Things That Happened The Year You Were Born
1. Disposable plastic razors are invented by Gillette
2. Scientists prove that CFCs destroy the ozone layer
3. Kate Moss is born
4. Nixon signs bill reducing speed limit to 55 miles per hour
Independent truckers strike in protest of the new limit
5. Nixon resigns as President.
Faced with impeachment over his role in the Watergate affair,
President Nixon resigns, to be succeeded by Vice President Ford.
President Ford pardons former President Nixon.
6. Super Tornado Outbreak April 3-4 - also called the Xenia Tornado Outbreak
Spawns a total of 148 tornados in a 24-hour period.
Thirty of the tornados are classified as F4 or F5.
7. Last year the Corvette will be produced to run on "leaded" gasoline
8. People magazine debuts with Mia Farrow on the cover and launches the
era of celebrity journalism
9. Henry "Hank" Aaron hits his historic 715th home run, breaking the record set by Babe Ruth
10. Streaking - running naked for a few moments in a public place - becomes a fad.
11. Muhammed Ali knocks out George Forman and regains his heavyweight title.
12. Telephone answering machines become popular
13. Patty Hearst, daughter of multimillionaire publisher Randolph Hearst,
is abducted by the so-called Symbionese Liberation Army and held for
ransom. None is paid, and weeks later Hearst is seen helping her captors
rob a San Francisco bank. She is later captured and sent to jail for the crime.
14. Heimlich maneuver developed
15. First black model on cover of a major fashion mag - Beverly Johnson on Vogue
16. Ford grants limited amnesty to draft dodgers
17. First pocket calculators become widespread
18. Rubik's Cube created
19. Platform shoes are popular
20. Ronald McDonald House Charity began in the USA
21. Atari proposes a home version of Pong - the beginning of video games
22. Disco dancing is popular
23. Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects
24. Pet rocks, CB radios, 8 track tapes, lava lamps, mood rings,
glitter, tube tops and polyester were popular in the seventies
25. Connect-Four produced by Milton Bradley
26. Kenner Toy Company began producing the Sit 'N Spin
27. Mr. Potato Head doubles in size
28. LEGO people introduced
29. Postage stamps for first-class mail jumped from 8 to 10 cents
30. The first U.S. self adhesive stamp is issued
31. Ed Sullivan dies
32. Intel releases its 2 MHz 8080 chip - PCs are on the way!
First PC sold as a kit from Altair
33. Over 6.5 million soldiers return from Vietnam to a lukewarm reception at best
34. First smart card invented (plastic card with imbedded microchip - ie. atm cards)
35. Post-it sticky notes are invented
36. Stay-on tab for beverage cans is invented
37. GM introduces the catalytic converter
38. Telenet, the first public packet data service,
a commercial version of ARPANET, makes its debut -
a giant step toward the Internet we know today.
39. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak form Apple Computer
40. Bill Gates III and Paul Allen start Microsoft Corp
41. First bar coded item sold is a pack of gum
42. Ken doll is invented
43. John Lennon told by US Justice Department to leave the US within 60 days
44. Mama Cass Elliot dies
45. PET scanners are invented
46. Rocky Horror Picture Show is produced
47. General Mills introduces the high fiber Granola Bar
48. Monty Python's Flying Circus final episode airs on BBC
49. The IRA, tax-deferred retirement savings program, is created
50. Miller premiers the first light beer
51. Decorating in Harvest Gold and Avocada Green is popular.
Shag carpets, macrame, owls and mushrooms are also popular decorating items.
52. Anna Beth White was born, 7 lbs. 2 ozs., 20-1/2 inches long.
Hit Singles of 1974
1. Takin Care Of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO)
2. The Loco-motion - Grand Funk
3. Some Kind Of Wonderful - Grand Funk
4. Piano Man - Billy Joel
5. You're My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White
6. Dancing Machine - Jackson Five
7. Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang
8. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe - Barry White
9. Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens
10. Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
11. Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford
12. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
13. Billy Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
14. TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB
15. Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
16. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynrd
17. The Bitch Is Back - Elton John
18. Waterloo - Abba
19. Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas
20. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Rolling Stones
21. Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede (1990's "the dancing baby song")
22. For The Love Of Money - O Jays
23. My Melody Of Love - Bobby Vinton
24. It's Only Rock and Roll - Rolling Stones
25. The Payback - James Brown
26. Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
27. Mocking Bird - James Taylor and Carly Simon
28. Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton
29. Honey, Honey - Abba
30. Clap For The Wolfman - Guess Who
31. I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton
32. Then Came You - Dionne Warwick and the Spinners
33. Let It Ride - BTO
34. Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon
35. Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
36. Jazzman - Carole King
37. Midnight Rider - gregg Allman
38. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - BTO - Bachman Turner Overdrive
39. Get Dancin' - Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
40. Beach Baby - First Class
41. Mandy - Barry Manilow
42. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
Another List of Hit Singles of 1974
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Show And Tell - Al Wilson
Love's Theme - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
The Loco-motion - Grand Funk
Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics
Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver
T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees
Rock On - David Essex
The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
The Streak - Ray Stevens
Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
You're Having My Baby - Paul Anka
Annie's Song - John Denver
One Hell Of A Woman - Mac Davis
Billy Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston
Bungle In The Jungle - Jethro Tull
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
Dark Lady - Cher
Top Of The World - Carpenters
Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Sideshow - Blue Magic
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & the Pips
If You Love Me Let Me Know - Olivia Newton-John
Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
Top Albums of 1974
American Graffiti - Soundtrack
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney And Wings
Caribou - Elton John
Chicago VII - Chicago
Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
Greatest Hits - Elton John
I Got A Name - Jim Croce
If You Love Me, Let Me Know - Olivia Newton-John
Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Not Fragile - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
The Sting - Soundtrack
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Walls And Bridges - John Lennon
You Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce
Popular Movies of 1974
The Towering Inferno
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Earthquake
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Badlands
Chinatown
The Conversation
The Gambler
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Airport 1975
Buster and Billie
Death Wish
The Godfather, Part II
The Great Gatsby
The Last Detail
Murder on the Orient Express
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
That's Entertainment!
Phantom of the Paradise
Top Television Shows of 1974
All in the Family
Sanford and Son
Chico and the Man
The Jeffersons
M*A*S*H
Rhoda
Good Times
The Waltons
Maude
Hawaii Five-O
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Rockford Files
Little House on the Prairie
Kojak
Police Woman
S.W.A.T.
The Bob Newhart Show
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Rookies
Mannix
Best-Selling Books of the 1970s
Love Story
Wheels
Jonathon Livingston Seagull
Centennial
Ragtime
Trinity
The Silmarillion
Chesapeake
The Matarese Circle
Bad Stuff that happened in the Seventies
Viet Nam
Watergate
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
Gas Shortages
Kent State University --4 Students killed in a protest by the National Guard
Reverend Jim Jones Cult --Mass Suicide at Jonestown Guyana
Israeli Olympians killed
Top Stars
Paul Newman
Clint Eastwood
John Wayne
Barbra Streisand
Robert Redford
Ryan O'Neal
Burt Reynolds
Dustin Hoffman
Sylvester Stallone
John Travolta
Woody Allen
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