1975
1970s Era
Act I
The World Stage
1975
4.1B
people on Earth when this year began
Today
8.2B
+4.1B more people since
🇺🇸
US President
Gerald Ford
🇬🇧
UK Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
🇺🇳
UN Secretary-General
Kurt Waldheim
Defining Moments
Vietnam War ends (Fall of Saigon)
Microsoft founded
Pol Pot takes Cambodia
Francisco Franco dies
Act II
Culture & Entertainment
#1 Song
Love Will Keep Us Together
Captain & Tennille
- ♪ Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
- ♪ Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
#1 Movie
Jaws
Oscar Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 🎥 Jaws
- 🎥 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- 🎥 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Top TV Shows
- 📺 All in the Family
- 📺 Sanford and Son
- 📺 Rhoda
Notable Books
- 📚 Shogun - James Clavell
Act III
Technology & Science
Altair 8800 (first personal computer)
BetaMax VCR released
Microsoft founded
Space
Apollo-Soyuz mission (US-Soviet joint)
Nobel Peace Prize
Andrei Sakharov
Nobel Physics
Aage Bohr, Ben Mottelson, James Rainwater
Act IV
Cost of Living
Gas / Gallon
$0.57
Today: $3.50
Milk / Gallon
$1.57
Today: $4.15
Movie Ticket
$2.05
Today: $11.75
Average Home
$39,300
Today: $420,000
New Car
$4,950
Today: $49,500
Postage Stamp
$0.10
Today: $0.73
Average Salary
$9,867 / year (min wage: $2.1/hr)
Act V
Sports Champions
World Series
Cincinnati Reds
NBA Finals
Golden State Warriors
Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers (SB IX)
Act VI
Our Planet
CO₂ Levels
0
parts per million
Today: 422 ppm
Temperature Anomaly
-0.01°C
vs. pre-industrial average
Today: +1.45°C
Life Expectancy
72.6 years