1975 Annual History Facts Math: The English meaning of 1 billion, which was 1 million million, was changed in 1975 to adopt the American meaning of 1 thousand million. The Top Song was Love Will Keep Us Together by The Captain and Tennille The Big Movies included Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and […]
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1974 Annual History Facts Politics: President Richard M. Nixon resigned after the Watergate Scandal. The Top Song was The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand The Big Movies included Blazing Saddles, The Towering Inferno, and The Trial of Billy Jack Price of a postage stamp in 1974: 10 cents AMC Gremlin automobile: $2,408.00 The World
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1972 Annual History Facts Politics: Bloody Sunday: On January 30, British troops shot unarmed protesters in Northern Ireland, killing 13 civilians. Rock band U2’s Sunday Bloody Sunday memorialized the event. The Top Song was The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack The Big Movies included The Godfather, The Poseidon Adventure, and
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1971 Annual History Facts Politics: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits the government from denying the right of United States citizens’ right to vote on account of age. The Top Song was Joy To The World by Three Dog Night The Big Movies included Billy Jack, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Last
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1970 Annual History Facts Television Highlight: While she was the highest-paid woman on television, with 42% of the viewing audience, Debbie Reynolds quit her show because NBC was running cigarette commercials during its airtime. The Top Song was Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkle The Big Movies included Love Story, Airport and M*A*S*H
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1969 Annual History Facts A Senate hearing was convened to determine whether to cut funding to PBS. Then, unknown children’s show host Fred Rogers spoke for six minutes and ended with a song. The senator told him “Looks like you just earned the $20 million.” A few years later, when Burger King ran a commercial
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1968 Annual History Facts Politics: Violence erupted between Vietnam War protesters and police at Democratic National Convention in Chicago The Top Song was Hey Jude by The Beatles The Big Movies included Funny Girl, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Love Bug Minimum Wage in 1968: $1.60 per hour A Borg-Warner Eight-track stereo: $99.88 McDonald’s
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1967 Annual History Facts Politics: The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the US Constitution clarifies what happens upon the death, removal, or resignation of the President or Vice President and how the Presidency is temporarily filled if the President becomes disabled and cannot fulfill the responsibilities of the office. The Top Song was To Sir With Love
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1966 Annual History Facts Politics: Mississippi was the last state to repeal prohibition on alcoholic beverages after the national prohibition ended in 1933. They ended their state prohibition in 1966. The Top Song was I’m A Believer by The Monkees The Big Movies included Hawaii, The Bible: In the Beginning, and The Sand Pebbles
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1965 Annual History Facts Sports: Astroturf was invented. The Top Song was (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones The Big Movies included The Sound of Music, Doctor Zhivago and Thunderball Introduced in 1965, the Pillsbury Doughboy’s name is Poppin’Fresh. Price of Volkwagon ‘Bug’ Beetle in 1965: $1,595.00 Bufferin Aspirin: 99 cents/100 The
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