Mac McCaughan

Mac McCaughan, American singer and guitarist

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Born: July 12, 1967
Age in 2026: 59
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1967

About Mac McCaughan

Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989, and Portastatic since the early 1990s. In 1989 he founded the independent record label Merge Records with Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance. Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (; born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. McCaughan and his Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance co-founded the independent record label Merge Records in 1989 as a way to release music by Superchunk, and other artist friends. McCaughan was a contributor to the 2009 book Our Noise - The Story of Merge Records by John Cook.

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Mac McCaughan timeline

1967Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (; born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina.
1989McCaughan and his Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance co-founded the independent record label Merge Records in 1989 as a way to release music by Superchunk, and other artist friends.
1989In 1989 he founded the independent record label Merge Records with Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance.
2009McCaughan was a contributor to the 2009 book Our Noise - The Story of Merge Records by John Cook.

The world when Mac McCaughan was born

Mac McCaughan was born in 1967. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1967

#1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
Top TV showBonanza
Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mac McCaughan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1967	2026
Gas	$0.33	$3.45/gal
Average home	$14,800	$435,000
Average income	$9,800	$67,500
Minimum wage	$1.40	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$1.22	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.05	$0.73
Population	198.7M	341 million

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