Life In America 1992 – Average household income is $30,030. DNA “finger printing” is invented. Bill Clinton is elected President. Mafia boss, John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison. The first McDonald’s opens in Beijing. The world’s largest shopping mall, Mall of America opens in Minnesota. Whitney Houston croons Dolly Parton’s theme, I Will [...]
Life In America 1991 – Average household income is $29,430. The Balkan war begins. The Dow hits 3000 for the first time. Jeffery Dahmer is arrested. Rodney King’s beating shakes LA. The internet is made available for unrestricted commercial use. Microsoft issues MS Dos 5.0. Future governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger appears in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. [...]
Life In America 1990 – Average household income is $28,960. The US is entering a recession. Interest rates are at 10% and inflation is running at 5.39%. Troops are sent to Kuwait to drive the Iraqi’s out. The first in-car GPS system goes on sale. On TV we’re watching the comedy, In Living Color, and [...]
Life In America 1975 – While the average family income has risen, now $14,100, the rate of inflation is still eroding real buying power. The war in Vietnam comes to an official close as the embassy in Saigon falls. Heiress Patty Hearst is captured. The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in a storm on Lake Superior, and [...]
Life In America 1974 – While the median family income has risen, now $12,840, the 11.3% inflation rate has actually made this year’s income less than 1973’s. Nixon is forced to resign. OPEC embargoes oil for five months, creating the worst recession since the depression. The national speed limit is reduced to 55 MPH to [...]
Life In America 1973 – The median family income is $12,050. President Nixon suspends combat operations in Vietnam and at the same time, much to our relief, suspends the draft. In October, the first fuel crisis hits. Fuel prices go up slightly and there is rationing. TV is moving from comedy to drama with The [...]
Life In America 1972 – The median family income is $11,120. Burglars are caught raiding the offices of the Watergate offices of the Democratic National Committee, setting the stage for Nixon’s resignation. 11 Israeli athletes are kidnapped and killed at the Munich Olympics. Archie Bunker is kissed by Sammy Davis, on the All In The [...]
Life In America 1971 – The median family income is $10,000. President Nixon makes historic trip to China. The New York Times releases the Pentagon Papers. DB Cooper jumps from a passenger jet with $200,000, never to be seen again. On TV the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuts. Peter Falk begins his long shuffle [...]
Life In America 1970 – The median family income is $9,870. The first Earth Day attracts 20-million participants world-wide. Four are killed at Kent State, Ohio when the National Guard opens fire on students protesting the war. Cigarette advertising is banned from TV. Two new comedies hit the airwaves; The Mary Tyler Moore Show and [...]
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