By the Numbers in 1976
World Population
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UK Life Expectancy
56.8 years
US Life Expectancy
57.2 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$382.07
Dow Jones Index
914
US National Debt
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Sovereign Nations
143
How Much Did Things Cost in 1976?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £12,704 | $44,200 |
| Average salary | £3,600 | $13,100 |
| Pint of milk | 9p | $0.43 |
| Loaf of bread | 20p | $0.30 |
| Dozen eggs | 38p | $0.84 |
| Pint of beer | 24p | $0.95 |
| Gallon of petrol/gas | 77p | $0.59 |
| Cinema ticket | 65p | $2.13 |
Technology and Inventions in 1976
Concorde entered commercial passenger service, flying London to Bahrain and Paris to Rio. Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in a California garage. JVC launched VHS, starting the format war with Sony's Betamax. The Cray-1, the first commercially successful supercomputer, was installed.
- ● Concorde enters commercial passenger service
- ● Apple Computer is founded by Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne
- ● JVC launches the VHS video format
- ● Cray-1 supercomputer installed at Los Alamos
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