Our class was special and the years we spent at school were a unique time in history. This page is dedicated to popular culture of the time. Roll back in to time.

Fun Facts from 1975
-Mood Rings
-Rubik’s Cubes
-Pet Rocks
-Hip-huggers, bellbottoms, leisure suits
-8-Track Tapes
-Disco
-PEZ candy
-Magic 8-Balls

-Song of the Year: Captain and Tennille, “Love Will Keep Us Together” and -The first #1 pop hit for Barry Manilow: "Mandy" was Manilow's first number one   single on January 18, 1975. 
-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
-The premiere of Wheel of Fortune: Merv Griffin created the game show, which premiered on NBC on January 6, 1975. 

-President: Gerald R. Ford and Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Unemployment: 5.6%
-Cost of first-class stamp: $.13
-Quart of milk: $.46; loaf of bread: $.33
-A gallon of gas cost $.59
-The Vietnam War ends: The North Vietnamese Army captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, on April 30,1975, 
effectively ending the war
-Apollo spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space (July 15)
-Margaret Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain’s Conservative   Party
-Egypt reopens the Suez Canal after eight years
-The start of construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System: Construction of  the pipeline system began in 1975. 
-The development of home videotape systems: Sony developed the Betamax and Matsushita developed the VHS.  
-The Altair home computer kit allows consumers to build and program their   own personal computers
-Computer hobbyists Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs begin working on computer designs. Together they develop the Apple 1 prototype
-Super Bowl: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6
-World Series: Cincinnati Reds 4, Boston Red Sox 3
-NBA Championship: Golden State Warriors def. Washington Bullets 4-0
-Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon and World Court Championships; Billie Jean King wins sixth Wimbledon crown and retires from singles