25 Years...on Thursday

Well, my birthday is Thursday, my 25th birthday. Pretty nice, I am looking forward to it. Instead of acting all old, wise, and worldly, thought it would be more fun and interesting to look up the facts of my birth year, 1987. Truth is, I don't feel that different from last year...maybe that's because last year's birthday was a little under-celebrated because of the ice and blizzard that left everyone trapped in their houses for days. So this year I plan to have twice as much fun ;)

Enjoy!

1987

• Yearly Inflation Rate USA3.66% 
• Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1938 
• Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 8.75% 
• Average Cost of new house $92,000 
• Median Price Of and Existing Home $85,500 
• Average Income per year $24,350.00 
• Private 1st Class Army Per Year $9.385.20 
• Average Monthly Rent $395.00 
• Average Price for new car $10,3055.00 
• 1 gallon of gas 89 cents 
• 1 LB of Bacon $1.80 
• US Postage Stamp 24 cents 
• Dozen Eggs 65 cents 

Popular Cars

• Ford Escort $6,895 
• Ford Taurus $11,808 
• Honda Accord $10,925 

The US Population Estimated at 244.6 Million
The World's Population reaches approx five billion (5,000,000,000)

Popular Culture

• Prozac makes its debut in the United States

• Televangelist Jim Bakker Scandal

• The Simpsons seen on TV for the first time

• British Government Stops Publication in Britain of Spycatcher Book

• Search for Nessie reveals no evidence after 1.6 million dollar investment

Popular Films

• Three Men and a Baby
• Fatal Attraction
• Beverly Hills Cop II
• Good Morning, Vietnam
• The Untouchables
• Stakeout
• Lethal Weapon
• The Witches of Eastwick
• The Last Emperor
• Wall Street
• Dirty Dancing
• RoboCop
• Moonstruck

Popular Musicians

• Michael Jackson with " BAD " Album and a Single
• Lionel Richie "Do It to Me"
• Fleetwood Mac "Tango in the Night" Album
• Peter Gabriel
• Janet Jackson "Let's Wait Awhile" Single
• Heart "Alone" Single
• Whitney Houston "Whitney" Album / "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Single
• Bruce Hornsby with The Range ""Mandolin Rain" Single
• George Michael " Faith " Album and Single
• Bryan Adams "Into the Fire" Album
• Los Lobos ""La Bamba" Single
• Bananarama "Love in the First Degree" Single
• U2 "The Joshua Tree" Album and " With or Without You " Single

Pretty crazy how old this all seems...

M.LEWIS