1965
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (193755)
United States
July 7, 2025 4:40am CST
I could talk forever about the 1960s and 70s; but here's some trivia about 1965:
Minimum wage was $1.25 - I worked at the library from the age of 14-17. Because I was a student, I was paid $.70 per hour. The college kids received minimum wage. I wonder how they got away with that?
A postage stamp was ***$.05***. Today they are $.76.
Gold was an amazing $35.12 per ounce. It is now over $3,000.00 per ounce. I wish I would have invested in gold!!!
A dozen eggs was $.53. I have heard of egg prices of $5.00 per dozen and more today.
A movie ticket was $1.00. How I remember those days when we'd go see any movie we wanted to for a buck...and sometimes a double feature.
Top on the charts were the Beatles singing Yesterday and the Rolling Stones with I Can't Get No Satisfaction.
I graduated from high school in June of 1965.
Do you have any memories from 1965?
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@LadyDuck (478255)
• Italy
8h
@LindaOHio - I have never been a big fan of The Beatles.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
8h
I liked the Beatles better. Even went to their concert in the 60s.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
8h
@LadyDuck That's OK. We each have our own musical preferences.
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@porwest (102586)
• United States
8h
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how one might want to look at it, 1965 was before my time, so I have no memories of it. But it definitely seemed like an interesting time. Minimum wage was $3.35 when I started working, but my first job paid student's wages at $2.50 when I was 14.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
8h
The 60s and 70s were "the bomb". Best time ever.
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@porwest (102586)
• United States
6h
@LindaOHio I do remember the 70s, but I was a kid. I wouldn't have known if it was good or bad because I was a kid and had nothing to worry about. lol
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@FourWalls (76365)
• United States
2h
Very little, because I was only five. 
Good year for music, though!!
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@FourWalls (76365)
• United States
33m
@LindaOHio — don’t know, I’ll have to ask my parents why they were so slow. 
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
25m
@FourWalls lol I could be the oldest one here.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
36m
Yes. All of you are so much younger than I am. How did that happen?
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@DaddyEvil (152605)
• United States
7h
No, I don't remember anything about 1965. I turned 2 years old in October 1965. 
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@DaddyEvil (152605)
• United States
7h
@LindaOHio I don't feel like a youngster today.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85177)
• Rupert, Idaho
12m
Wow, those prices are so different....but so were earnings, so makes sense.
No memories here from then obviously because I wasn't even a thought then.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
Just now
@MommyOfEli2013 I know what you mean. Mentally I feel like 22...physically I feel like 90.
@MommyOfEli2013 (85177)
• Rupert, Idaho
Just now
@LindaOHio I don't feel young with my health
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@Ineeddentures (8952)
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9h
Oh yes
1965 was the year I started school
That's about all
I do remember the first class photo getting taken
But not much else
I was going.
60c years ago
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@GardenGerty (164591)
• United States
4h
Let's see . . The car looks familiar. I was twelve years old when you graduated. Or almost twelve, my birthday is in August. Seventh grade. I was a sad and scrawny kid with a younger brother and a two year old sister.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
35m
That's a 1965 Mercedes Benz I believe. I graduated at 17. Everyone here is so much younger than I am. Bummer. I'm sorry you were a sad kid.
@snowy22315 (192343)
• United States
5h
Well, yeah we lived in a house next to the highway then. I went one year to a school that had a hill in the background. In the winter we would slide down the hill on cafeteria trays at recess time. You know fun stuff that would never be allowed today. Poor kids!
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@Marilynda1225 (85198)
• United States
4h
Yup, 1965 brings back some really good memories for me too. Gosh those prices compared to today are unreal. I graduated in 1964, married in 1965 and had my first child in 1966. 
The good old days
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
9h
It was a long time ago. My high school is having a 60th reunion this year!!!
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@Dreamerby (8741)
• Calcutta, India
8h
Wow that's a long time back! Nice that you can recollect these memories!
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
8h
Yes. I have a lot of memories from that time.
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@LindaOHio (193755)
• United States
32m
lol Another youngster. We are having our 60th high school reunion this year.
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