Do you remember where you were in 1975? To help jog your memory, here are some fun facts and key historical highlights from the year Microsoft was born …
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Mood Rings
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Rubik’s Cubes
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Pet Rocks
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Hip-huggers, bellbottoms, leisure suits
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8-Tracks
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Disco
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PEZ candy
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Magic 8-Balls
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Song of the Year: Captain and Tennille,
“Love Will Keep Us Together” -
Album of the Year: Paul Simon,
“Still Crazy After All These Years” -
Movies:
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Jaws,” “Nashville.” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Barry Lydon” -
“Saturday Night Live”
premieres on NBC; George Carlin hosts the first show. -
“A Chorus Line”
appears on Broadway. -
“All in the Family”
is America’s top television show for the fifth straight year.
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President: Gerald R. Ford
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Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Population: 215,973,199
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Unemployment: 5.6%
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Cost of first-class stamp: $.10
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Quart of milk: $.46; loaf of bread: $.33
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Vietnam War ends (April 30).
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Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space (July 15).
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Margaret Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain’s Conservative Party.
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Egypt reopens the Suez Canal after eight years.
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Home videotape systems (VCRs) are developed in Japan by Sony (Betamax) and Matsushita (VHS).
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The Altair home computer kit allows consumers to build and program their own personal computers.
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Computer hobbyists Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs begin working on computer designs. Together they develop the Apple 1 prototype.
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Super Bowl: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6
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World Series: Cincinnati Reds 4, Boston Red Sox 3
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NBA Championship: Golden State Warriors def. Washington Bullets 4-0
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Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon and World Court Championships; Billie Jean King wins sixth Wimbledon crown and retires from singles.
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