Cost Of Living 1959
Average Cost of new house $12,400.00
Average Yearly Wages $5,010.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 25 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,200.00
Movie Ticket $1.00
Loaf of Bread 20 cents
Kodak Movie camera $67.50
Ladies Stockings $1.00
Events That Happened in 1959
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba after Revolution with the first communist state in the west
Mattel's Barbie Doll is Launched
Alaska becomes the 49th State of the United States
Hawaii becomes the 50th State of the United States