40 years

40 years ago:

The last episode of Star Trek aired
The New York Mets won the World Series
Man stepped foot on the moon
Gas was 35 cents a gallon
Richard Nixon became president
The US institutes the draft lottery for drafting for the Vietnam war
Chappaquiddick
Charles Manson followers kill Sharon Tate
Wal Mart incorporated
Rising inflation is a world wide problem
Woodstock attracts more than 400,000 in NY
First Concorde test flight
First ATM
Sesame Street makes its debut
Bell Bottom jeans and tie dyed shirts
250,000 people march on Washington to protest the Vietnam War
You could buy a transistor radio for $8.10

And oh yea...a class of kids from Caruthersville High School, graduated, went to college, found jobs, joined the military...thought about their futures...