Sherman E. Burroughs

Sherman E. Burroughs

BHS 1961 Alumni

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1961 Trivia

Cost Of Living 1961

Yearly Inflation Rate USA - 1.07%

Yearly Inflation Rate UK - 2.9%

Average Cost of new house - $12,500.00

Average Income per year - $5,315.00

Cost of a gallon of Gas - 27 cents

Average Cost of a new car - $2,850.00

Bacon for 1LB - 67 cents

Eggs per dozen - 30 cents

  • The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
  • British satirical magazine Private Eye is published for first time
  • The Pony become a popular dance
  • Black and white 5 pound notes cease to be legal tender in the UK
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • The Parent Trap
  • The Absent-Minded Professor
  • 101 Dalmatians
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  • El Cid
  • The Misfits
  • The Hustler
  • West Side Story
  • Wagon Train
  • Bonanza
  • Gunsmoke
  • Perry Mason
  • The Red Skelton Show
  • Andy Griffith
  • Candid Camera
  • My Three Sons
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • The Twilight Zone
  • Mister Ed (first broadcast in October, 1961)
  • The Avengers debut in the UK. But it was not seen in the U.S. until 1965.
  • Wonderland by Night Bert Kaempfert
  • Will You Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles
  • Calcutta by Lawrence Welk
  • Pony Time by Chubby Checker
  • Surrender by Elvis Presley