.58 ... Eggs/dozen - $.53 ... Baseball cost $1.77 ... Lady's Bicycle was $42.95 THE SOUND OF MUSIC - DIRECTED BY ROBERT WISE LEE MARVIN - CAT BALLOU JULIE CHRISTIE - DARLING DOWNTOWN - PETULA CLARK TICKET TO RIDE - BEATLES I HEAR A SYMPHONY - SUPREMES MY GIRL - TEMPTATIONS Princess Stephanie =Monaco Princess Elaine Zayak =Figure Skater Brooke Shields =Model & Actress Charlie Sheen =Actor
661st black Cabinet member - Robert C. Weaver (1/13) ... General Motors apologized to Ralph Nader for spying on him (3/22) ... Medicare became effective (7/1) Eggs/dozen cost $.60 ... Pair of Pants cost $11.90 ... Lady's Bicycle - $42.95 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.05 A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - DIRECTED BY F.ZIMMERMAN PAUL SCOFIELD - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS ELIZABETH TAYLOR - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? WE CAN WORK IT OUT - BEATLES MY LOVE - PETULA CLARK YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - SUPREMES GOOD LOVIN' - YOUNG RASCALS Justine Bateman =Actress Nancy McKeon =Actress Janet Jackson =Singer Doug McKeon =Actor
67Daughter of Joseph Stalin announced desire to defect (3/6) ... Laws forbidding interracial marriages ruled unconstitutional (6/12) Flour/5 lbs was $.60 ... Eggs/dozen cost $.49 ... Baseball was $1.77 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.05 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - PRODUCED BY WALTER MIRISCH ROD STEIGER - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT KATHERINE HEPBURN - GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER PENNY LANE - BEATLES THE HAPPENING - SUPREMES RESPECT - ARETHA FRANKLIN LIGHT MY FIRE - DOORS Kathy Rinaldi =Tennis Player Aaron Krickstein =Tennis Player Quinn Cummings =Actress Amy Carter =Daughter of Pres.
68Bomber carrying 4 hydrogen bombs crashed near Greenland (1/21) ... U.S. Mint stopped buying and selling gold (3/15) ... Richard M. Nixon was elected President (11/5) Eggs/dozen - $.53 ... Milk/half gal. - $.61 ... Pair of Boots - $15.90 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.06 OLIVER! - PRODUCED BY JOHN WOLF CLIFF ROBERTSON - CHARLY KATHERINE HEPBURN-LION IN WINTER/BARB STREISAND-FUNNY GIRL HEY JUDE - BEATLES GREEN TAMBOURINE - LEMON PIPERS LOVE IS BLUE - PAUL MARIAT MRS. ROBINSON - SIMON & GARFUNKEL Mary Lou Retton =Gymnast Gary Coleman =Actor Molly Ringwald =Actress Frederik Christian =Danish Prince
69Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon at 2:56:15 AM [GMT] (7/21) ... Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by Charles Manson (8/9) Flour/5 lbs cost $.58 ... Eggs/dozen - $.62 ... Milk/half gal. - $.63 ... Baseball - $1.90 MIDNIGHT COWBOY - DIRECTED BY JOHN SCHLESINGER JOHN WAYNE - TRUE GRIT MAGGIE SMITH - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE GET BACK - BEATLES SUGAR,SUGAR - ARCHIES SUSPICIOUS MINDS - ELVIS PRESLEY DIZZY - TOMMY ROE Chastity Bono =Celeb Child Prince Joachim =Danish Prince Prince James Patrick =Swedish Prince Danielle Brisebois =Actress
701st Earth Day (4/22) ... U.S. and Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia (4/30) ... Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, died at age 87 (12/7) Flour/5 lbs cost $.59 ... Eggs/dozen was $.61 ... Milk/half gal. cost $.66 ... Baseball was $1.90 PATTON - DIRECTED BY FRANKLIN SCHAFFNER GEORGE C. SCOTT - PATTON (REFUSED) GLENDA JACKSON - WOMEN IN LOVE CLOSE TO YOU - CARPENTERS MAMA TOLD ME - THREE DOG NIGHTS I WANT YOU BACK - JACKSON FIVE LET IT BE - BEATLES Keith Mitchell =Actor Prince Carlos =Dutch Prince Malcolm-Jamal Warner =Actor Kirk Cameron =Actor
71Alan Shepard played golf on the moon (2/6) ... Supreme Court upheld constitutionality of busing (4/20) ... Nixon instituted a 90-day wage and price freeze (8/15) Flour/5 lbs was $.60 ... Eggs/dozen - $.58 ... Pair of Pants was $13.49 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.08 THE FRENCH CONNECTION - DIRECTED BY WILLIAM FRIEDKIN GENE HACKMAN - THE FRENCH CONNECTION JANE FONDA - KLUTE KNOCK THREE TIMES - DAWN ONE BAD APPLE - OSMONDS ME AND BOBBY McGEE - JANIS JOPLIN JOY TO THE WORLD - THREE DOG NIGH Shane Keller =Actor Princess Farah =Jordan Princess Alfonso Ribeiro =Actor Princess Martha Louise =Norway Princess
7270 nations signed agreement banning biological warfare (4/10) ... Summer Olympics started in Munich (8/26) ... The U.S. resumed bombing of North Vietnam (12/18) Flour/5 lbs cost $.61 ... Eggs/dozen - $.59 ... Pair of Boots cost $19.97 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.08 THE GODFATHER MARLON BRANDO - THE GODFATHER (REFUSED) LIZA MINELLI - CABARET AMERICAN PIE - DON McLEAN LET'S STAY TOGETHER - AL GREEN BRANDY - LOOKING GLASS BEN - MICHAEL JACKSON Ernie Reyes Jr. =Actor Prince Jaime =Dutch Prince Princess Margarita =Dutch Princess C.B. Barnes =Actor
73United States launched space station 'Skylab' (5/14) ... John Dean stated White House kept an 'enemies' list (6/27) ... V.P. Agnew vowed not to resign (8/8) Flour/5 lbs was $.64 ... Eggs/dozen was $.84 ... Milk/half gal. was $.68 ... Pair of Pants cost $13.99 THE STING - DIRECTED BY GEORGE ROY HILL JACK LEMMON - SAVE THE TIGER GLENDA JACKSON - A TOUCH OF CLASS YOU'RE SO VAIN - CARLY SIMON SUPERSTITION - STEVIE WONDER CROCODILE ROCK - ELTON JOHN LOVE TRAIN - O'JAYS Tina Yothers =Actress Prince Haakon Magnus =Norway Prince Tempestt Bledsoe =Actress Cathy Stanek =Sextuplet
74Hank Aaron hit 715th home run, beat Babe Ruth's record (4/8) ... Last Americans evacuated from Saigon (4/28) ... India became 6th nation with atomic bomb (5/18) Milk/half gal. was $.74 ... Pair of Boots cost $20.99 ... Butter/lb cost $1.02 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.10 THE GODFATHER PART II - DIRECTED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA ART CARNEY - HARRY AND TONTO ELLEN BURSTYN - ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER BAND SHOW AND TELL - AL WILSON YOU'RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR THE WAY WE WERE - BARBRA STREISAN Princess Haya =Jordan Princess Chad Allen =Actor Princess Maria =Dutch Princess Russell Roher =Quintuplet
75Frank Robinson, black baseball manager, won his 1st game (4/8) ... India used Soviets to launch its 1st satellite (4/19) ... Jimmy Hoffa, labor boss, disappeared (7/30) Flour/5 lbs cost $1.05 ... Eggs/dozen was $.95 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $59.99 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.13 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - DIRECTED BY MILOS FORMAN JACK NICHOLSON - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST LOUISE FLETCHER - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST ONE OF THESE NIGHTS - EAGLES SHINING STAR - EARTH, WIND & FIRE MANDY - BARRY MANILOW PLEASE MR. POSTMAN - CARPENTERS Princess Nathalie =Danish Princess Keri Houlihan =Actress Danny Cooksey =Actor Cherie Johnson =Actress
76Red Dye No. 2 was banned from food, drugs and cosmetics (2/12) ... Concorde started flying to Washington (5/24) ... Israeli's raid on Entebbe (7/3) Flour/5 lbs cost $.97 ... Eggs/dozen cost $1.01 ... Pork Chops/lb cost $1.84 ... Butter/lb was $1.32 ROCKY - DIRECTED BY JOHN G. AVILDSEN PETER FINCH - NETWORK FAYE DUNAWAY - NETWORK SATURDAY NIGHT - BAY CITY ROLLERS CONVOY - C.W. McCALL I WRITE THE SONGS - BARRY MANILOW THEME FROM MAHOGANY - DIANA ROSS Danny Pintauro =Actor Joey Lawrence =Actor Richard F. Thomas =Celebrity's Son Matthew Stork =6th Living Gener.
77Episcopal Church ordained 1st woman priest (1/1) ... Cities can't prohibit 'For Sale Signs' to slow white flight (5/2) Milk/half gal. - $.81 ... Pork Chops/lb cost $1.66 ... Butter/lb cost $1.29 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $69.99 ANNIE HALL - DIRECTED BY WOODY ALLEN RICHARD DREYFUSS - THE GOODBYE GIRL DIANE KEATON - ANNIE HALL I WISH - STEVIE WONDER CAR WASH - ROSE ROYCE NEW KID IN TOWN - EAGLES RICH GIRL -DARYL HALL & JOHN OATE Jenny Lewis =Actress Carmon Duck =2-minute Triplet Alice Victoria Ingrid =Princess Brandy Gold =Actress
78Russian flu disabled 65% of students at Air Force Academy (2/7) ... 1st test tube baby born in England (7/25) ... Susan B. Anthony dollar issued (12/13) Flour/5 lbs was $.82 ... Butter/lb - $1.42 ... Lady's Bicycle - $79.99 ... 1st Class Stamp - $.15 THE DEER HUNTER - DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CIMINO JON VOIGHT - COMING HOME JANE FONDA - COMING HOME BABY COME BACK - PLAYER STAYIN' ALIVE - BEE GEES NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS Benji Gregory =Actor Garfield =Cartoon Cat Louise Brown =1st TestTube Baby Jennie Eisenhower =Celebrity's Child
79An Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty was signed (3/26) ... Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island was a near-disaster (3/28) Flour/5 lbs - $.84 ... Eggs/dozen cost $1.00 ... Pair of Boots cost $39.99 ... Lady's Bicycle cost $99.99 KRAMER VS. KRAMER - DIRECTED BY ROBERT BENTON DUSTIN HOFFMAN - KRAMER VS. KRAMER SALLY FIELD - NORMA RAE TOO MUCH HEAVEN - BEE GEES DO YA THINK I'M SEXY? -ROD STEWAR I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR HEART OF GLASS - BLONDIE Keshia Knight Pulliam =Actress Sarah Ford =Ford's Grandchild Prince Carl =Swedish Prince Prince Nicolas =Dutch Prince
80U.S. hockey team won gold medal in Olympics (2/24) ... Supreme Court said biological organisms could be patented (6/16) ... Iran / Iraq war began (9/22) Flour/5 lbs cost $.87 ... Eggs/dozen was $.97 ... Pair of Boots was $39.99 ... Pork Chops/lb cost $1.91 ORDINARY PEOPLE - DIRECTED BY ROBERT REDFORD ROBERT DE NIRO - RAGING BULL SISSY SPACEK - COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS,INC. COMING UP - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS MAGIC - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Matthew Lawrence =Actor Natasha Bobo =Actress Demetrius Hamlin =Andress' Son Joseph Kennedy III =Celebrity's Son
81Israel air force destroyed Iraqi nuclear power plant (6/7) ... Walkways at Hyatt Regency collapsed, 111 killed (7/17) ... Martial law declared in Poland (12/13) Eggs/dozen - $1.02 ... Milk/half gal. cost $1.06 ... Pair of Boots was $59.99 ... 1st Class Stamp was $.18 CHARIOTS OF FIRE HENRY FONDA - ON GOLDEN POND KATHARINE HEPBURN - ON GOLDEN POND THE TIDE IS HIGH - BLONDIE CELEBRATION - KOOL AND THE GANG 9 TO 5 - DOLLY PARTON KEEP ON LOVING YOU -REO SPEEDWAGO Brooke Lynn Summer =D. Summer's Girl Princess Zara Anne =English Princess Prince Guillaume =Of Luxembourg Jamie Fiske =Liver Transplant
82Argentines seized the Falkland Islands from the British (4/2) ... Spain joined NATO (5/30) ... Dunlop arrived in England after crossing Atlantic in 9' boat (8/29) Milk/half gal. was $1.10 ... Pork Chops/lb was $2.13 ... Butter/lb - $2.12 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.20 GANDHI - DIRECTED BY RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH BEN KINGSLEY - GANDHI MERYL STREEP - SOPHIE'S CHOICE CENTERFOLD - J. GEILS BAND CHARIOTS OF FIRE - VANGELIS TRULY - LIONEL RICHIE JACK & DIANE - JOHN COUGAR E.T. Extra-Terrestrial =Space Creature Prince William =Prince of Wales Ralph B. Williams IV =4th born on 4th Charles Duncan Ebersol =St. James' Son
83Big blizzard hit mid-Atlantic, up to 22" of snow fell (2/11) ... The Dow closed above 1100 for the 1st time (2/24) Flour/5 lbs was $.96 ... Eggs/dozen cost $.96 ... Milk/half gal. cost $1.11 ... Pair of Boots - $59.99 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - DIRECTED BY JAMES L. BROOKS ROBERT DUVALL - TENDER MERCIES SHIRLEY MacLAINE - TERMS OF ENDEARMENT BEAT IT - MICHAEL JACKSON WHAT A FEELING - IRENE CARA EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - POLICE BILLY JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON Cydney Cathalene Chase =Actor's Girl Alexander Devon Hurt =Actor's Son Francois Duvalier II =Celebrity's Son Richard Ross Trudeau =Jane Pauley's Son
84The shuttle Discovery completed the space salvage operation (11/12) ... Gas escaped from Union Carbide pesticide plant in India (12/3) Flour/5 lbs - $.99 ... Eggs/dozen was $1.16 ... Pair of Boots - $69.99 ... 1st Class Stamp cost $.20 AMADEUS - DIRECTED BY MILOS FORMAN F. MURRAY ABRAHAM - AMADEUS SALLY FIELDS - PLACES IN THE HEART WHEN DOVES CRY - PRINCE GHOSTBUSTERS - RAY PARKER JR. DANCING IN THE DARK- B. SPRINGSTEENWAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-G0 - WHA Prince Felix =Of Luxembourg Prince Andrea Albert =Prince of Monaco Ibrahim Moussa =Kinski's Son Molly Birney =Celebrity's Child
85Cap. Cities announced intention to buy ABC for $3.5+ billion (3/18) ... 'Live Aid' concert held to raise money for Africa's starving (7/13) Eggs/dozen - $.96 ... Milk/half gal. - $1.14 ... Pork Chops/lb cost $2.26 ... Lady's Bicycle - $119.99 OUT OF AFRICA - DIRECTED BY SIDNEY POLLACK WILLIAM HURT - KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN GERALDINE PAGE - TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM! LIKE A VIRGIN - MADONNA MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS I FEEL FOR YOU - CHAKA KHAN Redmond Fawcett-O'Neal =Celebrity's Son Theodora Richards =Celebrity's Child Princess Maria =Of Liechtenstein Jessica Namath =Celebrity's Child
86ABC criticized for bowing to Soviets on airing 'Amerika' (1/11) ... Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, Calif. (4/8) ... American planes bombed Libya (4/15) Flour/5 lbs cost $1.04 ... Eggs/dozen - $1.03 ... Pair of Boots cost $75.00 ... Butter/lb cost $2.13 PLATOON - DIRECTED BY OLIVER STONE PAUL NEWMAN - THE COLOR OF MONEY MARLEE MARTIN - CHILDREN OF LESSER GOD NASTY - JANET JACKSON SLEDGE HAMMER - PETER GABRIEL HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON PAPA DON'T PREACH - MADONNA Princess Rayah =Jordan Princess Prince Filippos =Danish Prince Prince Louis =Of Luxembourg Princess Casiraghi =Monaco Princess
87Reagan admitted serious mistakes made in Iran arms sale (1/28) ... Texaco filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from Pennzoil (4/12) Flour/5 lbs - $1.01 ... Pork Chops/lb cost $2.72 ... Butter/lb cost $2.17 ... Lady's Bicycle was $124.99 THE LAST EMPEROR - COLUMBIA PICTURES MICHAEL DOUGLAS - WALL STREET CHER - MOONSTRUCK GOT MY MIND ON YOU-GEORGE HARRISON THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL-M JACKSO NEED YOU TONIGHT-INXS SO EMOTIONAL-WHITNEY HOUSTON Navarone Garibaldi =Celebrity's Son Pierre Casiraghi =Celebrity's Child Ariel Oppenheim =Celeb's Child Ross Naess =Diana Ross' Son
88Bankruptcy auction for x-U.S. Treasurer Connally began (1/22) ... Jumbo jet set round-the-world speed record - 36:54:15 (1/30) Flour/5 lbs $ 1.02 Dow Jones 2,183.50 Eggs/dozen $ .93 Milk/half gal. $ 1.15 RAIN MAN - UNITED ARTISTS DUSTIN HOFFMAN - RAIN MAN JODIE FOSTER - THE ACCUSED FAITH - GEORGE MICHAEL COULD'VE BEEN - TIFFANY SO EMOTIONAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - ASTLEY Raymond L'Esperance =Quintuplet James Clifford Altman =Lynda Carters SonPrincess Beatrice =Of England Hannah Margaret Selleck =Tom Sellecks Gl
89Last Soviet soldiers pulled out of Afghanistan (2/15) ... David Cronin saved United Flight 811 from crash (2/24)... Pete Rozelle retired as NFL commissioner (3/22) Flour/5 lbs $ 1.05 Dow Jones 2,791.41 Eggs/dozen $ .90 Milk/half gal. $ 1.45 DRIVING MISS DAISY - WARNER BROTHERS DANIAL DAY-LEWIS - MY LEFT FOOT JESSICA TANDY - DRIVING MISS DAISY WIND BENEATH MY WINGS - B. MIDLER DON'T KNOW MUCH - LINDA RONSTADT HEALING CHANT - NEVILLE BROTHERS NICK OF TIME - BONNIE RAITT Ashley Walker Bush =Pres Grandaughter Benjamin Edwin Cohen =M. Vieira's Son "Irish Rocker" Geldof =Bob Geldof's GirlSam Michael Fox =Michael Fox's Son
90General Noriega surrenders after U.S. invasion of Panama (1/3) ... First elected black governor sworn in, Lawrence Wilder (1/13) ... Soviets end their one-party system (2/7) Flour/5 lbs $ 1.27 Dow Jones 2,999.75 Eggs/dozen $ 1.22 Milk/half gal. $ 1.42 DANCES WITH WOLVES - DIRECTED BY KEVIN COSTNER JEREMY IRONS - REVERSAL OF FORTUNE KATHY BATES - MISERY BECAUSE I LOVE YOU - STEVIE B. JUSTIFY MY LOVE - MADONNA FROM A DISTANCE - BETTE MIDLER IMPULSIVE - WILSON PHILLIPS Shelby Blackstock =R. McEntire's Son Cody Gifford =Kathie Lee's Son Princess E. V. Helena =Fergie's DaughterSasha Spielberg =Celeb's Daughter
91U.S. bombs Iraq as war in the Middle East begins (1/17) Allies victorious as war in the Middle East ends (2/28)... Dow closes above 3000 for the first time (4/17) Flour/5 lbs $ 1.30 Dow Jones 3,168.83 Eggs/dozen $ 1.25 Milk/half gal. $ 1.48 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - DIRECTED BY JONATHAN DEMME ANTHONY HOPKINS - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS JODIE FOSTER - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS SOMEDAY - MARIAH CAREY I DO IT FOR YOU - BRIAN ADAMS EVERY HEARTBEAT - AMY GRANT POWER OF LOVE - LUTHER VANDROSS Wolfgang Van Halen =Rock Star's Son Dylan Frances Penn =Sean Penn's Girl Hannah Perkins-Phillips =Celeb's Girl A.J. Sugarman =Mary Hart's Girl