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1995 Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25
1994 N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents 1992 New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 1987 Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record) 1979 Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland 1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz 1970 Unemployment in U.S. increases to 5.8 percent 1962 U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1949 President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents 1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years 1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 |
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