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Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,035.60 billion
Federal spending: $195.65 billion
Federal debt: $380.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $8,734
Consumer Price Index: 38.8
Unemployment: 3.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06 -
Period: to
1970's
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Biafra and Nigeria
Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria -
Sports
Super Bowl - Kansas City d. Minnesota (23-7)
NBA Championship - New York d. LA Lakers (4-3) -
Rhodesia declares itself segregated
Rhodesia severs last tie with British Crown and declares itself a racially segregated republic -
Music
Record of the Year: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," 5th Dimension
Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Games People Play," Joe South, songwriter -
Independence
Tonga and Fiji gain independence from Britain -
U.S. Statistics
President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Population: 207,660,677
Life expectancy: 71.1 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 41.6
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 37.7 -
Earthquake kills
Earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Peru (May 31). -
World event -Mao Zedong
World events -Mao Zedong invites the US ping-pong team to visit Beijing -
Erich Honecker + leadership
Erich Honecker assumes leadership of the East German Communist Party after Walter Ulbricht's resignation.. -
US Trade
Nixon ends the US trade embargo against China. -
Music
Record of the Year: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Simon and Garfunkel
Album of the Year: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Paul Simon, songwriter -
India and the USSR
India and the USSR sign a 20-year friendship pact . -
Sports
Super Bowl - Baltimore d. Dallas (16-13)
NBA Championship - Milwaukee d. Baltimore Bullets (4-0) -
President Nixon meets with Mao Zedong
President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong -
Britain takes rule of Northern Ireland
Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace. -
Sports
Super Bowl - Miami d. Washington (14-7)
NBA Championship - New York d. LA Lakers (4-1) -
Athletes at Olympic Games are killed
Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invades Olympic Village; five guerrillas and one policeman are also killed. -
Sports
Super Bowl - Dallas d. Miami (24-3)
NBA Championship - LA Lakers d. New York (4-1) -
Music
Record of the Year: "It's Too Late," Carole King
Album of the Year: Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
Song of the Year: "You've Got a Friend," Carole King, songwriter -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,237.30 billion
Federal spending: $230.68 billion
Federal debt: $435.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $9,697
Consumer Price Index: 41.8
Unemployment: 5.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.08 -
Nixon orders
Nixon orders "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam (Dec.) -
Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize:
Henry A. Kissinger (US); Le Duc Tho (North Vietnam)1 -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,382.60 billion
Federal spending: $245.71 billion
Federal debt: $466.3 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $10,512
Consumer Price Index: 44.4
Unemployment: 4.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.08 -
Cambodia
US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia -
Sports
Super Bowl - Miami d. Washington (14-7)
NBA Championship - New York d. LA Lakers (4-1) -
Music
Record of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Roberta Flack
Album of the Year: The Concert for Bangla Desh, George Harrison, Ravi Shanker, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton and Klaus Voormann (Apple)
Song of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Ewan MacColl, songwriter -
Nixon and Brezhnev meet
Nixon and Brezhnev meet in Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background: nuclear disarmament -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,496.90 billion
Federal spending: $269.36 billion
Federal debt: $483.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $11,197
Consumer Price Index: 49.3
Unemployment: 5.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.08 ($0.10 as of 3/2/74) -
Sports
Super Bowl - Miami d. Minnesota (24-7)
NBA Championship - Boston d. Milwaukee (4-3) -
Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize:
Eisaku Sato (Japan); Sean MacBride (Ireland) -
India
India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power (May 18). -
Music
Record of the Year: "Killing Me Softly With His Song," Roberta Flack
Album of the Year: Innervisions, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year: "Killing Me Softly With His Song," Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, songwriters -
Sports
Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Minnesota (16-6)
NBA Championship - Golden St. Warriors d. Washington Bullets (4-0) -
Stats
Population: 4.086 billion
Nobel Peace Prize:
Andrei D. Sakharov (USSR
President: Gerald R. Ford
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Population: 215,973,199
Life expectancy: 72.6 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 53.0
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,630.60 billion
Federal spending: $332.33 billion
Federal debt: $541.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $11,800
Consumer Price Index: 53.8
Unemployment: 8.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.10 ($0.13 as of 12/31/75) -
Music
Record of the Year: "I Honestly Love You," Olivia Newton-John
Album of the Year: Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year: "The Way We Were," Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch, songwriters
President Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 5). -
Asassination
President Ford escapes second assassination attempt in 17 days (Sept. 22). -
President
Jimmy Carter elected US President (Nov. 2). -
Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize:-Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams (both Northern Ireland) -
Sports
Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Dallas (21-17)
NBA Championship - Boston d. Phoenix (4-2) -
Act
Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act -
The Nation celebrates
Nation celebrates Bicentennial -
US Supreme Court
US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment -
US Supreme Court
US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority -
Economics
Population: 218,035,164
Life expectancy: 72.9 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 52.9
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 48.2
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,819.00 billion
Federal spending: $371.79 billion
Federal debt: $629.0 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $12,686
Consumer Price Index: 56.9
Unemployment: 7.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 -
Music
Record of the Year: "Love Will Keep Us Together," Captain and Tennille
Album of the Year: Still Crazy After All These Years, Paul Simon (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Send in the Clowns," Stephen Sondheim, songwriter -
Mysterious disease
Mysterious disease strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia, eventually claiming 29 lives -
Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize: - Amnesty International -
Scientists identify unknown bacterium
Scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as cause of mysterious "legionnaire's disease" -
Carter
Carter pardons Vietnam war draft evaders -
Supreme Court
Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions (June 20). -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $2,026.90 billion
Federal spending: $409.22 billion
Federal debt: $706.4 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $13,572
Consumer Price Index: 60.6
Unemployment: 7.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 -
Sports
Super Bowl - Oakland d. Minnesota (32-14)
NBA Championship - Portland d. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2) -
Music
Record of the Year: "This Masquerade," George Benson
Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year: "I Write the Songs," Bruce Johnston, songwriter -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $2,291.40 billion
Federal spending: $458.75 billion
Federal debt: $776.6 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $15,064
Consumer Price Index: 65.2
Unemployment: 6.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 ($0.15 as of 5/29/78) -
President Carter
President Carter chooses Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster as F.B.I. director (Jan. 19). -
Sports
Super Bowl - Dallas d. Denver (27-10)
NBA Championship - Washington Bullets d. Seattle (4-3) -
Nobel Peace
Nobel Peace Prize:
Menachem Begin (Israel) and Anwar el-Sadat (Egypt) -
Music
Record of the Year: "Hotel California," Eagles
Album of the Year: Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
Song of the Year: "Love Theme From A Star Is Born" (Evergreen), Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams, songwriters -
Music
Record of the Year: "Just the Way You Are," Billy Joel Album of the Year: Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees, David Shire, Yvonne Elliman, Tevares, Kool and the Gang, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, MFSB, Trammps, Walter Murphy and Ralph MacDonald (RSO)
Song of the Year: "Just the Way You Are," Billy Joel, songwriter -
Sports
Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Dallas (35-31)
NBA Championship - Seattle d. Washington Bullets (4-1) -
Nobel Peace
Nobel Peace Prize: - Mother Teresa of Calcutta (India) -
Ohio
Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings -
Nuclear power plant
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., releases radiation. Background: Nuclear Power Plant Accidents -
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $2,557.50 billion
Federal spending: $504.03 billion
Federal debt: $829.5 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $16,461
Consumer Price Index: 72.6
Unemployment: 5.8%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.15
