WHAT HAPPENED IN '75
Major Events
- The Vietnam War Ends
- Jimmy Hoffa disappears
- Yearly Inflation rate 9.2%
- Bill Gates and Paul Allen create Microsoft
- BIC launches first disposable Razor
- Year end Dow Jones Industrial Average - 858
- Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman leader of the British Conservative Party
- Oil goes over $13.00 per barrel
- King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated
- Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins
- NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe towards Mars
- Betamax videotapes and VHS introduced
Sports Highlights
- Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl
- Jack Nicklaus won the Golf Masters
- Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King won Wimbledon
- Cincinnati won the World Series
- Cycling Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet
- Muhammad Ali beat Joe Fraser in the "Thriller in Manilla" match
Popular Music (from 1974 and 1975)
- "One of These Nights", " The Best of My Love", Eagles
- "Fame", David Bowie
- "Philadelphia Freedom", Elton John
- "Jive Talking", The Bee Gees
- "Black Water", Doobie Brothers
- "Baby Love", Diana Ross & The Supremes
- "Another Saturday Night", Cat Stevens
- "I Shot the Sheriff", Eric Clapton
Popular Movies
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Jaws
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Nashville
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Funny Lady
Popular TV Shows
- All in the Family
- Happy Days
- Saturday Night Live debuts on NBC
- The Waltons
- Streets of San Francisco
- Kojak