1973
Trivia
News Items…
Vice-President Spiro Agnew resigns for income
tax evasion…A Mercedes car once owned by Adolf Hitler
sells at auction for $153,000…Skylab goes into orbit…’Sesame
Street’ is banned from Russian TV… The World Trace
Center is completed at a cost of $750 million…Billie
Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in a much publicized tennis
match…George Foreman becomes the heavyweight champion
of the world by knocking out Joe Frazier…The Oakland
A’s win the World Series…The Pro Football Champions
are the Miami Dolphins.
1973
Cost of Living…
New House: $32,500, Average Income: $12,965 per year, New
Car: $3,950, Average Rent: $175, Movie Ticket: $1.75 (included
a double feature), Gasoline: $0.47 per gallaon, U.S. Postage
Stamp: $0.10.
Granulated Sugar:
$0.65 for 5 pounds, Milk: $1.30 per gallon, Ground Coffee:
$1.00 per pound, Bacon: $0.85 per pound, Eggs: $0.45 per dozen,
Ground Hamburger: $0.66 per pound, Bread: $0.28 per loaf.
$100 in 1973 is
worth $414 in 2003. If the same products were purchased in
1973 and 2002 respectively, the cost would be $25 and $100.
Births…
Oscar de la Hoya (Feb 4-Fighter), Chris Webber (Mar 1-NBA
Basketball Player), Curtis Martin (May 1-NFL Football Player),
Tori Spelling (May 15-Actress), Neil Patrick Harris (Jun 15-Actor),
Brian Austin Green (Jul 15-Actor), Tempestt Bledsoe (Aug 1-Actress).
Obituaries…
Lyndon B Johnson…Edward G Robinson…Noel Coward…Pablo
Picasso…Bruce Lee.
No 1 Hit Singles…
You’re So Vain (Carly Simon)…Superstition (Stevie
Wonder)…Crocodile Rock (Elton John)…Killing Me
Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)…Tie A Yellow Ribbon
Round The Old Oak Tree (Tony Orlando & Dawn)…Bad,
Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)…My Love (Paul McCartney
& Wings)…Half-Breed (Cher)…Angie (Rolling
Stones)…Top of the World (The Carpenters)…The
Most Beautiful Girl (Charlie Rich)
And
the Oscar Goes To...
Best Picture (The Sting)…Best Actor (Jack Lemmon, Save
the Tiger)…Best Actress (Glenda Jackson, A Touch of
Class…Best Director (George Roy Hill, The Sting)…Best
Supporting Actor (John Houseman, The Paper Chase)…Best
Supporting Actress (Tatum O’Neal, Paper Moon)
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