94.9 KCMO PRESENTS A CLASSIC REUNION WEEKEND, THIS WEEKEND WE TAKE YOU BACK TO THE YEAR 1975 STARTING AT 3PM ON FRIDAY!
1975 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 USA9.2% 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 |
few More Examples 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 |
What Events Happened In 1975
Vietnam
- The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon and South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally
Vietnam
- The US Carries out Vietnam "Operation Babylift" bringing Vietnamese orphans to the US
U.S.
- New York City avoids bankruptcy when President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion loan
- US Pulls out of Cambodia
U.S.
- The Unemployment Rate in the US reaches 9.2% and recession is recognized by President Ford
U.S.
- The First ever strike by Doctors in the US causes hospitals to reduce services
U.S.
- Jimmy Hoffa ex teamsters boss disappears never to be seen again
U.S.
- Patti Hearst Becomes Most Wanted and is Arrested for armed robbery
