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Do you remember where you were in 1975? To help jog your memory, here
are some fun facts and key historical highlights from 1975 ...
Fads and Fashions
 | Mood Rings |
| Rubik's Cubes |
| Pet Rocks |
| Hip-huggers, bellbottoms, leisure suits |
| 8-Tracks |
| Disco |
| PEZ candy |
| Magic 8-Balls |
Popular Entertainment
| Song of the Year: Captain and Tennille, "Love Will Keep Us Together"
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| Album of the Year: Paul Simon, "Still Crazy After All These Years"
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| 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. |
U.S. Statistics
| 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 |
| McDonald's introduced the "Big Mac" slogan: "Two all beef patties,
special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun."
(say that fast, three times and get one free, remember that?) |
World Events
| Vietnam War 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. |
Science
| Home videotape systems (VCRs) are developed in Japan by Sony (Betamax)
and Matsushita (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. |
Sports
| 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
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| Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon and World Court Championships; Billie Jean
King wins sixth Wimbledon crown and retires from singles.
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