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Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996)
Stojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film Breaking Away. The film was a hit, and Tesich won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also created a short-lived TV series of the same name.
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Steve Tesich was born in 1942. 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.
These figures put everyday life in Steve Tesich's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1942 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.20 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,600 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $3,800 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.30 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.27 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 134.9M | 341 million |
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