Well, as we can all see my first five years on this planet was really nothing to it.
During this year many great movies that I would later come to love came out. Just to name a few My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins won at the Oscars. Saw Dr. Zhivago at the drive in along with the Pink Panther. My all time favorite A Charlie Brown Christmas (I remember this!)
One of my favorite bands, and one of the girls I love (Grace Slick) debut as the Jefferson Airplane, later Jefferson Starship, then just Starship. Beatlemania is in full swing.
Billion Dollar Betsy (Hurricane Betsy) hits New Orleans (they still haven't learned have they?).
The great Northeast blackout occurred, hitting 8 states and lasting for up to 13 1/2 hours. This termed the phrase, where were you when the lights went out?
Second Vatican Council II was open and closed.
Some of my favorite memories are of television shows, and this year a lot came out: Lost in Space, Green Acres, Wild Wild West, Hogans Heroes (I know nuthink!, loved Schultz), I dream of Jeannie, Get Smart (missed me by that much) and Thunderbirds (God I remember those lovable marionettes). Gilligan's Island, Gomer Pyle, the Munsters and the Man From Uncle all carried over from 1964. Some of these I remember clearly, and some from repeats and now cable on TVLAND. (Getting old yet hahahaha).
There was a lot of turmoil in a America with the march for freedom to Selma and the Vietnam war.
I was in first grade and we (mom and I) were living in Raritan, NJ. Dad was stationed in Korea.
The world was looking good to me, after all I am six and in first grade. I remember the drive-ins and playing at the playground, and those irritating, lovable, seducing intermissions with the hotdog getting chased by the bun.
Well, ran out of 1965 braincells so here it ends. As the years come closer more stuff happens and I remember (or forget) more. Stay tuned. Same Bat time, same Bat Channel.
