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  • Paul Newman stars in The Hustler 
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  • Wide World of Sports premiers with Jim McLay 
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  • Best picture of the year is West Side Story 
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  • Premier of the Mike Douglas Show 
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  • Premier of the Dick Van Dick Show 
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  • Moon River and Big Bad John are hit songs 
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  • The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone is a best seller 
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  • Jack Lippes invents the IUD, contraceptive device 
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  • Fads; yo-yo's, Guitars  
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  • Gloves and hats are in fashion 
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  • New words; soul, Peace Corps, high rise, zonked, microsurgery 
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  • The singing group the Supremes join Motown Records 
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  • Chubby Checker starts a "Twist" craze 
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  • Fall Out Shelters are recommended 
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  • IBM "Selectric" is introduced 
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  • "Coffee Mate" and "Total" cereal are new products 
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  • Ray Krock begins the McDonalds  
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  • Minimum wage is $1.25/hour 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    1962   Potpourri                 

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  • The Incredible Hulk is a new show 
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  • New Words; Status Report, Splashdown, corner-back (football) 
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  • Diet Right, Polaroid color film, and "Tab" are new products 
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  • My Fair Lady closes after 2,717 Broadway performances 
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  • Bart Star leads NFL in passing 
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  • The "Breakfast At Tiffany's " look is in fashion 
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  • Jack Nicalus beats Arnold Palmer to win his first major tournament 
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  • Wilt Chamberland scores 100 points against New York 
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  • Sandy Koufax strike s out 18 hitters in regulation nine-inning game 
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  • First Braille typewriter is introduced 
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  • Names in music; Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Cannonball Aderaly, Count Basie 
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  • Hit songs; Fly Me To The Moon, "Shout", Days OF Wine And Roses 
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  • Douglas Edwards, CBS evening news, is replaced by Walter Cronkite 
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  • The "Red Skeleton" show is popular along with "The Beverly Hillbillies" 
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  • Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star in " What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?" 
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  • "Heeeeeeere's " Johnny " starts every Johnny Carson show 
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  • Ernie Kovacs dies