▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1964
High School
1960–1964The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1962–1964Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1964–1968Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1969–1973First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
1994
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
80
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
📰 Headlines
- Civil Rights Act signed
- Beatles on Ed Sullivan
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- MLK wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Warren Commission report
💡 Tech & Firsts
- IBM System/360 mainframe
- BASIC programming language
- Ford Mustang debuts
- First word processor (IBM MT/ST)
- Picturephone shown at World's Fair
🏆 Sports
- Cardinals win the World Series
- Browns win the NFL title
- Celtics win the NBA Finals
- Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup
- Cassius Clay beats Liston
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Beatlemania hits America
- G.I. Joe action figure
- The Frug dance
- British Invasion mania
- Slot cars peak
👖 Clothes
- Mod miniskirts
- Bell-bottoms emerge
- Go-go boots
- Beatle boots
- Mop-top haircuts
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 30¢/gal
- Stamp: 5¢
- Gallon of milk: ~49¢
- New car avg: ~$3,500
- Median home: ~$13,050
How well do you remember Class of 1964?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1964
No memories here yet — be the first to leave one.
📸 Your Class of 1964 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1964 gear
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