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1961 

The Year 1961 

Mad Magazine points out that 1961 is the first “Upside Down Year Since 1881 and will not happen again until the Year 6009.

President:                        John F. Kennedy is sworn into office on January 20, 1961
Vice President:                Lyndon B. Johnson

Population of USA:            204,152,000
World population             3,021,475,000
Life Expectancy:                    70.2 Years
Unemployment                         6.8 %  Highest Since 1941
Average Income                   $  5,737.00
Minimum Wage                    $         1.15 per hour   

Cost of a New House           $13,825.00  (3 bedroom)                  
Cost of a New Car                $  2,528.00                                                                                                                                                            
Cost of a 1st Class Stamp   $           .04                                                                                                                                                      
Cost of a Gallon of Gas       $           .31                                                                                                                                                            

Price of a Dozen Eggs         $           .57
Price of a Gallon of Milk      $         1.04                                                                                                                                                            
Price of a Baseball               $         1.57

People Who Were BORN in 1961

Michael J. Fox
Julia Louis-Dreyfus                                                                                                                                                                                
Diana, Princess of Wales                                                                                                                                                                            
Boy George
Lea Thompson                                                                                                                            
Meg Ryan                                                                                                                                           
George Clooney                                                                                                                                     
George Lopez                                                                                                                                        
Billy Ray Cyrus                                                                                                                           
K.D. Lang                                                                                                                                              
Vince Neil                                                                                                                                                      
James Gandolfini                                                                                                                                             
Scott Baio                                                                                                                                                  
Catherine Oxenberg                                                                                                                               
Heather Locklear                                                                                                                                  
Laurence Fishburne                                                                                                                              
Barack Obama                                                                                                                                                  
Eddie Murphy                                                                                                                                                      
Enya                                                                                                                                                                 
Dennis Rodman                                                                                                                                                     
Peri Gilpin (Roz on Fraiser)                                                                                                                           
Melissa Etheridge                                                                                                                                     
Dylan McDermont                                                                                                                                                   
Steven Weber (Wings)                                                                                                                                            
Carl Lewis (Gold Medalist?)                                                                                                                             
Mariel Hemmingway                                                                                                                                                   
Ann Coulter                                                                                                                                                        
George Stephanopoulos                                                                                                                                 
Henry Rollins