We Were There

'm sure you are familiar with those emails that pop up from time to time that says something like, "kids who graduate this year have never seen an 8 track", and includes a list of about a hundred other things that they've never seen, or done, or tasted, or spent, or drove, or... well, you get the picture. Anyway, I thought I would reverse that a little and list some of the things we were the first to see, or do, or use, or eat, or... well, you get the picture here too. :)

1966

Events
John Lennon makes the remark the Beatles are more popular than Jesus.
Texas Western wins the Men’s NCAA title over Kentucky with an all black lineup
The Church of Satan is formed
Daylight Savings Time goes into wide spread use
The Gateway Arch is opened in St. Louis
NOW is established
The Beatles release the Revolver album, and play their last concert, at Candlestick Park
The Black Panther Party is founded
The Department of Transportation is created
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is shown for the first time.

TV Shows
700 Club
Batman
Dark Shadows
Family Affair
Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Green Hornet
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
Mission: Impossible
The Monkees
The Newlywed Game
That Girl

Products
Doritos
Quisp cereal
Twister

Vehicles
Ford Bronco
Oldsmobile Toronado
Toyota Corola

1967

Events
The American Basketball Association is formed
Aretha Franklin releases R-E-S-P-E-C-T
The Doors release their first album
Muhammad Ali refuses military service
Tennessee repeals the Monkey Law
The Beatles release the album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Israel wins the Six Day War
The long hot summer of 1967 is marked by war protests and race riots across the United States

TV Shows
Carol Burnett Show
The Flying Nun
George of the Jungle
Ironsides
Monday Night Baseball
Phil Donahue Show

Vehicles
Chevrolet Camaro
Mercury Cougar
Pontiac Firebird

Products
Ho Hos
Rockem Sockem Robots
Slurpee
The Super Bowl

1968

Events
North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo
Martin Luther King is assassinated
The musical Hair opens on Broadway
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
The Beatles release the White Album
The Cincinnati Bengals football team is formed.

TV Shows
60 Minutes
Adam 12
Hawaii Five O
Mayberry RFD
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In

Vehicles
AMC Javelin
Ford Torino

Products
Big Mac
Hot Wheels
Virginia Slims cigarettes

1969

Events
The New York Jets win the Super Bowl
The Manson “family” goes on a murder spree in Los Angeles
The Woodstock music festival is held in upstate New York
Hurricane Camille slams into the Mississippi coast
The first automatic teller machine is opened in Rockefeller Center, NY
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
The Miracle Mets win the World Series
The draft lottery was held for the first time
The first AIDS case is reported in the United States
Unix was invented

TV Shows
Bill Cosby Show
Brady Bunch
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
H R Pufnstuf
Hee Haw
Love American Style
Marcus Welby
Medical Center
Room 222
Sesame Street

Vehicles
Fiat 128
Ford Capri, and
Mercury Capri

Products
Funyuns
Manwich
Microcassettes
Tic Tacs

1970

Events
Diana Ross and the Supremes perform their farewell live concert
The first Earth Day is organized
The Beatles disband
Four students are shot at Kent State
Loudon High School class of 1970 graduates.

TV Shows
All My Children
Mary Tyler Moore Show
McCloud
Monday Night Football
NBC Nightly News
Night Gallery
Odd Couple
Partridge Family

Vehicles
AMC Gremlin
AMC Hornet
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Dodge Challenger
Dodge Colt
Range Rover

Products
American Top 40
King Vitaman