WHAT YEAR WAS IT?

Jennifer M. Dawson

COST OF LIVING: Average INDIVIDUAL income per year $ 6,000 Average cost of a NEW house $ 13,050 Average cost of a NEW car $ 3,500 Loaf of bread $ .21 Gas per gallon $ .30 Ticket to the movies $ 1.25

A loud but extremely talented boxer by the name

Cassius Clay, (future Muhammad Ali),

won the Boxing World Heavyweight Championship

from Sonny Liston

Phillies pitcher, Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game against the New York Mets on Father’s Day of this year at Shea Stadium, helping the Phil’s bring home a 6-0 win. At this time it was only the 7th time in baseball history this feat was accomplished…

HASBRO Toy Company lunches a new line of action figures for boys by the name of G.I. Joe

to join the Barbie Doll for girls

Pablo Picasso paints his fourth

“Head of a Bearded Man”

U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry, reports for the first time from the U.S. Government that,“SMOKING ‘may’ be hazardous for one’s health.”

Dr. James Hardy performs the first ever heart transplant; however there was no human heart available so he used a

chimpanzee heart. The 68 year old Boyd Rush died

90 minutes after surgery concluded. The year prior,

Dr. Hardy performed the first lung transplant.

This year plans to build the World Trade Center

are unveiled…