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Not smack or anything, but I thought it would be interesting to see how much things have changed from the last time we won a football conference title (1963) to today (2007)...
-1963-
Population: 189,241,798
Life expectancy: 69.9 years
Dow-Jones
High: 767
Low: 646
Cost of a new home: $19,300.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 ($0.05 as of 1/7/63)
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.30
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.55
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.49
Top TV Shows:
1) The Beverly Hillbillies
2) Bonanza
3) The Dick Van Dyke Show
4) Petticoat Junction
5) The Andy Griffith Show
Billboard Top 10
1. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs
2. Surf City - Jan And Dean
3. He's So Fine - The Chiffons
4. It's My Party - Leslie Gore
5. If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul
6. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
7. Easier Said Than Done - The Essex
8. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
9. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
10. Surfin' U. S. A. - The Beach Boys
And to quote something from one of the great stars of that time, Jackie Gleason...
"HOW SWEET IT IS!!!"
-1963-
Population: 189,241,798
Life expectancy: 69.9 years
Dow-Jones
High: 767
Low: 646
Cost of a new home: $19,300.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 ($0.05 as of 1/7/63)
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.30
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.55
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.49
Top TV Shows:
1) The Beverly Hillbillies
2) Bonanza
3) The Dick Van Dyke Show
4) Petticoat Junction
5) The Andy Griffith Show
Billboard Top 10
1. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs
2. Surf City - Jan And Dean
3. He's So Fine - The Chiffons
4. It's My Party - Leslie Gore
5. If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul
6. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
7. Easier Said Than Done - The Essex
8. Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
9. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
10. Surfin' U. S. A. - The Beach Boys
And to quote something from one of the great stars of that time, Jackie Gleason...
"HOW SWEET IT IS!!!"
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