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Everyday life, prices and memories of past decades — and the stories behind the game.
90s Nostalgia, Year by Year: USA, Germany, Russia
A tour of the 1990s in three countries, year by year: the news lines, plus what a month's pay bought in the USA, Germany and Russia.
Average Salary in 1970 and What It Bought
The average American earned about $565 a month in 1970. See what it paid for (bread, rent, a TV, a car) and how it compares with 1960 and 1980.
Gas Prices in 1970 — and Every Decade from 1950 to 2010
In 1970 gas cost about 38 cents a gallon. See the price per gallon every decade from 1950 to 2010 and how many gallons an average wage bought.
Life in the Soviet Union and East Germany: Prices and Daily Life
What did life in the Soviet Union and East Germany cost? Wages, bread, rent, TVs and cars from 1970 to 1990, plus the news and the waiting lists behind them.
What Generation Am I? Calculator by Birth Year
Boomer, Gen X, millennial or Gen Z? Enter your birth year to see your generation and the headline news from the year you turned 10 and 14.
What Happened the Year You Were Born? (USA, Germany, USSR)
Enter your birth year to see that year's news in the USA, Germany and the USSR, what a month's pay bought, and when TV and the internet arrived.