J4F – Way Back Wednesday: 7/9/1972
Read on to see what was cool in 1972.
Way Back Wednesday 7/9/1972
Top U.S. Song – Lean On Me – Bill Withers
Average cost for a gallon of gas – $0.36
Average cost for a gallon of milk – $1.20
Average cost for a postage stamp – $0.10
Average cost of a dozen eggs – $0.52
Average cost of a new home – $30,500.00
Average life expectancy – 71.2 years
President of the United States – Richard M. Nixon
Popular Movies – The Godfather, 1776, Deliverance, Jeremiah Johnson, Last Tango in Paris, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Cabaret, Solaris
Popular Books Released – Watership Down, Richard Adams; Ways of Seeing, John Berger; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume; All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot
Happy Birthday To – Tom Hanks, O.J. Simpson, Kevin Nash, Courtney Love, Jack White, Fred Savage, Dean Koontz, Chris Cooper, Jordan Belfort
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