By the Numbers in 1991
World Population
—
UK Life Expectancy
58.2 years
US Life Expectancy
58.6 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$372.26
Dow Jones Index
3,557
US National Debt
—
Sovereign Nations
185
How Much Did Things Cost in 1991?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £62,455 | $100,000 |
| Average salary | £14,420 | $31,000 |
| Pint of milk | 26p | $0.56 |
| Loaf of bread | 52p | $0.72 |
| Dozen eggs | £1.04 | $1.01 |
| Pint of beer | £1.18 | $2.10 |
| Gallon of petrol/gas | £1.90 | $1.14 |
| Cinema ticket | £2.90 | $4.21 |
Technology and Inventions in 1991
The World Wide Web went public as Tim Berners-Lee published the first website. Ninetendo released the Super NES in the US, and mobile phones were starting to shrink from bricks to merely large handsets. Linus Torvalds released the first Linux kernel.
- ● The first website goes live at CERN
- ● Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) launched in the US
- ● Linux kernel first released by Linus Torvalds
- ● Apple launches the PowerBook laptop range
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