Time Capsule: 1974

News & Economy

President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Gerald R. Ford

Population: 213,853,928
Life expectancy: 72.0 years

Dow-Jones High: 950
Dow-Jones Low: 590

Cost of a new home: $38,900.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $11,197.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.10
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.53
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.78
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.57

News Headlines

Nixon Rejects Ervin Subpoena 

Heirs Patty Hearst Is Kidnapped By Symbionese Liberation Army 

House votes 410-4 To Investigate The President 

Solzenitsyn Is Deported From Russia 

Grand Jury Indicts presidential Aids Halderman, Erlichman, Colson 

India Announces It Has A-bomb 

Juan Peron Dies Wife Isabel Takes Over 

Nixon Resigns…Ford Sworn In As President 

Ford Gives Nixon Absolute Pardon

Music

Billboard Top 10
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John 
2. Loco-Motion, The - Grand Funk 
3. Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston 
4. Come And Get Your Love - Redbone 
5. I Can Help - Billy Swan 
6. Dancing Machine - Jackson 5 
7. Joker, The - Steve Miller Band 
8. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 
9. Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks 
10. Rock On - David Essex 

Top Albums
• 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton 
• Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings 
• Elton John Greatest Hits - Elton John 
• Planet Waves - Bob Dylan 
• The Sting - Sound Track 
• You Don't Mess around with Him - Jim Croce

Grammy Awards

Album of the Year: 
Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder
Best New Artist: Marvin Hamlisch
Best Pop Duo or Group: 
“Band on the Run,” Paul McCartney and Wings
Best Pop Female Vocal: 
"I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John
Best Pop Male Vocal: 
Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder
Record of the Year:
“I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John
Song of the Year: 
“The Way We Were” 

Movies

Top 5 Movie Money Makers
Blazing Saddles - $119,500,000 
The Towering Inferno -$116,000,000 
Young Frankenstein -$86,300,000 
The Godfather: Part II -$57,300,000 
Benji -$39,552,600

Academy Awards

Best Actor: Art Carney: Harry and Tonto
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Best Director: Best Director: Francis Coppola: The Godfather Part II
Best Picture: The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro: The Godfather Part II 
Best Supporting Actress: Ingrid Bergman: Murder on the Orient Express

Television

Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. All in the Family
2. Sanford and Son
3. Chico and the Man
4. The Jefferson
5. M*A*S*H
6. Rhoda
7. Good Times
8. The Waltons
9. Maude
10. Hawaii Five-O

Emmy Awards

Drama...
Best Drama - Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Best Actor - Robert Blake, Baretta (ABC)
Best Actress - Jean Marsh, Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs

Comedy...
Best Comedy - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Best Actor - Tony Randall, The Odd Couple
Best Actress - Valerie Harper, Rhoda

Sports

Football
Superbowl IX:
Pittsburgh 16 - Minnesota 6
Pro MVP:
Ken Stabler, Oakland, QB & Merlin Olsen, LA Rams, DT

College Football Champion:
Oklahoma
Heisman Trophy:
Archie Griffin, Ohio St., RB

Basketball
NBA Championship:
Boston Celtics over Milwaukee 4-3
NBA MVP:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee

NCAA National Champions:
N.C. State 30-1

Baseball
World Series Champs:
Oakland over LA Dodgers 4-1
National League
MVP: Steve Garvey, LA
Rookie of the Year: Bake McBride, St.L 
American League
MVP: Jeff Burroughs, Tex
Rookie of the Year: Mike Hargrove, Tex

Odds 'N Ends

New string bathing suit is priced at $15.99 

PLO is given "observer" status at UN 

Harry Chapin's "The Cats In The Cradle" is a singles hit 

The Great Gatsby with Mia Farrow and Robert Redford opens at theaters 

Happy Days is a TV hit with Henry Winkler and Ron Howard 

Kickoffs are moved to the 35-yard line in the NFL 

John Newcombe is the World Champion Tennis (WCT) player 

Great Britain, China, France and India conduct nuclear tests 

Girls are allowed in Little League 

Henry Aaron beats Babe Ruth's homerun record

The first pressure sensitive postage stamps are introduced 

Antitrust suite is brought Ma Bell 

Four Episcopal Bishops defy church law and ordain 11 women priests 

Evel Knievel fails launch attempt to jump Snake River, crowd riots