The full photo gallery is at http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/05/1964-the-world-50-years-ago/100743/
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1964: The World 50 Years Ago – 50 photos – http://theatln.tc/1gy3SDD – 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. Boxer Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and the heavyweight champion of the world. Cyprus devolved into civil war between Turks and Greeks, and President Lyndon Johnson escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
In album 1964: The World 50 Years Ago
I remember all of those…well, perhaps not the hairstyles. I was living in Rochester at that time. Good, bad, and everything in between were the 1960s.
Space age car phooey. When I was a girl, they promised me flying cars. I’ve yet to see those.
@Ellie – Given the idjits on the road, I suspect that flying cars overhead would be an extraordinarily bad idea, even if the tech were there.
I was also born around that time, which put me in an interesting spot. I remember hearing about a band that was just like the Monkees, only even wackier! (It was the Beatles, of course.)
+John E. Bredehoft Oh, I loved watching the Monkees on Saturday mornings …