JUNE 1, 1981

MONDAY
1981 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1981
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $247,894 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$3.17
Median Home Price$50,390.00
Gas Price Avg$1.21
Bread Price Avg$0.52
Movie Ticket Avg$2.92
First Class Stamp$0.16
Milk Price Avg$2.21
Top Movies From 1981
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1 Escape from New York
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Escape from New York
2 The Empire Strikes Back
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The Empire Strikes Back
3 Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
4 The Blues Brothers
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The Blues Brothers
5 Kramer vs. Kramer
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Kramer vs. Kramer
6 9 to 5
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9 to 5
7 The Jerk
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The Jerk
8 Airplane!
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Airplane!
9 Any Which Way You Can
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Any Which Way You Can
10 Private Benjamin
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Private Benjamin
Fort Apache, The Bronx
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Fort Apache, The Bronx
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
American Pop
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American Pop
Eyewitness
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Eyewitness
Back Roads
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Back Roads
The Funhouse
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The Funhouse
Omen III: The Final Conflict
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Omen III: The Final Conflict
Nighthawks
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Nighthawks
Thief
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Thief
Knightriders
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Knightriders
Excalibur
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Excalibur
Caveman
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Caveman
Bustin' Loose
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Bustin' Loose
The Evil Dead
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The Evil Dead
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
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The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
The Elephant Man
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The Elephant Man
Raging Bull
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Raging Bull
Popeye
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Popeye
Seems Like Old Times
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Seems Like Old Times
Altered States
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Altered States

June 1, 1981 Trivia

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TV Favorites Around June 1, 1981
Popular series connected to this era, based on premiere and finale years.
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Columbo poster
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Columbo
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Sesame Street poster
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Sesame Street
Saturday Night Live poster
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Saturday Night Live
Little House on the Prairie poster
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Little House on the Prairie
Magnum P.I. poster
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Magnum P.I.
Dallas poster
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Dallas
M*A*S*H poster
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M*A*S*H
The Love Boat poster
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The Love Boat
Charlie's Angels poster
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Charlie's Angels

Exact-date daily brief

June 1, 1981

June 1 has been a significant date in history, marked by various impactful events. In 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state of the United States, expanding the young nation westward. Fast forward to 1967, when The Beatles released...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of June 1981

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Personal Computer (IBM PC)
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Personal Computer (IBM PC)
2 Graphical User Interface Concept
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Graphical User Interface Concept
3 Word Processing Software (Microsoft Word)
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Word Processing Software (Microsoft Word)
4 Digital Camera Prototype Commercialization
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Digital Camera Prototype Commercialization
5 Medical Infusion Pump
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Medical Infusion Pump
6 Local Area Network Expansion
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Local Area Network Expansion
7 Portable Video Game Console
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Portable Video Game Console
8 Computer-Aided Manufacturing Software
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Computer-Aided Manufacturing Software
9 Speech Recognition System Improvement
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Speech Recognition System Improvement
10 Reusable Space Shuttle Program
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Reusable Space Shuttle Program

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
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INTC
Intel
Price in 1981
$0.23
Stored value
$155,194

Intel - If you invested $1,000 in 1981, it would be worth $155,194 today (155.2x return)

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🦸 Top 5 Comics
Daredevil #181
Daredevil #181
$2,600
Uncanny X-Men #141
Uncanny X-Men #141
$1,000
Marvel Graphic Novel #1
Marvel Graphic Novel #1
$42,000
Moon Knight #1
Moon Knight #1
$250
Saga of the Swamp Thing #1
Saga of the Swamp Thing #1
$300
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube
$150.00
LEGO Space Sets
LEGO Space Sets
$400.00
My Little Pony
My Little Pony
$150.00
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
$150.00
Smurfs Figurines
Smurfs Figurines
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong
$300.00
Pac-Man
Pac-Man
$1,500.00
Frogger
Frogger
$50.00
Galaga
Galaga
$262.70
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
$33,400.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1981 Topps Joe Montana Rookie Card
1981 Topps Joe Montana Rookie Card
$76,250
1981 Fleer Fernando Valenzuela Rookie Card
1981 Fleer Fernando Valenzuela Rookie Card
$400
1981 Donruss Tim Raines Rookie Card
1981 Donruss Tim Raines Rookie Card
$1,200.00
1981 Topps Magic Johnson and Larry Bird Card
1981 Topps Magic Johnson and Larry Bird Card
$427,000
1981 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky
1981 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky
$2,000