1965: Squeeze Cheese But that all changed when Nabisco released Snack Mate. It was cheese in a can that you could spray onto onion soup, scrambled eggs, burgers, or Ritz crackers, according to their original ad. But if you’ve never sprayed some straight into your mouth like whipped cream, we don’t believe you.

On December 25, 1965 the day of the week was Saturday.

This Day in History: December 1 This day in 1955, in violation of segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested, sparking a 381-day bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

1965 the war in Vietnam continues to worsen as whatever the Americans do including major bombing of North Vietnam they continue to lose more men , at the same time the Anti-War movement grows and on November 13 35,000 march on Washington as a protest against the war.

November 4, 1965 (Thursday) The Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. Charles de Gaulle (just short of his 75th birthday) announced that he would stand for re-election on December 5 in pursuit of another seven-year term as President of the French Republic.

The Trimline telephone was first introduced by the Bell System in 1965. It was developed after the success of Bell’s Princess phone, which was also compact and stylish.

1965 Flashback Facts The life expectancy was 70.2 years old. Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov was the first person to walk in space (for 12 minutes). The optical disk, which is now called the compact disk, was invented by James Russell. Human rights activist Malcom X was assassinated on February 21.

April 4, 1965 (Sunday) Captain James Magnusson and Major Frank Bennett were both killed when their jets, the first aircraft lost in air-to-air combat by either side during the Vietnam War, were downed.

1964 was an eventful year — a half-century ago, humans were making strides toward space travel beyond the Earth’s orbit, and Tokyo hosted the 18th Summer Olympics. The Beatles took America by storm, as Race Riots gripped big cities — and the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law.

Prices

Compared to 1965, the average cost of a home in the United States is now $340,100 higher; a new abode cost just $21,500 in 1965!

Pie was only 35 cents a slice, an ice-cream sundae was 40 cents, and coffee or a soft drink cost 10 cents. By the way, if you wanted to grab a quick bite at a lunch counter, you could get a hot dog and a coke for 49 cents.

about $2.00

In 2020, the retail price for a dozen eggs in the United States was 1.48 U.S. dollars.

$1.05 per gallon

A TIME WHEN COFFEE COST 5 CENTS, MOVIES WERE 10 CENTS AND PEOPLE. People complain these days about the high cost of living. When I was growing up in Hartford in the 1930s, for 3 cents, we could buy The Courant, The Hartford Times or a postage stamp.

$1 in 1930 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $16.12 today, an increase of $15.12 over 91 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.10% per year between 1930 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 1,511.95%.

But then, it became so successful that it imploded. By late 1930, corner peddling had moved so many apples that the price of apples as a commodity began to rise. Soon, the apple association was paying $2.50 for boxes of apples it had once sold for $1.75.

The Price of Bread

80 Years of Car & Gas Prices

While a house bought in 1930 for around $6,000 may be worth roughly $195,000 today, when adjusted for inflation, the appreciation is not as impressive as it seems. Since 1930, inflation-adjusted home values have increased by a modest 127%, or less than 1% each year.

When the hotel first opened in 1930, rates were $3.50 per night, which would equal to about $52 today.

Buying power of $15000 since 1935

18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The valuation analysts at Kelley Blue Book today reported the estimated average transaction price for a light vehicle in the United States was $37,851 in January 2020. New-vehicle prices increased $1,296 (up 3.5%) from January 2019, while falling $806 (down 2.1%) from last month.

Top 7 Most Expensive Car in the 1930s

• Cadillac 452-A V-16 (1930)
• Duesenberg Model SJ (1933)
• Chrysler Imperial CL Phaeton (1933)
• Lincoln K Convertible Roadster (1933)
• Cadillac Series 75 Convertible Coupe (1939)
• Jaguar SS 100 3.5L Roadster (1937)
• Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton (1937)

A new car back in 1940s was about 800 dollars and a gallon of gas was whooping 18 cents. On average most cars got about 15 to 20 miles per gallon.