1964

<p><span class="deck">The Republican party ensured a landslide defeat when it nominated Barry Goldwater in 1964, but the Democrats did far more lasting damage to themselves at their convention in Atlantic City that year. In fact, they still haven’t recovered.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Four million Americans came into the world that year. Here are some who have already made their mark on 2006.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">It was a disaster from the beginning.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">What we spent to get through 1964</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Just as the year changed the nation, so its World Series changed American sports.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">On what they still called their “home screens,” Americans got to watch the future.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Viewing a transformation that still affects all of us—through the prism of a single year</span></p>