▸ the year you arrived
1961
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You will be 65 this year — a child of the '60s.
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Your generation
Baby Boomer
1961 belonged to
Elvis Presley
4 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1961
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsElvis Presley — Blue Hawaii
Ray Charles — Genius + Soul = Jazz
The Shirelles — Tonight's the Night
At the MoviesWest Side Story
Breakfast at Tiffany's
101 Dalmatians
On TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
Wagon Train
Ben Casey
In the HeadlinesYuri Gagarin first human in space
Alan Shepard first American in space
Peace Corps founded
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