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The Sunday Post Press Historical Reference • 41 Annual Editions
Honoring everyone celebrating a 50th through 90th birthday (or milestone wedding anniversary) in 2026. Select any birth year below to explore verified Main Street grocery and housing prices, White House headlines, radio hit parades, World Series lore, and the classic Detroit cruisers from the year they turned sixteen.
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Planning a 50th, 60th, 65th, 70th, 75th, 80th, 85th, or 90th birthday dinner this year? Open their exact birth-year chronicle below:
Honoring parents and grandparents celebrating their 87th through 90th birthdays in 2026—from Big Band swing and Golden Gate Bridge celebrations to 8-cent loaves of bread.
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $3,600 • Gas $0.19 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat New York Giants
Turned 16: 1952 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $3,850 • Gas $0.20 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat New York Giants
Turned 16: 1953 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $3,800 • Gas $0.20 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Chicago Cubs
Turned 16: 1954 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $3,850 • Gas $0.19 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Cincinnati Reds
Turned 16: 1955 Cruisers & Radio
Honoring loved ones celebrating their 77th through 86th birthdays in 2026—from Victory Gardens, V-J Day parades, and the GI Bill to the dawn of the Baby Boom.
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $3,920 • Gas $0.18 / gallon
Fall Classic: Cincinnati Reds defeat Detroit Tigers
Turned 16: 1956 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $4,080 • Gas $0.19 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers
Turned 16: 1957 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $4,250 • Gas $0.20 / gallon
Fall Classic: St. Louis Cardinals defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1958 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $4,380 • Gas $0.21 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat St. Louis Cardinals
Turned 16: 1959 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prices: Home $4,490 • Gas $0.21 / gallon
Fall Classic: St. Louis Cardinals defeat St. Louis Browns
Turned 16: 1960 Cruisers & Radio
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt / Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $4,600 • Gas $0.21 / gallon
Fall Classic: Detroit Tigers defeat Chicago Cubs
Turned 16: 1961 Cruisers & Radio
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $5,600 • Gas $0.21 / gallon
Fall Classic: St. Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox
Turned 16: 1962 Cruisers & Radio
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $6,650 • Gas $0.23 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers
Turned 16: 1963 Cruisers & Radio
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $7,700 • Gas $0.26 / gallon
Fall Classic: Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Braves
Turned 16: 1964 Cruisers & Radio
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $7,950 • Gas $0.27 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers
Turned 16: 1965 Cruisers & Radio
Honoring Americans celebrating their 67th through 76th birthdays in 2026—the golden decade of I Love Lucy, Disneyland, two-tone V-8 coupes, and 3-cent postage stamps.
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $8,450 • Gas $0.27 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Philadelphia Phillies
Turned 16: 1966 Cruisers & Radio
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $8,800 • Gas $0.27 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat New York Giants
Turned 16: 1967 Cruisers & Radio
President: Harry S. Truman
Prices: Home $9,050 • Gas $0.28 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers
Turned 16: 1968 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $9,550 • Gas $0.29 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers
Turned 16: 1969 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $10,250 • Gas $0.29 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Giants defeat Cleveland Indians
Turned 16: 1970 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $10,950 • Gas $0.29 / gallon
Fall Classic: Brooklyn Dodgers defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1971 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $11,700 • Gas $0.30 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn Dodgers
Turned 16: 1972 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $12,250 • Gas $0.31 / gallon
Fall Classic: Milwaukee Braves defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1973 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $12,750 • Gas $0.30 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Milwaukee Braves
Turned 16: 1974 Cruisers & Radio
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $13,350 • Gas $0.30 / gallon
Fall Classic: Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Chicago White Sox
Turned 16: 1975 Cruisers & Radio
Honoring milestone celebrants turning 57 through 66 in 2026—from John Glenn and Beatlemania on Ed Sullivan to Mustang fastbacks, Motown hits, and Apollo 11 on the Moon.
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prices: Home $13,800 • Gas $0.31 / gallon
Fall Classic: Pittsburgh Pirates defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1976 Cruisers & Radio
President: John F. Kennedy
Prices: Home $14,350 • Gas $0.31 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat Cincinnati Reds
Turned 16: 1977 Cruisers & Radio
President: John F. Kennedy
Prices: Home $15,000 • Gas $0.31 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Yankees defeat San Francisco Giants
Turned 16: 1978 Cruisers & Radio
President: John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson
Prices: Home $17,800 • Gas $0.30 / gallon
Fall Classic: Los Angeles Dodgers defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1979 Cruisers & Radio
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Prices: Home $18,900 • Gas $0.30 / gallon
Fall Classic: St. Louis Cardinals defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1980 Cruisers & Radio
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Prices: Home $20,000 • Gas $0.31 / gallon
Fall Classic: Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Minnesota Twins
Turned 16: 1981 Cruisers & Radio
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Prices: Home $21,400 • Gas $0.32 / gallon
Fall Classic: Baltimore Orioles defeat Los Angeles Dodgers
Turned 16: 1982 Cruisers & Radio
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Prices: Home $22,700 • Gas $0.33 / gallon
Fall Classic: St. Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox
Turned 16: 1983 Cruisers & Radio
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Prices: Home $24,700 • Gas $0.34 / gallon
Fall Classic: Detroit Tigers defeat St. Louis Cardinals
Turned 16: 1984 Cruisers & Radio
President: Richard M. Nixon
Prices: Home $25,600 • Gas $0.35 / gallon
Fall Classic: New York Mets defeat Baltimore Orioles
Turned 16: 1985 Cruisers & Radio
Honoring everyone celebrating their 50th through 56th birthdays (and Golden Wedding Anniversaries!) in 2026—from Earth Day, Secretariat, and Happy Days to America’s 1976 Bicentennial.
President: Richard M. Nixon
Prices: Home $23,400 • Gas $0.36 / gallon
Fall Classic: Baltimore Orioles defeat Cincinnati Reds
Turned 16: 1986 Cruisers & Radio
President: Richard M. Nixon
Prices: Home $25,200 • Gas $0.36 / gallon
Fall Classic: Pittsburgh Pirates defeat Baltimore Orioles
Turned 16: 1987 Cruisers & Radio
President: Richard M. Nixon
Prices: Home $27,600 • Gas $0.36 / gallon
Fall Classic: Oakland Athletics defeat Cincinnati Reds
Turned 16: 1988 Cruisers & Radio
President: Richard M. Nixon
Prices: Home $32,500 • Gas $0.39 / gallon
Fall Classic: Oakland Athletics defeat New York Mets
Turned 16: 1989 Cruisers & Radio
President: Richard M. Nixon / Gerald R. Ford
Prices: Home $35,900 • Gas $0.53 / gallon
Fall Classic: Oakland Athletics defeat Los Angeles Dodgers
Turned 16: 1990 Cruisers & Radio
President: Gerald R. Ford
Prices: Home $39,300 • Gas $0.57 / gallon
Fall Classic: Cincinnati Reds defeat Boston Red Sox
Turned 16: 1991 Cruisers & Radio
President: Gerald R. Ford
Prices: Home $44,200 • Gas $0.59 / gallon
Fall Classic: Cincinnati Reds defeat New York Yankees
Turned 16: 1992 Cruisers & Radio
Visit our companion Milestone Gift Guides for step-by-step advice on preserving faded handwritten recipe cards, restoring 1950s Kodachrome wedding portraits, and choosing clutter-free keepsakes for parents and grandparents.
In 2026, Americans born in 1936 turn 90; 1941 turn 85; 1946 turn 80; 1951 turn 75; 1956 turn 70; 1961 turn 65; 1966 turn 60; 1971 turn 55; and Bicentennial babies born in 1976 celebrate their 50th birthday (while couples wed in 1976 celebrate their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary).
Every annual edition from 1936 through 1976 is cross-checked against historical U.S. Census housing and household income tables, retail grocery averages, U.S. Post Office domestic letter rates, Academy Award Best Picture archives, Billboard year-end hit parades, and official Major League Baseball World Series records.
Yes. Selecting any year in our Almanac lets you jump directly to The Hometown History Gazette (/birthday-paper) or The Detroit Iron Archive (/first-car) with your chosen year pre-filled on the order ticket. You inspect the complete custom proof on screen free before deciding on a one-time $8–$9 printable digital edition or $39–$49 framed or tin heirloom.