Year by year · 1960–2020
What happened every year.
Sixty-one years, one page each: what groceries, gas and a stamp cost in the U.S., every song that reached #1, the news people talked about and who was in charge.
The 1960s
- 1960→“The Theme From ‘A Summer Place’”Stamp 4¢Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1961→“Tossin' And Turnin'”Stamp 4¢John F. Kennedy
- 1962→“I Can't Stop Loving You”Stamp 4¢John F. Kennedy
- 1963→“Sugar Shack”Stamp 5¢Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1964→“I Want To Hold Your Hand”Stamp 5¢Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1965→“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”Stamp 5¢Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1966→“The Ballad Of The Green Berets”Stamp 5¢Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1967→“I'm A Believer”Stamp 5¢Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1968→“Hey Jude”Stamp 6¢Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1969→“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)”Stamp 6¢Richard Nixon
The 1970s
- 1970→“Bridge Over Troubled Water”Stamp 6¢Richard Nixon
- 1971→“Joy To The World”Stamp 8¢Richard Nixon
- 1972→“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”Stamp 8¢Richard Nixon
- 1973→“Killing Me Softly With His Song”Stamp 8¢Richard Nixon
- 1974→“The Way We Were”Stamp 10¢Gerald Ford
- 1975→“Love Will Keep Us Together”Stamp 10¢Gerald Ford
- 1976→“Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)”Gas 61¢Gerald Ford
- 1977→“You Light Up My Life”Gas 66¢Jimmy Carter
- 1978→“Night Fever”Gas 67¢Jimmy Carter
- 1979→“My Sharona”Gas 90¢Jimmy Carter
The 1980s
- 1980→“Call Me”Gas $1.25Jimmy Carter
- 1981→“Bette Davis Eyes”Gas $1.38Ronald Reagan
- 1982→“I Love Rock 'N Roll”Gas $1.30Ronald Reagan
- 1983→“Every Breath You Take”Gas $1.24Ronald Reagan
- 1984→“Jump”Gas $1.21Ronald Reagan
- 1985→“Like A Virgin”Gas $1.20Ronald Reagan
- 1986→“That's What Friends Are For”Gas 93¢Ronald Reagan
- 1987→“Livin' On A Prayer”Gas 95¢Ronald Reagan
- 1988→“Roll With It”Gas 95¢Ronald Reagan
- 1989→“Miss You Much”Gas $1.02George H. W. Bush
The 1990s
- 1990→“Nothing Compares 2 U”Gas $1.16George H. W. Bush
- 1991→“(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”Gas $1.14George H. W. Bush
- 1992→“End Of The Road (From ‘Boomerang’)”Gas $1.13George H. W. Bush
- 1993→“I Will Always Love You”Gas $1.11Bill Clinton
- 1994→“I'll Make Love To You”Gas $1.11Bill Clinton
- 1995→“Fantasy”Gas $1.15Bill Clinton
- 1996→“Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”Gas $1.23Bill Clinton
- 1997→“Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight”Gas $1.23Bill Clinton
- 1998→“The Boy Is Mine”Gas $1.06Bill Clinton
- 1999→“Smooth”Gas $1.17Bill Clinton
The 2000s
- 2000→“Maria Maria”Gas $1.51Bill Clinton
- 2001→“All For You”Gas $1.46George W. Bush
- 2002→“Foolish”Gas $1.36George W. Bush
- 2003→“In Da Club”Gas $1.59George W. Bush
- 2004→“Yeah!”Gas $1.88George W. Bush
- 2005→“We Belong Together”Gas $2.29George W. Bush
- 2006→“SexyBack”Gas $2.59George W. Bush
- 2007→“Irreplaceable”Gas $2.80George W. Bush
- 2008→“Low”Gas $3.27George W. Bush
- 2009→“I Gotta Feeling”Gas $2.35Barack Obama
The 2010s
- 2010→“TiK ToK”Gas $2.79Barack Obama
- 2011→“We Found Love”Gas $3.53Barack Obama
- 2012→“Call Me Maybe”Gas $3.64Barack Obama
- 2013→“Blurred Lines”Gas $3.53Barack Obama
- 2014→“Happy”Gas $3.37Barack Obama
- 2015→“Uptown Funk!”Gas $2.45Barack Obama
- 2016→“Closer”Gas $2.14Barack Obama
- 2017→“Despacito”Gas $2.41Donald Trump
- 2018→“God's Plan”Gas $2.73Donald Trump
- 2019→“Old Town Road”Gas $2.64Donald Trump
The 2020s
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