How many years ago was 1965?

How long ago was 1965?

To put into perspective how long ago 1965 was:

• A person who turned 21 in 1965 is now 80 years of age.
• The teenagers that existed in 1965 are now 72–78 years old.
• Five decades have passed since then.
• The United States was still embroiled in the Vietnam War.
• The assassination of JFK had occurred only two years previously.
• Man hadn't walked on the moon yet.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 88 inches since 1965.
• There have been roughly 3,068 weekends since then.
• Names such as Dustin Hoffman, Aretha Franklin, and Janis Joplin were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles, "Come See About Me" by The Supremes, "Downtown" by Petula Clark, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers, "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & The Playboys, and "My Girl" by The Temptations.
• Films such as "Thunderball", "The Sound of Music", "The Great Race", "The Sandpiper", "What's New Pussycat?", and "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" were playing at movie theaters in 1965.
• The Earth has travelled 266 billion miles through space since 1965.
• Video game consoles did not exist in 1965.
• Buttons on phones were relatively new.
• Pocket calculators didn't exist.
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 148 centimeters since 1965.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 118–177 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 236 seasons of weather.
• People didn't have answering machines.
• "Hullabaloo", "Where the Action Is", and "I Dream of Jeannie" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.