Mar 1 - Australia suspends champion swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-years for misconduct
Mar 1 - Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle Québec Canada)
Mar 1 - WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mar 2 - "Sound Of Music" opens
Mar 2 - Montcalm Community College in Sidney MI, founded
Mar 3 - Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
Top
Songs for 1965
Help!
by Beatles
Yesterday
by Beatles
I Got You Babe
by Sonny & Cher
You've Lost The Lovin' Feelin'
by Righteous Brothers
Turn! Turn! Turn!
by Byrds
Satisfaction
by Rolling Stones
Downtown
by Petula Clark
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter
by Herman's Hermits
I Can't Help Myself
by Four Tops
This Diamond Ring
by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
1965 Prices
US
President
Bread:
$0.21/loaf
Lyndon B. Johnson
Milk:
$1.05/gal
US
Vice President
Eggs:
$1.00/doz
Hubert H. Humphrey
Car:
$2,350
Academy Award Winners
Gas:
$0.31/gal
Best Picture:
The Sound Of Music
Directed By Robert Wise
Best Actor:
Lee Marvin
in Cat Ballou
Best Actress:
Julie Christie
in Darling
House:
$21,500
Stamp:
$0.05/ea
Avg Income:
$7,704/yr
Min Wage:
$1.25/hr
DOW Avg:
969
People born on February 28
1945 - Charles "Bubba" Smith Texas, NFLer (Baltimore Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1712 - Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, France, general
