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NEXT: Click here to go to 2010 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 2005 was $56,154, with families spending 25.5% of their income on public university ($14,310 sticker price, annually) or 61.5% on private university ($34,549 sticker price, annually). Also in 2005… The first free Parliamentary elections in Iraq since […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 2005 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 2000 was $57,726, with families spending 20% of their income on public university ($11,548 sticker price, annually) or 53.1% on private university ($30,692 sticker price, annually). Also in 2000… Pick a year: 197519801985199019952000200520102014 America Online purchases Time […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 2000 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1995 was $52,933, with families spending 20.1% of their income on public university ($10,628 sticker price, annually) or 50% on private university ($26,487 sticker price, annually). Also in 1995… Mississippi ratifies the 13th Amendment, becoming the last […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 1995 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1990 was $54,235, with families spending 16.6% of their income on public university ($9,030 sticker price, annually) or 44.3% on private university ($24,049 sticker price, annually). Also in 1990… General Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces in […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 1990 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1985 was $51,963, with families spending 16.1% of their income on public university ($8,427 sticker price, annually) or 37.2% on private university ($19,342 sticker price, annually). Also in 1985… WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden Coca-Cola changes […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 1985 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1980 was $50,881, with families spending 14.9% of their income on public university ($7587 sticker price, annually) or 32.1% on private university ($16,339 sticker price, annually). Also in 1980… The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 1980 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1975 was $51,923, with families spending 14.2% of their income on public university ($7,938 sticker price, annually) or 31.7% on private university $16,475 sticker price, annually). Also in 1975… John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman […]