TIME CAPSULE
1965: convenience store, lava lamp and pop art
President Lyndon B. Johnson sends combat troops—3,500 Marines—to Vietnam. Civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, brave attacks, prompting passage of the Voting Rights Act. Tethered to the Gemini, Ed White is the first American to walk in space. Ironworkers in St. Louis weld the final piece of the Gateway Arch into place. The Rolling Stones release “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” their first No. 1 single in the U.S. Muhammad Ali keeps his world heavyweight title, dropping challenger Sonny Liston with a KO in under two minutes. And Merriam-Webster adds these entries.
BOGART: Slang for bullying, and later for monopolizing something, such as cigarettes, inspired by the actor’s tough-guy image, right top, and style of smoking.
DOO-WOP: Vocal groups who sing in harmony—and use the nonsense syllables that give this music genre its name—include The Temptations, who release “My Girl.” CONVENIENCE STORE: Kwik Trip and Kwik Shoppe open their first locations, adding to the trend of small stores designed for speedy grocery runs, especially outside traditional hours. EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME: As birth rates decline and families move more, some parents feel let down when the kids move out.
FLASHCUBE: Kodak adapts some of its cameras for this cheap add-on that lets photographers squeeze off four flash shots in a row, right middle.
HIPPIE: A movement flowers among young people who reject the Vietnam War and resist authority and tradition.
KIWIFRUIT: Growers in California establish vineyards of the Chinese gooseberry, above, which is renamed for the country that exported it: New Zealand.
LAVA LAMP: Groovy kids covet these hypnotic mood lights with colorful blobs of undulating wax. MACROBIOTIC:
Holistic lifestyle guru George Ohsawa’s You Are All Sanpaku inspires westerners to try living and eating in harmony with nature.
MINIDRESS: Model Jean Shrimpton gives a simple reason for why her dress stops a scandalous 4 inches above the knee: not enough fabric.
POP ART: Young artists use commercial objects such as soup cans—and later, celebrities—in their provocative work, left bottom.
SKYBOX: Luxury enclosures for select patrons—high above the nosebleed seats—are just one of the sports stadium firsts at the state-of-theart Houston Astrodome.
TALK SHOW: Veteran TV host Merv Griffin gets a new syndicated show that gives him 90 minutes for in-depth interviews and world-class chatting. See more on page 14.
TEENYBOPPER: At Shea Stadium in New York, the Fab Four can barely hear their own playing over the screams of 55,600 mostly female fans—the largest concert crowd in history.
WHEELIE: Introduced in 1963, Schwinn’s popular Sting-Rays are favorites for this balancing act.