1975

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Median yearly income (all families)-$13.719
Minimum wage (per hour}-$2.10
Median cost of a (new home)-$39,300
Postage Stamp-$0.10
Gas (1 Gal).-$0.57
Movie Tickets, drive-in (per person)-$1.00
Gold $160.86
Bread (1 loaf)-$0.39
Bacon (1 Ib.) $1.29

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U.S. Population 215.9 million
World 4.1 billion

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President Gerald Ford & Nelson Rockefeller was in the White House.

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Best Picture...One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Best actor went to Jack Nicholson with Louise Fletcher getting best actress.

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Premieres---Saturday Night Live

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All in the Family was the top show of 1975

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January of 1975 John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate Coverup.

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Archie Griffin wins Heisman Trophy

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Casey Stengel passed away on September 29.

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Wimbledon Champs were Arthur Ash and Billie Jean King

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Dennis Weaver graduates from Gunsmoke for a lead role in McCloud.

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Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fight an epic battle in Manila

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Freedent gum came out for people with false teeth.

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Billboard hits-Philadelphia Freedom-Elton John

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Jimmy Hoffa was reported missing

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A lot of laughs came from MASH and the Mary Tyler Moore Show and late Saturday nights saw more people staying up to watch Live From New York its Saturday Night.

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In 1975 Another World became the first soap opera to fill an hourlong time slot.

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George and Louise relocate from the Queens to Manhattan.

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Sony introduced the Betamax video recorder to the U.S. market (retail price for the console, with 19-inch color TV: $2,495.00.)