THE YEAR IS 1974
Average Home Price was $38,000; Monthly Rent was $150
A loaf of bread was .35 cents and a pound of bacon cost $1.32
On April 8, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record while playing for the Atlanta Braves
Stephen King released his first novel, "Carrie"
Skittles "rainbow of fruit flavors" were debuted in 1974
Rubik's Cube was Invented
1st Class Postage raised to 10 cents
FASHION TRENDS
Bellbottoms - Platform Shoes - Tie-Dye Shirts - Feathered Hair and the Afro - Military/Safari Look - Circular Sunglasses - Hot Pants - Puka Shell and Love Beads
MOVIES / TV
The Godfather Part II, Chinatown, Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, Towering Inferno, Jaws
"Happy Days" begins an 11-year run on ABC
MUSIC
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
Dancing Machine - Jackson 5
SPORTS
Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium, Houston. Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings 24-7
Daytona 500 - Richard Petty was first driver to win back-to-back titles at Daytona
POLITICS AND NEWS
Watergate Scandal
Three US astronauts return to Earth after 85 days in the US Space Station, Skylab
Physicist Stephen Hawking publishes his landmark paper "Black hole explosions"