Time Capsule: 1960

News & Economy

President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon

Population: 180,671,158
Life expectancy: 69.7 years

Dow-Jones High: 685
Dow-Jones Low: 566

Cost of a new home: $16,500.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $--
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.31
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.57
Cost of a gallon of milk: $0.49

News Headlines

Capt. Gary Powers U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over Russia 

Israelis Kidnap Adolf Eichman from Argentina to Jerusalem 

Khrushchev at U.N . Pounds Shoe In Anger. 

John F. Kennedy Wins Democratic Nomination, Nixon wins GOP 

Kennedy Wins Presidency, Democrats Sweep Congress 

Two White Public Schools in New Orleans Are The First To Integrate. 

House Committee Looks Into "Payola" American Bandstand DJ Dick Clark Involved 

Alan Freedman Eight Arrested In Taking Radio Payola

Music

Billboard Top 10
1. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones 
2. Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers 
3. Twist, The - Chubby Checker 
4. Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters 
5. Running Bear - Johnny Preston 
6. Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee 
7. Handy Man - Jimmy Jones 
8. Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures 
9. Alley-Oop - The Hollywood Argyles 
10. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

Top Albums
• Nice `n' Easy - Frank Sinatra 
• Persuasive Percussion - Terry Snyder and the All Stars 
• The Sound of Music - original cast

Grammy Awards

Album of the Year: 
Button Down Mind, Bob Newhart
Best New Artist: Bob Newhart
Best Pop Duo or Group: 
“We Got Us,” Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence
Best Pop Female Vocal: 
“Mack the Knife,” Ella Fitzgerald
Best Pop Male Vocal: 
“Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles
Record of the Year:
“Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith
Song of the Year: 
“Theme From Exodus” 

Movies

Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Psycho -$32,000,000 
Dolce vita, La  -$19,516,000 
The Alamo -$7,910,000 
G.I. Blues -$4,300,000 
Macumba Love -$3,000,000

Academy Awards

Best Actor: Burt Lancaster: Elmer Gantry
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor: Butterfield 8 
Best Director: Billy Wilder: The Apartment
Best Picture: The Apartment
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov: Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress: Shirley Jones: Elmer Gantry

Television

Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Gunsmoke
2. Wagon Train
3. Have Gun, will travel
4. The Andy Griffith Show
5. The Real McCoys
6. Rawhide
7. Candid Camera
8. The Untouchables
9.The Price is Right
10. The Jack Benny Show

Emmy Awards

Drama...
Best Drama - Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Best Actor - Robert Stack, The Untouchables
Best Actress - Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best

Comedy...
Best Comedy - Art Carney Special (NBC)

Sports

Football
Pro Football Championship:
Philadelphia 17 - Green Bay 13
Pro MVP:
Norm Van Brocklin, Phi., QB & Joe Schmidt, Detroit, LB

College Football Champion:
Minnesota
Heisman Trophy:
Joe Bellino, Navy, HB

Basketball
NBA Championship:
Boston Celtics over St. Louis Hawks 4-3
NBA MVP:
Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia

NCAA National Champions:
Ohio State 25-3

Baseball
World Series Champs:
Pittsburgh over NY Yankees 4-3
National League
MVP: Dick Groat, Pit
Rookie of the Year: Frank Howard, LA
American League
MVP: Roger Maris, NY
Rookie of the Year: Ron Hansen, Bal

Odds 'N Ends

Advise and Consent by Allen Drury is a best seller 

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer is another best seller 

Harper Lee wins a Pulitzer Prize for To Kill a Mockingbird 

Nick Holonayk invents the digital display for the pocket calculator and electronic watches 

Eco One is launched, the worlds first communication satellite 

The worlds first weather satellite, Tiros is launched 

Pete Rozell becomes NFL commissioner 

Cassius Clay wins Olympic gold in boxing 

Mrs. Kennedy becomes the fashion to follow 

Women's "knickers" are in 

Men's sports coats are plaids, bold prints, strips and checks 

Berry Gordy borrows $800 and starts Motown Records 

Estimated 850,000 "war babies" enter college, overcrowding dorms 

JF. Kennedy Jr. is born on Nov. 25 , by Cesarean delivery 

Fads, talkathons, folk singing in coffee houses 

Deiz Arnaz and Lucille Ball file for divorce 

New York court rules "Lady Chaterleys Lover " is not obscene 

Earnest Evans changes his name to Chubby Checker 

New words, Anchorman, sit-in, cosmonaut, bluegrass, laser, compact car 

First appearances, Astroturf, Librium, felt-tip pen, Rayon, OPEC meeting