Trivia Dates As The New Year Rolls Along, Watch For These Anniversaries To Celebrate

So we survived the 25th anniversary of Woodstock, the 30th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in America and the 20th anniversary of “The Towering Inferno.” There’s no rest, of course: 1995 will offer just as vigorous a test of our collective memories.

Clip and save this selective listing - and be the first on your block to know which significant pop culture anniversaries we’ll be celebrating this year. (Perhaps this head start will inspire some really enterprising readers to cash in on the nostalgia. Sorry, the “20th Anniversary of the Hustle” commemorative coin already has been spoken for.)

60th anniversary (1935)

Elvis Presley’s birth (Jan. 8)

“Porgy and Bess.”

The Marx Brothers’ “A Night at the Opera.”

50th anniversary (1945)

“Carousel.”

George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”

40th anniversary (1955)

“Rock Around the Clock” becomes the first rock ‘n’ roll single to hit No. 1.

Bill Hayes’ chart-topping “Ballad of Davy Crockett” caps a craze for coonskin caps.

James Dean’s death (Sept. 30) and his hit movie “Rebel Without a Cause.”

39 classic “The Honeymooners” episodes.

“The $64,000 Question,” the first of the big-money quiz shows.

Disneyland opens and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premieres on TV.

30th anniversary (1965)

Television premieres of “Get Smart,” “My Mother, the Car” and “Green Acres.”

“The Sound of Music.”

The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

Bob Dylan goes electric.

Two fun couples debut: Sonny and Cher (“I Got You, Babe”) and Simon and Garfunkel (“The Sounds of Silence”).

Grateful Dead play their first gig.

“The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Alex Haley.

25th anniversary (1970)

TV premieres of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Odd Couple,” “Monday Night Football” and “The Partridge Family.”

“Love Story” (the movie).

“Patton.”

The Carpenters’ first No. 1 song, “Close to You.”

Deaths of Jimi Hendrix (Sept. 18) and Janis Joplin (Oct. 4).

“Five Easy Pieces.”

“M.A.S.H.” (the movie).

20th anniversary (1975)

“Feelings” by Morris Albert.

The Hustle (not to mention Donna Summer’s “Love to Love You, Baby”).

TV premieres of “The Jeffersons,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Welcome Back, Kotter.”

“Jaws.”

Bruce Springsteen on the cover of Time and Newsweek the same week (Oct. 27); “Born to Run” released.

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

“Nashville.”

“A Chorus Line.”

10th anniversary (1985)

Live Aid (July 13) and “We Are the World.”

TV premieres of “Moonlighting” and “The Golden Girls.”

Rock Hudson’s death from AIDS (Oct. 2).

“Les Miserables.”

“The Color Purple.”

Fifth anniversary (1990)

“Twin Peaks.”

“Dances with Wolves.”