Most popular movie: The Exorcist

Oscar for Best Picture: The Sting

Sports Facts: Miami Dolphins won the Super Bowl, Oakland Athletics won the World Series, Montreal Canadians cliched the Stanley Cup

Average Family Income: $12,900

New House Cost: Around $32,500

Average Price of Gas: $.39 per gallon

Minimum Wage: $1.60hour

Walkie Talkies: Popular Christmas gift

Stove Top Stuffing: First appeared on grocery shelves

Average tuition at a 4-year public college: $359

Best Selling Fiction Book: Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Top TV Show: All in the Family

Inflation: Tripled from 3.4% to 9.6%

Recession: Worst since the 1930s

OPEC oil embargo/Oil Crisis

First cell phone call ever made was in April

Best Selling Album: Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd

Lyndon B Johnson died

Led Zeppelin plays to 56,000 at Tampa Stadium, breaking the Beatles Shea Stadium record for largest concert attendance

Queen released their debut album

In March the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam