What America was like in 1984

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You were born in…

1984

This is where your story begins.

You’ve been here for

42

years

That’s about 15,300 days of history.

A first-class stamp in 1984 cost

20¢

Today the same stamp costs 82¢.

A dollar from 1984 would be worth

$3.24

today

Measured by the government’s Consumer Price Index.

The federal minimum wage in 1984 was

$3.35

an hour

Today it’s $7.25.

The president in 1984

Ronald Reagan

Since then you’ve lived under 7 presidents.

The 1980 census counted

227 million

Americans

By 2020 there were 331 million of us.

You’ve been around for

42

Super Bowls

From Super Bowl XIX in 1985 to Super Bowl LX in 2026.

You’re older than…

  • The World Wide Web opened to the public1991. You were 7.
  • Amazon sold its first book1995. You were 11.
  • Google was founded1998. You were 14.
  • Facebook launched2004. You were 20.
  • The iPhone went on sale2007. You were 23.
  • The iPad went on sale2010. You were 26.

So yes,

you’ve seen the worldchange a lot.

And you remember it.

Your 1984 story

That was 1984.

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