1961....????

It was the last year that remained the same when you turned it upside-down. The last such year before 1961 was 1881. The next one won't occur until 6009!

1961 = 37 X 53

1961 is 25 more than the closest smaller square 1936 = 44 X 44. It is 64 less than the closest larger square 2025 = 45 X 45, and 25 and 64 are also both squares!

I was there - and I have some amzing memories...

John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th President

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as Vice President

The Berlin Wall goes up between East and West Germany

Peace Corps is founded

Freedom Riders are attacked in Birmingham, Alabama

Jimmy Hoffa becomes president of the Teamsters Union

Soviets put the first man into orbit when Major Yuri A. Gagarin orbits the Earth on April 12

Baseball legend Ty Cobb dies

Roger Maris hits 61 home runs to take the home run record

NY Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds to take the World Series

A.J. Foyt sets a new land speed record (139.130 mph) at the Indianapolis 500

ON TELEVISION:

The Defenders, Dennis the Menace

Lassie, Candid Camera, Bullwinkle Show

Car 54 Where Are You?, The Rifleman Ben Casey

I've Got a Secret, The Price is Right

Bugs Bunny, Dick Van Dyke Show

Dobie Gillis, Steve Allen Show

Naked City, Bob Newhart Show

Donna Reed Show, The Untouchables

Dr. Kildare, Hazel Route 66

The Flintstones ,The Andy Griffith Show ,The Avengers

WHAT THINGS COST:

Car: $2,275

Gasoline: 31 cents per gallon

House: $18,800

Bread: 21 cents per loaf

Milk: $1.05 per gallon

Postage Stamp: 4 cents

Average Annual Salary: $6,471

Minimum Wage: $1.15 per hour

http://www.iwannagetthat.com/NewFiles/1961.html

I was born on November 11, 1961. And it has been 45 years since then up to now!

All the others have pretty well given most of the things those of us who remember 1961 well.

I started grade 13 in Sept/61. I was only 16 yrs old!! YAAA.

So I digress to being a little quick off the 'mark'. Mark B.

1961.

JFK took office, The Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba failed, Del Shanon released "Runaway", Breakfast at Tiffany's, 101 Dalmations, West Side Story, The Berlin Wall was erected, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs for the world champion Yankees, the 23rd amendment to the constitution is ratified, Alan Shephard becomes the first American in space, Ernest Hemingway kills himself, Catch-22 is published, Adolf Eichmann guilty of war crimes during the holocaust-------want more?

It's is the last year since 1881, and only year until 6009 that looks the same when flipped 180 degrees.

1961 is an ambigram.

An ambigram looks exactly the same when turned upside-down.

The year I graduated from High school.

the year I joined the army and Kennedy went into office

the year u were born?? LOL