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1996
U.S. Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage
1995
U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce
1994
N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents
1992
Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents
1992
1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City
1991
US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents
1986
New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00
1985
1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
1984
New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
1982
New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents
1981
1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents
1981
New York City transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token
1981
1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
1980
New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
1978
1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)
1977
New York City fines George Willig 1 cents for each of 110 stories he climbed
1975
1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents
1975
New York City transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents
1974
Never-to-be-repeated 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs
1974
10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
1974
Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album
1974
1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents
1972
New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
1971
1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)
1971
U.S. special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
1970
New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
1968
1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents
1966
New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents
1965
Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents )
1965
Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1963
1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
1960
Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents
1958
1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
1957
Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2 cents soccer pool ticket
1955
President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour
1953
New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens
1950
New York City bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents
1949
President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
1948
New York City subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents
1948
New York City hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents
1948
New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents
1938
Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour
1933
Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1932
1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents
1931
Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents
1919
1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents
1918
1st U.S. airmail stamps issued (24 cents )
1917
1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
1916
NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats
1902
Harry Golden, Jewish humorist and writer, 2 cents Plain, Only in America
1896
1st movie theater in U.S. opens, charging 10 cents for admission
1871
Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, and mills
1866
Congress authorizes nickel 5 cents piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1863
Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz
1858
Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18)
1857
U.S. issues flying eagle cents
1852
Frank Woolworth, 5 cents and 10 cents King, Woolworths
1851
New York Times starts publishing at 2 cents a copy
1847
Envelope bearing 1st U.S. 10 cents stamps, still exists today
1847
1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City
1835
1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents )
1834
Delmonico's, one of New York's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents
1832
1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets
1802
1st leopard exhibited in U.S., Boston (admission 25 cents )
1801
William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861-69, buys Alaska at 2 cents /acre
1792
U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance
1776
Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors
1775
1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents
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