Class of 1969
1969
Price of a Gallon of Gas: $ .34
Average In-State CA College Tuition: $ 323
Price of a Big Mac: $ .49
What was new in innovation, culture and education?
The Micro-Cassette was invented. (Audio recording device)
First man to walk on the moon and Vietnam War protests including Kent State.
Inhe U.S. Supreme Court rules that students' First Amendment rights were violated when they were suspended for wearing black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War. SCOTUS also decides busing is an appropriate method for integration.
PHS Hall of Fame recipient: Jim Kempton.