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You can usually tell what’s popular by what people wear for Halloween. “Reader’s Digest” put together a list of the most popular Halloween costume for every year from 1950 to 2005.
Here are the highlights:
1953: Mickey Mouse
1954: Batman
1957: Frankenstein’s Monster
1965: Sonny Bono and Cher
1967: Morticia Addams from “The Addams Family”
1969: Astronaut
1971: Willy Wonka
1975: Dr. Frank-N-Furter from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
1978: Michael Myers from “Halloween”
1981: “Indiana Jones”
1984: Madonna
1988: “Beetlejuice”
1989: “Ghostbusters”
1993: “Power Rangers”
1996: The Spice Girls
1998: Ghostface from “Scream”
2000: Britney Spears
2001: Harry Potter and Hermione Granger
2002: “Spider-Man”
2005: Darth Vader
(You can see every year from 1950 to 2005 here.)
