Happy 50th Birthday To My Husband Mark Courtesy of The People History Taking You Back In Time Courtesy of The People History How Much Things Cost Average New House: $12,500.00 Average Monthly Rent: $110.00 Average Income Per Year: $5,556.00 Average Cost of New Car: $3,125.00 Cost of a Gallon of Gas: 28 cents Dozen Eggs: 32 cents Events • The first US rocket Ranger IV lands on the moon on April 26 • Marilyn Monroe is found dead of an overdose on August 5 • The first Wal-Mart store is opened by Sam Walton in Bentonville, Arkansas • US Embargo of all imports from Cuba goes into effect under President Kennedy • Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal • 12 European countries form the European Space Agency • The Oral Polio Vaccine is developed by Albert Sabin • The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs when the USSR planned to deploy missiles in Cuba, on the brink of nuclear war the United States blockaded Cuba and the USSR agreed to dismantle Soviet missile silos Taking You Back In Time ™ The Year 1962 Popular Movies To Kill a Mockingbird Lawrence of Arabia The Manchurian Candidate The Longest Day The Music Man Popular Music Sam Cooke Elvis Presley Chubby Checker The Beach Boys Roy Orbison Neil Sedaka Born This Year Joan Cusack - October 11 Evander Holyfield - October 19 Demi Moore - November 11 Jodie Foster - November 19 Copyright The People History www.thepeoplehistory.com