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In the news1950–1970
Massive rural-to-urban migration
Between 1950 and 1970, about 30 percent of the population migrated from rural areas to cities to work in new factories.
Radu, Prince Consort of Romania
Born Iași, 7 Jun 1960
6 facts1 source
Living person. The family sees only the name, dates and photo; everything else stays private unless they choose to share it.
Facts and their sources
- Born7 Jun 1960, IașiTaken as verified1 source
A life in time
7 Jun 1960
Born in Iași
Family
See the treeDuring his lifetime
He has lived through 7 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Iași.
General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.
The 1960s · Radu, is born in Iași
Getting around
Mocanita train travel time between towns
The narrow-gauge train Mocanita took between 5 hours 30 minutes and 6 hours 30 minutes to travel 94 kilometers between Turda and Abrud.
What it cost
Average salary and bread prices
During the Nicolae Ceausescu era, a typical monthly salary was 1,250 lei, while a standard loaf of bread cost 3 lei.
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Around the world · 1969People walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon, watched live on television by some 600 million people.
Neil A. Armstrong · public domain
What people wore
Extravagant ceremonial shirt details
A ceremonial shirt worn by the 'Junii Brașovului' was covered in 40,000 sequins weighing nearly 10 kilograms and took four women four months to create.
Music
Traditional instrumental ensembles
In the Maramureş region, musicians used a combination of a fiddle (ceteră), a plucked guitar (zongoră), and a drum (dobă) to provide music for festive gatherings.
Daily life
The Trocadero washing machine joke
Women often joked that their laundry was done using a Trocadero washing machine, a pun combining the word for a wooden trough (troaca) and detergent (dero) with the Party's program.