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Stock margin requirements are cut from 90% down to 70%
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In 1960, and everage automobile is $2,600. By 1969, the same vehicle wounds cost about $3,270.
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In 1960, an average house would cost around $12,700. By 1969, the same home would cost about $15,500
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In 1960, gasoline is about $0.25 a gallon. By 1969, this price will raise to $0.35 a gallon.
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In 1960, the average American made $5,315 in a year. By 1969, The average American was making about $8,540 a year.
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The first ever weather satellite is launched into orbit by the US space program.
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The United States sends 3,500 troops to vietnam.
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"The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries" is created (the OPEC)
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The United States is in a recession.
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John F. Kennedy takes office, and the economy is hopeful.
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Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Becomes the first person in space.
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The construction on the Berlin Wall begins.
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The 'Bay Of Pigs' foreign invasion fails
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The peace corps is created
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The five biggest industrial corporations account for more than 12% of all assets in manufacturing.
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President Kennedy helped bring inflation down to a stable point.
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The Cuban Missile crisis has most americans paranoid/afraid of another world war soon
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James Meredith becomes the first African American student to enroll at the university of mississippi
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The Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do", in the United Kingdom
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Sam Walton opens up the first Wal-Mart store in Arkansas
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The stock market rebounds.
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The National Unemployment rate is at 5.7%
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President Lyndon B. Johnson inherits a healthy economy from the late President Kennedy.
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Congress passes the equal pay act
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Martin luther King Jr. Gives his iconic 'I Have A Dream' speech for the first time.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
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The United States begins to use zip codes
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The BBC Broadcasts the very first episode of 'Doctor Who'
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Corporate profits are at a record high in the United States.
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Congress passes a civil rights act
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Congress passes Kennedy's 12 Billion dollar tax cut, and the economy takes off.
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The economic opportunity act is created, and more jobs are created with it.
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The Ford Motor Company begins to produce and sell the Ford Mustang
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economic growth beings and extra 4-5 billion dollars in revenue to spend.
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America's overseas investment increases to 49.2 billion dollars.
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And amendment to the social security act created medicare and medicaid programs.
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As the Vietnam conflict escalates, more and more people become opposed to continuing US involvement.
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The first ever episode of 'Star Trek' airs on television
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The Canadian Pension Plan in introduced into Canadian Government
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'The Rolling Stone' publishes their first ever magazine issue
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The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified
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National unemployment rates drop to 3.3%
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The Inflation rate in the United States drops to a 4.7%
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.
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Richard Nixon wins the US Presidential election.
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President Johnson signed into a tax surcharge and a 6 billion dollar federal spending cut.
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The American Space program gets an un-maned ship to the moon.
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The children's TV show 'Sesame Street' airs on television
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The United Kingdom abolishes the death penalty
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The woodstock music festival takes place