Life In America 1984 –Household income averages is up, $21,600. Aids has been identified and is not as wide spread as first believed, Apple introduces the Macintosh computer. 70 US banks fail. The Olympic Games are held in LA and for once traffic is bearable. Comedies are big at the box office with Beverly Hills [...]
Life In America 1983 –Household income averages $21,070. Unemployment is at 9.7 percent, the highest since 1941. Microsoft introduces Word. The first mobile phones are introduced by Motorola. On TV we’re being entertained by the men of the A-Team. Michael Jackson’s video, Thriller, is aired for the first time and goes on to become the [...]
Life In America 1982 – Argentina and Britain go to war over the Falkland Islands. Disney opens their futuristic amusement park EPCOT in Orlando. Toyota introduces the Camry. We’re listening to the J. Geils Band’s Centerfold, and Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger. At the movies E.T. is winning hearts and audiences. And Stallone sheds Rocky [...]
Life In America 1981 – The average income is $21,050/year. Ronald Reagan is elected President. Unemployment is 7.1%. Charles, the Duke of Wales marries Diana Spencer. The virus we now know as AIDS is identified. MS-DOS is released by Microsoft along with the first IBM PC. On TV we’re watching Hill Street Blues, and The [...]
Life In America 1980 – The average income has increased to $19,500/year. The US boycotts the Moscow Olympics. Mt. St. Helens erupts. John Lennon is gunned down in New York City. 30% of US auto sales are now imports, primarily from Japan. We’re listening to Queen’s, Another one Bites the Dust, and Willie Nelson’s, On [...]
Life In America 1979 – The average income is $17,500/year, interest rates are 15.25%. Lee Iacocca has asked the Feds for money to bail out Chrysler. Ayatollah Khomeini establishes an Islamic Republic in Iran, in the process 23 American embassy workers are taken hostage. Sony introduces the Walkman at $200. The Dukes of Hazard, ESPN [...]
Life In America 1978 – The average income is $17,000/year, and inflation is still an issue. A new home sells for $58,000. The first mobile phone is introduced. The Japanese now account for 50% of import car sales. 918 followers of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple commit mass suicide in Guyana. The Blues Brothers debut on [...]
Life In America 1977 – The average income is $15,000/year, inflation is coming under control. The Department of Energy is created in the wake of the fuel crisis. Gary Gilmore becomes the first prisoner to be executed since capital punishment was halted in 1972. The first Apple computers go on sale. On TV, if you’re [...]
Life In America 1976 –Its the year of the Bi-Centennial. Family income continues to rise, but is eroded by ongoing inflation. Jimmy Carter is elected president. Microsoft and Apple are formed. The US Naval Academy accepts its first female midshipmen (err…women). Musically the nation’s rocking to The Eagle’s Hotel California, their album Greatest Hits, becomes [...]
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