Our 1975 class was special and the years we spent at school was a unique time in history.
This page is dedicated to popular culture of the time. Go back in time with;
Music, TV, Movies, Sports, Fashion, Technology, Politics, Personalities and more.

Music from 1975 - SONG LINKS AT BOTTOM OF SITE
#7 Paul Anka with Odia Coates - One Man Woman/One Woman Man
 #22 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Satin Soul
 #41 Paper Lace - The Black-Eyed Boys
 #15 George Harrison - Dark Horse
 #11 Gladys Knight And The Pips - The Way We Were/try To Remember

Economy 
1975 In the UK inflation continues to spiral out of control reaching 24.2% the price of Petrol increased by nearly 70% in one year, but the US sees a start back down with US inflation going down to 9.2%, both governments use interest rates as a way of trying to control inflation with the US Federal Reserve at 7.25% and The Bank of England at 11.25%. Meanwhile one of the true success stories of modern times when Bill Gates and Paul Allen create the company Microsoft. The First of the new hobby computers are starting to appear including Altair 8800 and the battle for Video recorder standards of VHS and Betamax starts. This is also the year the Vietnam war finally ends.

Cost of Living 1975

How Much things cost in 1975
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 9.2%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 858
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 7.25% 
Average Cost of new house $39,300.00
Average Income per year $14,100.00
Average Monthly Rent $200.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 44 cents
Average cost new car $4,250.00
Foster Grant Sun Glasses $5.00

What Events Happened in 1975

Spanish Dictator Franco Dies
OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.
The British Conservative Party chooses it's first women leader, Margaret Thatcher
Oil goes over $13.00 per barrel
The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon and South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally
The US Carries out Vietnam "Operation Babylift" bringing Vietnamese orphans to the US
New York City avoids bankruptcy when President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion loan
US Pulls out of Cambodia
The first oil pipeline to serve Forties oilfield starts pumping North Sea Oil
The Suez Canal reopens for the first time since the Six-Day War
The Unemployment Rate in the US reaches 9.2% and recession is recognized by President Ford
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Assassinated
Baader-Meinhof guerrillas take 11 hostages at West German embassy in Stockholm
The First ever strike by Doctors in the US causes hospitals to reduce services
Britains inflation rate jumps 25%
Beginning of 15 years of civil war between Maronite Christians and Muslim militias in Lebanon
Indira Gandhi India Prime Minister is found guilty of electoral corruption
The UK implements the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Act
London underground train crashed into a brick wall at Moorgate in London's Financial district
The United Kingdom votes yes in a referendum on staying in the European Community
Angola Gains Independence From Portugal
Suriname Gains Independence From Netherlands 

Popular Culture 1975

Bruce Springsteen releases his third album, Born To Run, widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time
The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
Popular Films

Jaws 

The Towering Inferno 

Benji 

Young Frankenstein 

The Godfather Part II 

Funny Lady 

Murder on the Orient Express 

The Return of the Pink Panther 

Tommy 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 

Popular Musicians

Minnie Riperton
Aerosmith 

Black Sabbath

Chicago 

Bob Dylan 

David Bowie with " Fame " 

Alice Cooper 

The Eagles with " Best of My Love " 

Jefferson Starship 

Elton John with Island Girl and " Lucy in
the sky with Diamonds " 

Kiss 

Led Zeppelin 

John Lennon 

Bob Marley and the Wailers 

Paul McCartney and Wings 

Pink Floyd 

Paul Simon 

Queen 

Bruce Springsteen 

The Who 

ZZ Top 

Technology 1975

Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins
Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop a BASIC program for the Altair 8800
The name "Micro-soft" (for microcomputer software) and Microsoft becomes a registered trademark
NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
US Apollo and Soviet Soyuz 9 spacecraft link up in space and Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts shake hands
BIC launches first disposable Razor
The Microcomputer Altair 8800 is released
Work on the Alaskan Oil Line begins
Sony introduces Betamax videotapes and Matsushita / JVC introduce VHS
Tuvalu Gains Independence From Great Britain
Mozambique Gains Independence From Portugal 
 

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )

Personal Computer USA Microsoft
The Digital Camera Steven Sasson and

Kodak Company Laser Printer USA