▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1966
Middle School
1959–1961Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1962–1966The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1964–1966Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1966–1970Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1971–1975First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
1996
Generation
Baby Boomer
You'd be about
78
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 At the movies
📰 Headlines
- Miranda v. Arizona ruling
- Star Trek premieres
- NOW founded
- Surveyor 1 lands on the Moon
- First Kwanzaa
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Fiber-optic communication proposed
- Surveyor 1 soft-lands on Moon
- Gemini 8 first orbital docking
- Dynamic RAM concept
- Hand-held calculator development
🏆 Sports
- Orioles sweep the World Series
- Packers win the NFL title
- Celtics' 8th straight NBA title
- Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- England wins the World Cup
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Batman 'Batusi' craze
- Go-go boots peak
- Psychedelic posters
- Slot-car racing
- The Monkees
👖 Clothes
- Nehru jacket arrives
- Twiggy 'mod' look
- Op-art prints
- Paper dresses
- Vinyl/PVC clothing
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 32¢/gal
- Stamp: 5¢
- Gallon of milk: ~52¢
- New car avg: ~$3,500
- Median home: ~$14,200
How well do you remember Class of 1966?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1966
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📸 Your Class of 1966 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 1966 gear
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