Statistics & What was "News"....
 

• The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa. 

• The first hand-held calculator was invented in 1967 by Texas Instruments, at a cost of $2,500 a piece.

<http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1960.htm>

More FACTS about this decade. 

• Unemployment 3,852,000
• National Debt 286.3 Billion
• Average Salary $4,743
• Teacher's Salary $5,174
• Minimum Wage $1.00
• Life Expectancy:  Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years
• Auto deaths 21.3 per 100,000
• An estimated 850,000 "war baby" freshmen enter college; emergency living quarters are set up in dorm lounges, hotels and trailer camps.
   
  <http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html>

• The birth control pill became widely available and abortion for cause was legalized in Colorado in 1967.  In 1967, both abortion and artificial insemination became legal in some states.

<http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html#book>

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