J4F – Way Back Wednesday: 10/1/1971
We’re going back…to 1971!
Way Back Wednesday 10/1/1971
Top U.S. Song – Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Average cost for a gallon of gas – $0.36
Average cost for a gallon of milk – $1.18
Average cost for a postage stamp – $0.06
Average cost for a dozen eggs – $0.53
Average cost of a new home – $28,300.00
Average life expectancy – 71.1 years
President of the United States – Richard M. Nixon
Popular Movies – A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Diamonds Are Forever, Fiddler on the Roof, Dirty Harry, Vanishing Point, The Andromeda Strain, Harold and Maude, The French Connection
Popular Books – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson; Go Ask Alice, Beatrice Sparks; The Lorax, Dr. Seuss; The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom; Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien; The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty
Happy Birthday to – Julie Andrews, Jimmy Carter, Zach Galifianakis, Tom Bosley, Mark McGwire, Walter Matthau, Randy Quaid, Rod Carew
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