Deaths:
Bud Abbott
Jack Benny
Walter
Brennan
Dizzy Dean
Duke Ellington
Chet
Huntley
Charles Lindbergh
Walter
Lippmann
Ed Sullivan
Jacqueline Susann
Earl Warren
Loch Ness Monster was photographed...
but, photo turned out to be fake.
Worst fire in Argentine history
destroys 1.2 million acres.
Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio
after 11 years
Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys
Darwin, Australia
U.S.A. agreed to stop fighting in
Vietnam, troops withdrawn
Reporters Woodward and Berstein
helped Washington Post earn Pulitzer
Prize for Watergate investigation
Four top aides quit over Watergate
70,000 saw Carole King play in NYC
Central Park
Fereral grand jury named Nixon a
co-conspirator in Watergate
Patty Hearst was abducted; assisted
in bank
robbery for Symbionese Liberation Army
7,900,000 Bowlers in the USA
Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet star,
defected to U.S.
A fad know as "STREAKING,"
where
people sprint naked through public
events, thoughfares and ceremonies,
sweeps the country
Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment
Ford pardoned Nixon
The Sears Tower in Chicago becomes
the world's tallest building.
The International Frisbee Association
was born
Iranian and Iraqi troops clash on
border.
Willie Mays annouces his retirement
Egypt ends reliance on Russian arms.
General Mills introduced the high
fiber Granola Bar
Evel Knievel sustained minor injuries
after failed
attempt to rocket 1,600 feet across
canyon
Amnesty is granted to Vietnam
draft evaders.
President Ford named August 19th as
Woman's
Equality Day
Turkey defies the U.S.A. and resumes
the sale of
Opium.
The 55 Mile-Per-Hour Speed Limit is
Enacted
The Pocket Calculator is marketed.
The Rocky Horror Picture
Show
was
first produced in 1974 at the Roxy
Theatre in
Hollywood
and was filmed in
England
(Did you
know it was originally
titled:
They Came
From Denton High?)
Pioneer 10 reported Jupiter's
Magnetism 40 Times
Greater Than Earth.
We saw President Richard M. Nixon (R)
and
Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew (R)
Replaced by President Gerald R. Ford
(R) and
Vice-President Nelson A. Rockefeller
(R)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
final
episode airs
on BBC.
The String Bikinis hit the beaches.
Something called:
THE
INTERNET
came about
FACTS & FIGURES
Econoimic Profile
Dow-Jones: DOWN
High: 950 - Low: 590
Gross National Product: +8%
Inflation: +13.9%
Unemployment: 5.6%
Expenditures
Recreation: $42 Billion
Spectator Sports: $250 Million
European Travel: $3.2 Billion
$$$ Prices $$$
The String Bathing Suit:$15.99
Arnold Constable
Furs:
Sable: $6,999 to $8,599
Lynx: $3,999
Red Fox Jacket:$329
Saks Fifth
Avenue
jersey floral
dress: $54
Phone Butler Answering Machine:
$99.95
Compare 1974 to 1999:
| 1974 |
1999 |
| Milk (1/2
gallon)...$.78 |
Milk (1/2
gallon)..$1.39
|
| Bread...$.38 |
Bread...$2.29 |
| Stamp...$.10 |
Stamp...$.33
|
| Gas
(gallon)...$.63 |
Gas
(gallon)..$1.16 |
| Movie...$1.25 |
Movie...$6.50 |
| Car...$3,850 |
Car...$15,900 |
| Minimun
Wage..$2.00 |
Minimun
Wage..$5.25 |
| Avg. Income:
$9,668 |
Avg.
Income:$30,800 |
| House:
$44,250 |
House:
$112,900 |
