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What life was like in 1971... what things cost, news of the world and more
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World events• Rolls-Roycegoesbankruptandisna-tionalizedinBritainonFeb.4.• TheU.S.,U.K.,U.S.S.R.andotherssigntheSeabedTreatyonFeb.11,outlawingnuclearweaponsontheoceanfloor.• BackedbyAmericanairandartillerysupport,SouthVietnamesetroopsinvadeLaosonFeb.13.
• Income per year . $10,600• Minimum wage .......... $1.60 • New house ............ $25,250• Rent ............................... $150• New car ..................... $3,579• Gallon of gas ................. 40¢• Dozen eggs .................... 53¢• Gallon of milk ............... $1.18• Loaf of bread ................. 16¢• First-class stamp ..............8¢• Movie ticket ................ $1.50
COST OF LIVING
remember when...Richard Nixon37th U.S. PresidentServed Jan. 20, 1969 – Aug. 9, 1974
‘In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect.’
• Egypt,LibyaandSyriasignanagree-mentApril17toformaconfederation.• TheU.S.dollarfloodstheEuropeancurrencymarketsMay5andthreatensespeciallytheDeutscheMark;thecentralbanksofAustria,Belgium,NetherlandsandSwitzerlandstopthecurrencytrading.• TheU.S.endsitstradeembargoofChinaonJune10.• AustraliaandNewZealanddecidetowithdrawtheirtroopsfromVietnamonAug.18.• GreenpeaceisfoundedinVancouver,CanadaonOct.14.
• PresidentRichardM.NixonsetsFebru-ary1,1972,asthedeadlinefortheremovalofanother45,000AmericantroopsfromVietnamonNov.12.
U.S. News• AbanonradioandtelevisioncigaretteadvertisementsgoesintoeffectJan.2intheUnitedStates.• Thelandmarktelevisionsitcom“AllintheFamily,”starringCarrollO’ConnorasArchieBunker,debutsonCBSJan.12.• InLosAngeles,CharlesMansonandthreefemale“Family”membersarefoundguiltyJan.25ofthe1969Tate–LaBiancamurders.MansonwouldbesentencedtodeathApril9.• AnewstockmarketindexcalledtheNasdaqCompositedebutsFeb.8.• EvelKnievelsetsaworldrecordandjumps19carsFeb.28inOntario,Calif.
BORN THIS YEAR: Christina Applegate, actress (Nov. 25). Above left: Mark Wahlber, rapper, actor (June 5); Elon Musk, engineer (June 28); Amy Poehler, actress
(Sept. 16); Lance Armstrong, cyclist (Sept. 18).
“All in the Family” begins airing on CBS.
• AbombexplodesMarch1inthemen’sroomattheUnitedStatesCapitol;theWeatherUndergroundclaimsresponsibil-ity.• BoxerJoeFrazierdefeatsMuhammadAliatMadisonSquareGardenduringthe“FightoftheCentury”onMarch8.• FivehundredthousandpeopleinWash-ington,D.C.and125,000inSanFranciscomarchApril24inprotestagainsttheViet-namWar.• Amtrakbeginsinter-cityrailpassengerserviceintheUnitedStatesonMay1.• TheNewYorkTimesbeginstopublishthePentagonPapersonJune13.• PresidentNixondeclarestheU.S.WaronDrugsonJune17.• The26thAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitution,formallycertifiedbyPresidentNixononJuly5,lowersthevot-ingagefrom21to18.• TheSouthToweroftheWorldTrade
Centeristoppedoutat1,362feetonJuly19,mak-ingitthesecondtallestbuildingintheworld.• Apollo15astronautsDavidScottandJamesIrwinbecomethefirsttorideinalunarroverJuly31,adayafterlandingontheMoon.• Constructionbeginson
Spiro Agnew39th U.S. Vice President
Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Oct. 19, 1973
Ford Shelby MustangDodge Demon
Chevrolet Chevelle SS
theLouisianaSuperdomeinNewOrleansonAug.11.• PresidentNixonannouncestheendofthegoldstandardAug.15.• WaltDisneyWorldopensOct.1inOr-lando,Florida.
Movies• “TheFrenchConnection”• “AClockworkOrange”• “FiddlerontheRoof”• “HaroldandMaude”• “DiamondsAreForever”• “WillyWonka&theChocolateFactory”• “TheLastPictureShow”• “CarnalKnowledge”• “Shaft”• “EscapeFromthePlanetoftheApes”
Music• “MySweetLord,”GeorgeHarrison• “Imagine,”JohnLennon• “IBegYourPardon(INeverPromisedYouaRoseGarden),”LynnAnderson• “MaggieMay,”RodStewart• “BrownSugar,”TheRollingStones• “Themefrom‘Shaft,’”IsaacHayes
1971Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali.
• “She’saLady,”TomJones• “JoytotheWorld,”ThreeDogNight• “It’sTooLate,”CarolKing• “KnockThreeTimes,”TonyOrlando&Dawn
“The French Connection” debuts.
