What Was Happening In
1970?
Richard Nixon was president; Spiro Agnew,
VP
-
- ("...pay
no attention to that man behind the curtain!")
| I Think I
Love You |
The
Partridge Family |
| I'll Be
There |
The
Jackson Five |
| My Sweet
Lord |
George
Harrison |
| American
Woman |
The
Guess Who |
| Bridge Over
Troubled Water |
Simon
& Garfunkel |
| War |
Edwin
Starr |
| Raindrops
Keep Fallin' On My Head |
B.J.
Thomas |
| Close to
You |
The
Carpenters |
| Ain't No
Mountain High Enough |
Diana
Ross |
| Let It Be
|
The
Beatles |
| Best
Picture: |
Patton |
Directed
By Franklin Schaffner |
| Best
Actor: |
George
C. Scott |
in
Patton (he refused it) |
| Best
Actress: |
Glenda
Jackson |
in
Women In Love |
| The
Carol Burnett Show |
| Rowan
& Martin's Laugh-In |
| Hawaii
Five-0 |
| The
Odd Couple |
| The
Brady Bunch |
| Adam-12 |
|
Mission: Impossible |
| The
Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| Get
Smart |
| Dragnet |
| Alien
Zeroid |
| Mandy ("My
Friends Doll") |
| Dawn Doll |
| Masterpiece |
| Bread: |
$0.24/loaf |
| Milk: |
$1.32/gal |
| Eggs: |
$1.16/doz |
| Car: |
$3,542 |
| Gas: |
$0.36/gal
(!) |
| House: |
$26,600 |
| Stamp: |
$0.06/ea |
| Avg
Income: |
$11,106/yr |
| Min
Wage: |
$1.60/hr |
| DOW
Avg: |
839 |
Then and a bit later... even the "Classic" is gone now!
Source:
http://www.libertycenter.k12.oh.us/Alumni/1970RS.htm