What Would Have Been

The setting: 1968, 40 years ago this year. This is what we would've looked like.



What happenned that year?
In the spring of 1968, The Rev Martin Luther King was assassinated and Robert Kennedy was mortally wounded.
The peace movement had continued to grow and more and more Americans were against the war in Vietnam, and once again more riots occurred throughout cities in America.
The music scene was once again set by the "Beatles" and the "Rolling Stones", and fashion flirted with see through blouses and midis and maxis skirts joined the Mini Skirt as part of the fashion trends.
There is a Flu Pandemic in Hong Kong and the first Black power salute is seen on Television worldwide during an Olympics medal ceremony.
The first Big Mac goes on sale in McDonalds costing 49 cents.
The Beatles create Apple Records and record "Hey Jude" as the first single on the label.
The CBS television newsmagazine program "60 Minutes" shown for the first time.

Cost of Living 1968
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 4.27%
End Dow Jones Industrial Average 943
Average Cost of new house $14,950.00
Average Income per year $7,850.00
Average Monthly Rent $130.00
Gas per Gallon 34 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,822.00
Movie Ticket$1.50
The Federal Hourly Minimum Wage is $1.60 an hour

The funny thing about this post? We have the same hair styles and could style it exactly like these pictures tomorrow. Forty years later and I see a trend coming...