“What Year Was It?”
By: Kristen Leisse
COST OF LIVING
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Average Cost of New House
$49,300.00
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Average Income per year
$15,000.00
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Cost of a Gallon of Gas
65 cents
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Median Household Income
$13,572.00
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BMW 320i
$7990.00
EVERYDAY PRICES
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Cost of a First-Class Stamp
13 cents
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Cost of a Dozen Eggs
82 cents
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Cost of a Gallon of Milk
$1.68
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Bikini
$9.00
EVENTS
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The New York City Blackout lasts for 25 hours and results in
looting and disorder.
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Jimmy Carter Elected President of United States
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World Trade Center in New York is completed
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The US returns the Panama Canal back to Panama
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165 people die in Beverly Hills Supper Club fire on May 28th
TECHNOLOGY

The first Apple II
computers went on sale

The first commercial flight
Concord London to New
York

The first ever
Quadraphonic concert in
London by Pink Floyd

Voyager I and Voyager II
are launched unmanned to
explore the outer solar
system
IN THE NEWS

Department of Energy is
created

US and Panama sign Canal
Zone Treaty

“Son of Sam” Killer is
arrested in NYC

Deaths include:
Charlie Chaplin
Bing Crosby
Elvis Presley
Joan Crawford
Groucho Marx
POPULAR CULTURE

Development of punk music from groups like the Ramones, Iggy Pop,
The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Stranglers, and the Sex Pistols

The TV Mini Series "Roots" is aired on ABC winning top audience
figures, 9 Emmys and a Golden Globe

The Clash release their first album "The Clash"

Record company EMI sacks the controversial UK punk rock group the
Sex Pistols
POPULAR FILMS
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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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Smokey and the Bandit
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A Star Is Born
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Saturday Night Fever
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The Deep
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Annie Hall
ACADEMY AWARDS
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Best
Best
Best
Best
Best
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Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave (Julia)
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Actor: Richard Dreyfuss (The Goodbye Girl)
Actress: Diane Keaton (Annie Hall)
Director: Woody Allen (Annie Hall)
Picture: Charles H. Joffe (Annie Hall)
Supporting Actor: Jason Robards (Julia)
POPULAR MUSICIANS
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Rod Stewart
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Stevie Wonder
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The Eagles
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The Bee Gees
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Barbra Streisand
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Fleetwood Mac
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Wings
GRAMMY AWARDS
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Album of the Year:
Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
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Best Pop Male Vocal:
“Handy Man,” James Taylor
o
Best New Artist: Debby Boone
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Record of the Year:
“Hotel California,” Eagles
o
Best Pop Duo or Group:
o
Song of the Year:
“Love Theme From A Star Is Born”
and “You Light Up My Life”
“How Deep Is Your Love,” Bee Gees
o
Best Pop Female Vocal:
“Love Theme From A Star Is Born”
Barbra Streisand
FAVORITE TV SHOWS

Laverne and Shirley

Happy Days

Three’s Company

60 Minutes

All in the Family

M*A*S*H
TOYS
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Slinky
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Eight Track Portable Music Player
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Matchbox City Play Kit
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Punch Me Toys
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Viewmaster
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Street King Street Skates
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Erector Sets
INTERESTING FACTS
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The Neutron Bomb is developed
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Fads include bottled water, roller disco, mopeds, health
foods, Farrah Fawcett posters
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Spanking children by teachers is ruled constitutional by
Supreme Court
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High coffee prices cause a consumer boycott