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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%
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Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria
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Super Bowl - Kansas City d. Minnesota (23-7)
NBA Championship - New York d. LA Lakers (4-3) -
Rhodesia severs last tie with British Crown and declares itself a racially segregated republic
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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 -
Tonga and Fiji gain independence from Britain
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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 more than 50,000 in Peru (May 31).
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World events -Mao Zedong invites the US ping-pong team to visit Beijing
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Erich Honecker assumes leadership of the East German Communist Party after Walter Ulbricht's resignation..
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Nixon ends the US trade embargo against China.
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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 sign a 20-year friendship pact .
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Super Bowl - Baltimore d. Dallas (16-13)
NBA Championship - Milwaukee d. Baltimore Bullets (4-0) -
President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong
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Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace.
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Super Bowl - Miami d. Washington (14-7)
NBA Championship - New York d. LA Lakers (4-1) -
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.
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Super Bowl - Dallas d. Miami (24-3)
NBA Championship - LA Lakers d. New York (4-1) -
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 -
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%
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Nixon orders "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam (Dec.)
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Nobel Peace Prize:
Henry A. Kissinger (US); Le Duc Tho (North Vietnam)1 -
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 -
US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia
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Super Bowl - Miami d. Washington (14-7)
NBA Championship - New York d. LA Lakers (4-1) -
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 in Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background: nuclear disarmament
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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%
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Super Bowl - Miami d. Minnesota (24-7)
NBA Championship - Boston d. Milwaukee (4-3) -
Nobel Peace Prize:
Eisaku Sato (Japan); Sean MacBride (Ireland) -
India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power (May 18).
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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 -
Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Minnesota (16-6)
NBA Championship - Golden St. Warriors d. Washington Bullets (4-0) -
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): -
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%
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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). -
President Ford escapes second assassination attempt in 17 days (Sept. 22).
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Jimmy Carter elected US President (Nov. 2).
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Nobel Peace Prize:-Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams (both Northern Ireland)
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Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Dallas (21-17)
NBA Championship - Boston d. Phoenix (4-2) -
Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act
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Nation celebrates Bicentennial
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US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment
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US Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority
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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 -
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 strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia, eventually claiming 29 lives
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Nobel Peace Prize: - Amnesty International
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Scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as cause of mysterious "legionnaire's disease"
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Carter pardons Vietnam war draft evaders
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Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions (June 20).
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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 -
Super Bowl - Oakland d. Minnesota (32-14)
NBA Championship - Portland d. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2) -
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 -
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%
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President Carter chooses Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster as F.B.I. director (Jan. 19).
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Super Bowl - Dallas d. Denver (27-10)
NBA Championship - Washington Bullets d. Seattle (4-3) -
Nobel Peace Prize:
Menachem Begin (Israel) and Anwar el-Sadat (Egypt) -
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 -
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 -
Super Bowl - Pittsburgh d. Dallas (35-31)
NBA Championship - Seattle d. Washington Bullets (4-1) -
Nobel Peace Prize: - Mother Teresa of Calcutta (India)
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Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings
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Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., releases radiation. Background: Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
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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
