Flashback to 1962 - A Timeline of Life in America

I graduated from High School in 1962..those were great years to be a teen..

I was 15 in 1962. We had been practicing emergency alert drills for several years where students moved under their desks and covered their heads in case of incoming bombs from Russia. It was during the time of the Cold War and some people built underground bomb shelters in their backyards. But no one locked their front doors at night, the car keys were left on the floor of the car so we always knew where they were, every kid on the block played kick the can in the street until the street lights came on, we walked to school rain or shine, and if you were out walking around town during school hours any adult felt it their responsibility and duty to stop you and ask why you weren’t in school. We had dress codes in school, girls were not allowed to wear pants except our gym shorts which were required, too short of a skirt would get you sent home to change along with too low of a neckline. No one wore logo clothes, they didn’t exist, neither did panty hose, hot rollers, curling irons or personal hair dryers. We went to the library to do research for school papers and hand wrote them using cursive handwriting that we had learned in grade school. Literally like another world.

It was a good year to be born. I grew up with all of this. I am truly blessed.

Would go back to 62 in a heartbeat! the best of the best times for me the mid 60's

I’m So thankful I lived and grew up through 60s 70s 80s era. Great times in America. 🇺🇸❤️

Loved 1962 A Jr in high school, being taught by teachers that loved to teach and loved us. No social media and main stream media was about reporting. I got to live during a growing America.

Also: In September 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies debuted on CBS running until 1971.

Wow, and I was here for all of it! (But I was only a year old and don't remember it) 🙂👍

The year I was born 1962. I will be 62 this year. I love watching these shows. Love from Marysville California

This was the year that I moved to southern California as a 2-year-old toddler — just a week after the Cuban Missile Crisis — and where I would spend my most cherished years growing up. Thanks for bringing this retrospective to YouTube.

I turned 15 in ' 62....it was a great time to be a teenager.

I was born in 1962 and live just a few miles from that first KMart, which was just recently torn down and is destined to be an LA Fitness supposedly...progress. I guess... BTW, this is now my favorite YT channel and your quiet, understated pacing of these videos is amazingly perfect!

Wow a lot happened... Plus I graduated HS, took summer classes at UofM, got into a boat accident and had two operations and had to drop out of collage.... Busy year alright.

On October 1, 1962 , I turned 3 years old and I was blissfully unaware of anything in this video. I might have known about Campbell’s soups.

This channel is a breath of sanity.

These trips down “Recollection Road” are fantastic. They’re informative as they are tranquil & sublime. Keep ‘em coming 👍. Thank you!

I was 14 during that year and entered 9th Grade in September. And Tommy Roe's "Sheila" was the #! song of that year.

I had forgotten about Vaughn Meader. I watched him on Ed Sullivan with my parents. His career sure took a hit when President Kennedy was killed, never to rebound.

No matter how much I hear about it, the death of Marilyn Monroe always gets to me. Great video!

Thank you! 😀 very much appreciated... I was 10 years old too.. good times 👍