Back in Our Day

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Back in Our Day. Sources are listed under each section. News and events from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Weather reconstructed from the ERA5 climate record (Open-Meteo.com, CC BY 4.0). Prices from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. Names from the Social Security Administration. Charts from Billboard via Wikipedia. Famous birthdays and TV from Wikidata (CC0). Photos via Wikimedia Commons and NASA, credited at the end of each issue.

Back in Our DayThe Day You Were Born

The day she arrived

Linda

October 4, 1957 · Chicago

The cover photo is from their town, the decade they were born.

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Chapters31 of 32 pages

Always included: the title page, the day itself and the credits.

The front page2 pages
What things cost2 pages
The way you lived: the car, the house, the kitchen3 pages
Their hometown back then3 pages
At the movies, and the stars of the year2 pages
The albums of the year2 pages
The big stories of the year4 pages
The first years, one by one4 pages
Questions to ask Mom, with room to write2 pages
Crazes, dances and slang2 pages
Toys, treats and the dinner table2 pages
Inventions and grand openings3 pages
What people wore2 pages
What people did for work2 pages
Books and TV2 pages
The champions of the year2 pages
Your class: famous birthdays and baby names3 pages
Your life, decade by decade3 pages

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