Cost of Living 1963
How Much things cost in 1963
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.24% Yearly Inflation Rate UK 1.8%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 762
Average Cost of new house $12,650.00
Average Income per year $5,807.00
Gas per Gallon 29 cents
Average Cost of a new car $3,233.00
Loaf of bread 22 cents
Bedroom Air Conditioner $149.95
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling Average House Price 3,160
New Ford Cortina 675
MAJOR EVENTS:
- President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes President. The accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot and killed a short time later.
- Civil rights protests continue throughout the South, during which nonviolent activists are frequently met with beatings and arrests
- 200,000 people march on Washington in support of civil rights; Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
- U.S., Soviet Union and Britain sign a nuclear test ban treaty
- Scandals in British Parliament leads to resignations of key officials
- "Great train robbery" in Britain yields £2.5 million for thieves
- Kenya gains independence
- Pope John XXIII dies; Cardinal Montini elected Pope, takes name of Paul VI
- Washington-Moscow "hot line" established
- Congress expands its investigation of organized crime
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