The year you were born stats(for fun)

I came across this website and it is pretty fun to check out.(link is at bottom of post)


The year I was born(1972)YES, I AM OLD!!! Stop snickering

Top Songs for 1972
A Horse with No Name by America
Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
Me and Mrs. Jones by BillyPaul
American Pie by Don McLean
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
The Candy Man by Sammy Davis, Jr. Without You by Nilsson
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me by Mac Davis
Lean On Me by Bill Withers



Bread: $0.25/loaf
Milk: $1.33/gal (KINDA HIGH RIGHT?)
Eggs: $1.20/doz(SAME???)
Car: $3,879
Gas: $0.36/gal
House: $30,500
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $12,625/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 1,020

1972 Prices US President- Richard M. Nixon
US Vice President -Spiro T. Agnew


Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: The Godfather

Best Actor: Marlon Brando
in The Godfather


Best Actress: Liza Minelli
in Cabaret

On TV in 1972

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
All in the Family
Emergency
The Bob Newhart Show
The Brady Bunch
The Waltons
Columbo
M*A*S*H
Hawaii Five-0
The Odd Couple

Hot New Toys in 1972

Seance
Action Jackson
Odyssey (Odyssey 100)
Evel Knievel Figures
Hacky Sack
Fashion Plates
Radio Flyer
"Fireball 2000"
World's Greatest Super Heroes
Pong


http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp

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1979 - clearly an awful year for music!

Top Songs for 1979
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Bad Girls by Donna Summer
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer
ing My Bell by Anita Ward
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart
My Sharona by The Knack
Babe by Styx
Reunited by Peaches & Herb
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
Too Much Heaven by Bee Gees


1979 Prices
Milk: $1.50/gal
Eggs: $1.32/doz
Car: $6,847
Gas: $0.88/gal
House: $71,800
Stamp: $0.15/ea
Avg Income: $22,316/yr
Min Wage: $2.90/hr
DOW Avg: 839

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: Kramer Vs. Kramer
Directed By Robert Benton
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman
in Kramer Vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field
in Norma Rae



On TV in 1979
Charlie's Angels
Three's Company
CHiPs
Taxi
Alice
WKRP in Cincinnati
Soap
Dallas
Mork & Mindy
Laverne & Shirley


Hot New Toys in 1979
Big Boggle
Star Trek: The Motion Picture figures Big Trak
Sea Wees
Electronic Perfection
Intellivision
Strawberry Shortcake dolls

Top Books in 1979
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Sophie's Choice by William Styron The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

President: Carter
VP: Mondale

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'79 too

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1974

Top Songs for 1974
Billy, Don't Be a Hero by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
Seasons In the Sun by Terry Jacks
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
The Loco-Motion by Grand Funk
The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB with the Three Degrees
The Streak by Ray Stevens
Having My Baby by Paul Anka
Annie's Song by John Denver
I Can Help by Billy Swan

1974 Prices
Bread: $0.28/loaf
Milk: $1.39/gal
Eggs: $1.24/doz
Car: $4,440
Gas: $0.53/gal
House: $38,900
Stamp: $0.10/ea
Avg Income: $14,711/yr
Min Wage: $2.00/hr
DOW Avg: 616

US President
Gerald R. Ford
US Vice President
Nelson A. Rockefeller

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: The Godfather Part Ii
Directed By Francis Ford Coppola
Best Actor: Art Carney
in Harry And Tonto
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn
in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore


On TV in 1974
Emergency
The Bob Newhart Show
M*A*S*H
Little House on the Prairie
The Rockford Files
The Waltons
All in the Family
Happy Days
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Columbo


Hot New Toys in 1974
Connnect Four
Evel Knievel Dragster
Star Trek figures
Evel Knievel Stunt Stadium
Monchhichi
Planet of the Apes figures
Digger the Dog
Rubik's Cube
Sit 'N Spin


Top Books in 1974
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas
Working by Studs Terkel
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox

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Thursday, May 13, 1982

Top Songs for 1982
Jack & Diane by John Cougar I Love Rock æn' Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Centerfold by J. Geils Band
Don't You Want Me by Human League Maneater by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Chicago Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

1982 Prices US President
Bread: $0.53/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk: $1.79/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.11/doz George Bush
Car: $9,890 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $1.28/gal

Best Picture: Gandhi
Directed By Richard Attenborough
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley
in Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep
in Sophie's Choice

House: $83,900
Stamp: $0.20/ea
Avg Income: $27,391/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,047

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1982

Top Songs

Jack & Diane by John Cougar
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Maneater by Daryl Hall & John Oates Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
I Love Rock æn' Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band Centerfold by J. Geils Band
Don't You Want Me by Human League Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Chicago

Prices

Bread: $0.53/loaf
Milk: $1.79/gal
Eggs: $1.11/doz
Car: $9,890
Gas: $1.28/gal
House: $83,900
Stamp: $0.20/ea
Avg Income: $27,391/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,047

US President Ronald Reagan
US Vice President George Bush

Academy Award Winners

Best Picture: Gandhi
Directed By Richard Attenborough
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley
in Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep
in Sophie's Choice

On TV in 1982
Magnum P.I.
Hill Street Blues
Remington Steele
St. Elsewhere
Taxi
Cagney & Lacey
Knight Rider
Family Ties
WKRP in Cincinnati
Dallas

Hot New Toys in 1982

Glo Worm
ColecoVision
Tron
Trivial Pursuit

Top Books in 1982
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard