40 Years Ago

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    • June 19, 2015 at 5:42 PM
    mitsuki lover
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    The Golden State finally won their first NBA Title since 1975 and I decided to take a look back at

    1975 and see what was what back then:

    Inflation was at 9.2

    Gas 44 cents

    new car cost $4,250

    new house cost $39,300

    average income $14,100

    Franco died

    Margaret Thatcher became first woman leader of Britian’s Conservative Party

    Saigon Fell ending the Vietnam War

    IRA bombed the Hilton in London’s Park Lane

    unemployment in U.S. 9.2 per cent

    Suez Canal reopened after 6 Day War

    King Faisal of Saudi Arabia assassinated

    Jimmy Hoffa disappears

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop a BASIC program for ALTAIR

    TransAlaska Pipeline started

    Muhammed Ali beats Joe Fraser in the ‘Thrilla In Manila’

    Films included:

    Tommy

    Jaws

    The Towering Inferno

    Murder On The Orient Express

    Benji

    Young Frankenstein

    One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

    Tv included:

    SNL

    Starsky And Hutch

    Poldark

    Welcome Back,Kotter

    Happy Days

    Candid Camera

    Fawlty Towers

    SWAT

    When Things Were Rotten

    Columbo

    MASH

    Songs included:

    Love Will Keep Us Together by The Captain And Tennille

    Rhinestone Cowboy by Glenn Campbell

    My Eyes Adore Youby Frankie Valli

    Laughter In The Rain by Neil Sedaka

    Thank God I’m A Country Boy by John Denver

    (Hey Won’t You Play)Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song

    by B.J.Thomas

    Theme From The Rockford Files by Mike Post

    At Seventeen by Janis Ian

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