The Worlds Population reaches 3.63 billion
The US Population reaches 205 million
The US has 85 people per sq. mile
Japan has 1,083 People per sq. mile
Life expectancy: 70.8 years
Cost of a new home: $26,600.00
Median Household Income: $8,734.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.36
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.62
Cost of a gallon of Milk: 1.15
Average Cost of new house $23,450.00
Average Income per year $9,400.00
Average Monthly Rent $140.00
Sports Illustrated 15 cents
Deaths: Jimi Hendrex, Janis Joplin, Sonny Liston, Charles Ruggles (Who is Charles?)
New words; preppie, hassle, fast-food, rip-off, Fortran, blahs, put down
Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded
Simon and Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water.
First Jumbo Jet goes into service
IBM introduces the floppy disk.
Bar codes are introduced for use in England
The LCD is invented by Hoffmann-La Roche
AND BELOW IS BLOGTHINGS:
In 1970 (the year you were born) |
![]() Richard Nixon is president of the US A federal jury finds the "Chicago 7" innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention The lunar spacecraft Apollo 13 splashes down in the Pacific after near catastrophe The first Earth Day is marked by millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations At Kent State University, National Guardsmen fire into a crowd killing four student antiwar demonstrators A powerful earthquake claims 50,000 lives in Peru 18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections Tidal wave driven by cyclone from Bay of Bengal hits East Pakistan, killing hundreds of thousands An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Damon are born Baltimore Orioles win the World Series Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl IV Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup Tearjerker Love Story is the top grossing film I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is published "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song |
What Happened the Year You Were Born?