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Welcome to Retroville! It’s 1970!
IN THE NEWS:
- U.S. troops invade Cambodia
- Four students at Kent State University are shot by National Guardsmen at a demonstration protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia
- The first daisy wheel printer is introduced
- Alan Shugart patents the floppy disk
- Baltimore Orioles defeat the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series
- Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at 27
ON THE RADIO:
- Adventurers Club
- Catholic Hour
- Cavalcade of America
- CBS Radio Mystery Theater
- Jean Shepard
ON TELEVISION:
- The Most Deadly Game
- Mary Tyler Moore Show
- The Young Rebels
- Tim Conway Comedy Hour
- The Young Lawyers
- Silent Force
- Hee Haw
- Johnny Cash Show
- The Odd Couple
- The Immortal
- Flip Wilson Show
- The Partridge Family
- The Interns
- UFO
FADS & FASHION:
- Alien Zeroid
- Dawn dolls
- Masterpiece (the game)
- Platform shoes
- 8-track tapes
WHAT THINGS COST:
- Car: $3,542
- Gasoline: 36 cents per gallon
- House: $26,600
- Bread: 24 cents per loaf
- Milk: $1.32 per gallon
- Postage Stamp: 6 cents
- Average Annual Salary: $11,106
- Minimum Wage: $1.60 per hour
ACADEMY AWARD – BEST PICTURE:
- Patton – war drama by Franklin J. Schaffner starring George C. Scott, Karl Malden, and Michael Bates
TONY AWARD – BEST MUSICAL:
- Applause – based on All About Eve, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, choreographed by Ron Field, starring Lauren Bacall, Len Cariou, Robert Mandan, and Ann Williams
PULITZER PRIZES:
- Collected Stories by Jean Stafford (fiction)
- No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone (drama)
- Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department by Dean Acheson (history)
- Huey Long by T. Harry Williams (biography)
- Untitled Subjects by Richard Howard (poetry)
- Gandhi’s Truth by Erik H. Erikson (non-fiction)
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE:
- Norman Ernest Borlaug, U.S., research leader at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico City
TOP SONGS:
- Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head by BJ Thomas
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross
- Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
