Yearly Inflation Rate USA 9.2%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 858
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 7.25%
Cost of a gallon of Gas 44 cents
Average cost new car $4,250.00
Average Cost of new house $39,300.00
Average Income per year $14,100.00
Average Monthly Rent $200.00
Foster Grant Sun Glasses $5.00
Chevrolet Caprice $4,819
Ford Mustang II $4,105
Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale $5,626
Pontiac Ventura Coupe

$3,829
Current Events: 

•  The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon and South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally
• Jimmy Hoffa ex teamsters boss disappears never to be seen again
• Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop a BASIC program for the Altair 8800
• Motorolla obtains patent for the first portable mobile phone
• The name "Micro-soft" (for microcomputer software) and Microsoft becomes a registered trademark
• BIC launches first disposable Razor
• The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
• Saturday Night Live debuts on NBC
• Muhammad Ali beat Joe Fraser in the "Thriller In Manilla" match
• Amy Harriman born Friday March 14

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 Music:

• 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

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