By the Numbers in 1990
World Population
5.3B
UK Life Expectancy
58.1 years
US Life Expectancy
58.5 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$383.51
Dow Jones Index
2,753
US National Debt
3.2T
Sovereign Nations
185
How Much Did Things Cost in 1990?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £59,785 | $97,000 |
| Average salary | £13,760 | $30,000 |
| Pint of milk | 25p | $0.55 |
| Loaf of bread | 50p | $0.70 |
| Dozen eggs | £1.00 | $1.00 |
| Pint of beer | £1.10 | $2.00 |
| Gallon of petrol/gas | £1.80 | $1.16 |
| Cinema ticket | £2.80 | $4.23 |
Technology and Inventions in 1990
The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, though few outside academia knew about it yet. Home computing meant Amiga and Atari ST machines, and the first GPS satellites were being deployed. Microsoft shipped Windows 3.0, finally making PCs user-friendly.
- ● Windows 3.0 released by Microsoft
- ● Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
- ● The Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit
- ● The first GPS satellite constellation becomes partially operational
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