07/08/2020
This site doesn't get a lot of activity but I thought I'd post some factoids about 1975 now that it's been 45 years since the Class of 1975. Microsoft published these since it was the year it was formed (anyone remember even hearing the name Microsoft in 1975?).
These were the happening things in 1975:
Mood Rings
Rubik’s Cubes
Pet Rocks
Hip-huggers, bellbottoms, leisure suits
8-Tracks
Disco
PEZ candy
Magic 8-Balls
Song of the Year: Captain and Tennille,
“Love Will Keep Us Together”
Album of the Year: Paul Simon,
“Still Crazy After All These Years”
Movies:
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Jaws,” “Nashville.” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Barry Lydon”
“Saturday Night Live” premieres on NBC; George Carlin hosts the first show.
“A Chorus Line” appears on Broadway.
“All in the Family” is America’s top television show for the fifth straight year.
President: Gerald R. Ford
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Population: 215,973,199
Unemployment: 5.6%
Cost of first-class stamp: $.10
Quart of milk: $.46;
Loaf of bread: $.33
Vietnam War officially ends (April 30).
Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space (July 15).
Margaret Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain’s Conservative Party.
Egypt reopens the Suez Canal after eight years.
Home videotape systems (VCRs) are developed in Japan by Sony (Betamax) and Matsush*ta (VHS).
The Altair home computer kit allows consumers to build and program their own personal computers.
Computer hobbyists Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs begin working on computer designs. Together they develop the Apple 1 prototype.
Super Bowl: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6
World Series: Cincinnati Reds 4, Boston Red Sox 3
NBA Championship: Golden State Warriors def. Washington Bullets 4-0
Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon and World Court Championships; Billie Jean King wins sixth Wimbledon crown and retires from singles competition.
Anything else you remember from 1975?