Thursday, December 16th, 1971: After representative of the G-10 meet at the Smithsonian in Washington, the President announces that the US dollar will be pegged at $38 an ounce rather than $35, representing a nearly 8% decrease in value. Secretary of the Treasury Connally praised the agreem...
John Carpenter’s legendary sci-fi horror about a group of scientists at an Alaskan research station under attack from a shape shifting alien is surely the pinnacle of physical effects. The film employs the use of miniatures, a $1.5 million dollar make up budget, sophisticated animatronics and ...
reincarnation does nothing for me, well not enough to pay anywhere near $12K for it. For anyone who is having a serious case of 1970s nostalgia, ebay is full of of similar looking watches of the brands who long ago went into extinction, for a few pennies on that $12K dollar price...
First of all, he’s like, “Let me treat you all to dinner,” and takes them to a place with like, fifteen dollar burgers instead of a place they can’t already afford, despite being a billionaire and obviously writing this off as a deduction. Second, he’s like, “Let me treat y...
And, the $500 face value bonds issued by the Elmira & Williamsport Railroad in 1862 had 999 year terms. From 1921 to 1928, the Canadian Pacific Railroad serially issued Perpetual Consolidated Debentures at 4% coupon and in three different currencies, including the Canadian dollar, the US dollar...