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What Year Was It?. Salvatore Colosi EDUS 515. Facts & Stats. Average cost of new house - $27,550 Average yearly income - $11,800 Cost of gallon of gas - $0.55. Technology. 1 st Digital Watches Start of space shuttle program Atari inrtoduces PONG
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What Year Was It? Salvatore Colosi EDUS 515
Facts & Stats • Average cost of new house - $27,550 • Average yearly income - $11,800 • Cost of gallon of gas - $0.55
Technology • 1st Digital Watches • Start of space shuttle program • Atari inrtoduces PONG • VW Beatle becomes most popular car of all time – 15 million sold
TV • Monty Python’s Flying Circus • Sesame Street • The Brady Bunch • Hawaii Five-O
Movies • The Godfather • Dirty Harry • A Clockwork Orange • Fiddler on the Roof
Music • Don McLean - “American Pie” • Elton John - “Rocket Man” • Led Zeppelin – “Rock & Roll” • Chicago – “Saturday in the Park”
Headlines • Munich Olympic Terrorist Attacks • Watergate
Headlines Cont’d • Bobby Ficher beats Boris Spassky to become World Chess Champion • Last US troops leave Vietnam
Headlines Cont’d • US Senate passes Equal Rights Amendment • Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals in Summer Olympics