And here is some news from this day in 1960!
Tuesday, March 29, 1960
Top News Headlines This Week:
Mar 29 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres Mar 31 - Gore Vidal's "Best Man" premieres in New York NY Apr 1 - France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria Apr 1 - 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara) Apr 1 - RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched Apr 1 - Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
Top Songs for 1960
Running Bear by Johnny Preston Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley
Stuck On You by Elvis Presley Teen Angel by Mark Dinning
Theme from A Summer Place by Percy Faith My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own by Connie Francis
It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley Cathy's Clown by Everly Brothers
Save the Last Dance for Me by Drifters
1960 Prices US President
Bread: $0.20/loaf Dwight D. Eisenhower
Milk: $1.04/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $0.90/doz Richard M. Nixon
Car: $2,275 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.31/gal Best Picture: The Apartment
Directed By Billy Wilder
Best Actor: Burt Lancaster
in Elmer Gantry
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor
in Butterfield 8
House: $18,500
Stamp: $0.04/ea
Avg Income: $6,227/yr
Min Wage: $1.00/hr
DOW Avg: 616
People born on March 29
1918 - Pearl Bailey Newport News VA, singer (Hello Dolly)
1945 - Walt "Clyde" Frazier NBA guard (New York Knicks)
On TV in 1960
Bonanza The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis The Flintstones Route 66 The Andy Griffith Show
The Garry Moore Show Checkmate My Three Sons The Untouchables Candid Camera
Hot New Toys in 1960
Give-A-Show Projector Atomic Cape Canaveral Playset Aggravation
Etch-A-Sketch Hi-Ho! Cherry-O Mr. Machine
Top Books in 1960
Onion John by Joseph Krumgold The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell