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Deep Thought

Deep Thought

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Check your time capsule here.

I'm one of the oldest cats here obviously (the following has been edited)...

Tuesday, February 27, 1973

US President
Richard M. Nixon

Top News Headlines This Week:
Feb 27 - Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee

Top Songs for 1973
"Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack
"Top of the World" by Carpenters
"Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips

1973 Prices
Bread: $0.27/loaf
Milk: $1.36/gal US
Eggs: $1.22/doz
Car: $4,052
Gas: $0.39/gal
House: $35,500
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $13,622/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr

People born on February 27
1902 - John Steinbeck Salinas CA, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)
1932 - Elizabeth Taylor London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes

On TV in 1973
Columbo
Emergency
The Brady Bunch
The Waltons
All in the Family
M*A*S*H
Hawaii Five-0
The Odd Couple

Hot New Toys in 1973
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle - had that
The Lone Ranger Action Figure - didn't
Boggle - had that
Perfection - had that
Dungeons & Dragons - didn't
Fisher-Price Movie Viewer - had that
Shrinky Dinks - ?
 
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Juan Million

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Thursday, September 22, 1983

US President: Ronald Reagan
US Vice President: George Bush

Top News Headlines This Week:
Sep 22 - NASA launches Galaxy-B Sep 22 - Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" Sep 22 - Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall) Sep 22 - USSR performs underground nuclear test Sep 23 - Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 Sep 23 - Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 300th game (beating St Louis Cards)

Top Songs for 1983:
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
All Night Long by Lionel Richie
Beat It by Michael Jackson
Flashdance by Irene Cara
Every Breath You Take by Police
Islands In the Stream by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Say Say Say by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Down Under by Men at Work
Baby, Come to Me by Patti Austin & James Ingram

1983 Prices:
Bread: $0.54/loaf
Milk: $1.89/gal
Eggs: $1.43/doz
Car: $10,606
Gas: $1.23/gal
House: $89,800
Stamp: $0.20/ea
Avg Income: $28,638/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,259

People born on September 22:
1960 - Scott Baio Bkln, (Joanie loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, Zapped)
1942 - David J Stern, NBA commissioner (1984- )
1902 - John Houseman Bucharest Romania, actor (Kingsfield-Paper Chase)
1956 - Debby Boone Hackensack NJ, singer-had her life lit up
1960 - Joan Jett Phila, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll)

On TV in 1983:
Hill Street Blues
Knight Rider
Cagney & Lacey
Family Ties
Dallas
St. Elsewhere
Remington Steele
Cheers
Taxi
Magnum P.I.

Hot New Toys in 1983:
Monchichi
Cabbage Patch Kids
Nintendo Entertainment System
Rainbow Brite dolls
 
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Friday March 6, 1981

Mar 6 - Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"
Top Songs for 1981
Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
Kiss On My List by Daryl Hall & John Oates 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Private Eyes by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Physical by Olivia Newton-John Arthur's Theme by Christopher Cross
I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt Rapture by Blondie

1981 Prices US President
Bread: $0.53/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk: $1.69/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.26/doz George Bush
Car: $8,910 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $1.35/gal Best Picture: Chariots Of Fire

Best Actor: Henry Fonda
in On Golden Pond
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn
in On Golden Pond

House: $83,000
Stamp: $0.18/ea
Avg Income: $25,838/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 875
People born on March 6
1972 - Shaquille O'Neal Newark NJ, NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Olympics-gold-96)
1475 - Michelangelo, painter (David)
1923 - Ed McMahon Detroit MI, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
1926 - Alan Greenspan economist/Presidential advisor (Federal Reserve Board)
1960 - [Eris] Sleepy Floyd NBA guard
1973 - Greg Ostertag NBA center (Utah Jazz)

On TV in 1981
Mork & Mindy Three's Company CHiPs
Magnum P.I. Taxi Charlie's Angels
M*A*S*H

Hot New Toys in 1981
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Trivial Pursuit
 
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HotCarolinaBabe

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1981 Prices
Bread: $0.53/loaf
Milk: $1.69/gal
Eggs: $1.26/doz
Car: $8,910
Gas: $1.35/gal

US President
Ronald Reagan
US Vice President
George Bush
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: Chariots Of Fire

Best Actor: Henry Fonda
in On Golden Pond
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn
in On Golden Pond

House: $83,000
Stamp: $0.18/ea
Avg Income: $25,838/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 875
People born on June 8
1933 - Joan Rivers Brooklyn, comedian (The Late Show, Hollywood Squares)
1940 - Nancy Sinatra Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin'
1944 - Boz Scaggs, [William Royce], Dallas Tx, rocker (Steve Miller Band)

On TV in 1981
Soap CHiPs Taxi
Magnum P.I. Dallas WKRP in Cincinnati
Laverne & Shirley Hill Street Blues Charlie's Angels
Three's Company

Hot New Toys in 1981
Fashion Fragrance Darci Penny Racers Dark Tower
Trivial Pursuit He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
 
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Tuesday, September 17, 1985
Top News Headlines This Week:
Sep 17 - Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
Sep 18 - "Song & Dance" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 474 performances
Sep 18 - BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
Sep 19 - 9,500 die in Mexico's earthquake (6.9)
Sep 19 - 12,000 die & 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1)
Sep 19 - N S Chernykh discovers asteroid #3986 Rozhkovskij

Top Songs for 1985
Shout by Tears for Fears
We Are The World by USA for Africa
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner
Careless Whisper by Wham!
Say You, Say Me by Lionel Richie
The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & the News
Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon
Broken Wings by Mr. Mister
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears

1985 Prices US President
Bread: $0.55/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk: $1.98/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.20/doz George Bush
Car: $11,902
Gas: $1.20/gal

US President
Ronald Reagan
US Vice President
George Bush

Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: Out Of Africa
Directed By Sidney Pollack
Best Actor: William Hurt
in Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Best Actress: Geraldine Page
in Trip To Bountiful

House: $100,800
Stamp: $0.22/ea
Avg Income: $32,944/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,547

People born on September 17
1948 - John Ritter Burbank Calif, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hooperman)
1709 - Samuel Johnson, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide)
1923 - Hank Williams country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin')
1928 - Roddy McDowall actor (Planet of the Apes, Lord Love a Duck)
1931 - Anne Bancroft AKA Mrs Mel Brooks, Bronx, actress (Graduate)

On TV in 1985
Cheers Night Court The Cosby Show
Moonlighting St. Elsewhere L.A. Law
Miami Vice The Golden Girls Cagney & Lacey
Family Ties

Hot New Toys in 1985
M.U.S.C.L.E. Men Pound Puppies Takara's Jenny
Teddy Ruxpin Get in Shape Girl! The Care Bears
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) She-Ra: Princess of Power Flash and Sizzle Jem/Jerrica

Top Books in 1985
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley


Damn '85 was craccin........
 
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MiZnKoNsPiQuOz

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Top News Headlines This Week:

Oct 11 - NASA launches space vehicle S-208 Oct 11 - VP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R) Oct 11 - 1st space walk by US woman (Dr Kathryn D Sullivan) Oct 11 - August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in NYC Oct 12 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying Oct 13 - Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders

Top Songs for 1984:

Against All Odds by Phil Collins
When Doves Cry by Prince
What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Like a Virgin by Madonna
Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
Jump by Van Halen
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder<~~AWW LEADER=0)
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!

1984 Prices US President:

Bread: $0.54/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk: $1.94/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.16/doz George Bush
Car: $11,450 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $1.20/gal Best Picture: Amadeus
Directed By Milos Forman
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham
in Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Fields
in Places In The Heart

House: $97,600
Stamp: $0.20/ea
Avg Income: $31,052/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,212

People born on October 11:

1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt 1st lady/crusader
1918 - Jerome Robbins choreographer/composer (Tony-West Side Story)
1948 - Daryl Hall rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)

On TV in 1984:

Cagney & Lacey St. Elsewhere Cheers
Miami Vice Night Court Family Ties
Knight Rider The Cosby Show Hill Street Blues
Remington Steele

Hot New Toys in 1984:

Body Boggle,Sweet Secrets Lockets,Axis & Allies,
WWF Action Figures,Rollerblades,GoBots,
Sweet Secrets,Transformable Jewelry

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Help with a project

I need to find out the price of bread, gas and milk for the following:
March 26, 1962
April 14, 1959
March 18, 1997

Can you help???
 
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fillyacup

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Top Songs for 1986
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Walk Like an Egyptian by Bangles
Stuck with You by Huey Lewis & the News Kiss by Prince & the Revolution
On My Own by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald That's What Friends Are For by Dionne & Friends
Papa Don't Preach by Madonna Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston
Kyrie by Mr. Mister How Will I Know by Whitney Houston

1986 Prices US President
Bread: $0.56/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk: $1.92/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.21/doz George Bush
Car: $12,894 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.93/gal Best Picture: Platoon
Directed By Oliver Stone
Best Actor: Paul Newman
in The Color Of Money
Best Actress: Marlee Martin
in Children Of Lesser God

House: $111,900
Stamp: $0.22/ea
Avg Income: $34,924/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,896


On TV in 1986
Matlock L.A. Law Head of the Class
Alf Moonlighting Amen
Hunter My Sister Sam The Golden Girls
Miami Vice

Hot New Toys in 1986
GoBots Rock Lords Super Madballs Glo Worm Glo Friends
Sega Master System Cabbage Patch Kids GUTS
Lazer Tag Kid Sister Pictionary

Top Books in 1986
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
 
KALYN

KALYN

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Friday, December 31, 1971
Top News Headlines This Week:
Dec 31 - KAID TV channel 4 in Boise ID (PBS) begins broadcasting Dec 31 - Lt Gen Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA Jan 1 - International Book Year begins Jan 1 - "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City NY after 690 performances Jan 1 - KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen SD (PBS) begins broadcasting Jan 1 - People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebulic of China
Top Songs for 1971
Knock Three Times by Dawn Maggie May by Rod Stewart
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
It's Too Late by Carole King Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone One Bad Apple by Osmonds
Brand New Key by Melanie Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher
1971 Prices US President
Bread: $0.25/loaf Richard M. Nixon
Milk: $1.32/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.18/doz Spiro T. Agnew
Car: $3,742 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.36/gal
Best Picture: The French Connection
Directed By William Friedkin
Best Actor: Gene Hackman
in The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda
in Klute
House: $28,300
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $11,583/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 890
 
scientist

scientist

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interesting. what website did you get this information from?

KALYN said:
Friday, December 31, 1971
Top News Headlines This Week:
Dec 31 - KAID TV channel 4 in Boise ID (PBS) begins broadcasting Dec 31 - Lt Gen Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA Jan 1 - International Book Year begins Jan 1 - "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City NY after 690 performances Jan 1 - KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen SD (PBS) begins broadcasting Jan 1 - People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebulic of China
Top Songs for 1971
Knock Three Times by Dawn Maggie May by Rod Stewart
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
It's Too Late by Carole King Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone One Bad Apple by Osmonds
Brand New Key by Melanie Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher
1971 Prices US President
Bread: $0.25/loaf Richard M. Nixon
Milk: $1.32/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.18/doz Spiro T. Agnew
Car: $3,742 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.36/gal
Best Picture: The French Connection
Directed By William Friedkin
Best Actor: Gene Hackman
in The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda
in Klute
House: $28,300
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $11,583/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 890
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iaoish

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Friday, September 10, 1982
Top News Headlines This Week:
Sep 10 - Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album Sep 11 - 96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61) Sep 11 - Debbie Maffett (Calif), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983 Sep 11 - Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroid #6949 Sep 11 - Chris Evert 6th US open title defeats Hana Mandlikava Sep 12 - Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon
Top Songs for 1982
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
I Love Rock æn' Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder Centerfold by J. Geils Band
Don't You Want Me by Human League Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Chicago

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
People born on September 10
1907 - Fay Wray Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze
1945 - Jos‚ Feliciano Lares PR, singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)

On TV in 1982
T.J. Hooker Little House: A New Beginning 9 to 5
Simon & Simon The A-Team Gloria
Dynasty Newhart Falcon Crest
The Fall Guy

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
 
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