▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1965
Middle School
1958–1960Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1961–1965The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1963–1965Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1965–1969Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1970–1974First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
1995
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
79
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
📰 Headlines
- Malcolm X assassinated
- Selma 'Bloody Sunday' march
- Voting Rights Act signed
- First US combat troops in Vietnam
- Watts riots in LA
💡 Tech & Firsts
- First spacewalk
- Kodak Super 8 film
- Moog synthesizer introduced
- Mariner 4 sends Mars photos
- Sony home video tape
🏆 Sports
- Dodgers win the World Series
- Packers win the NFL title
- Celtics win the NBA Finals
- Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- Koufax perfect game
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Miniskirt craze
- Go-go dancing
- The Jerk dance
- Skateboarding boom
- Rolling Stones mania
👖 Clothes
- Miniskirts everywhere
- Mod fashion peaks
- White go-go boots
- Mary Quant looks
- Paisley prints
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 31¢/gal
- Stamp: 5¢
- Gallon of milk: ~49¢
- New car avg: ~$3,500
- Median home: ~$13,600
How well do you remember Class of 1965?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1965
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📸 Your Class of 1965 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 1965 gear
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