Way Back Wednesday!

Welcome to Way Back Wednesday! Today I'm bringing you a look at the year I was born, 1971.

US Leaders

President: Richard Nixon

Vice President: Spiro Agnew

Cost of Living

Average Cost of new house $25,250.00  
Average Income per year $10,600.00
Average Monthly Rent $150.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 40 cents   
United States postage Stamp 8 cents 
Movie Ticket $1.50

Popular Culture

• Led Zeppelin releases their untitled fourth album

• Jim Morrison of The Doors found dead in bath tub in Paris

Popular Films

• Love Story  
• The Andromeda Strain
• The French Connection

Popular Musicians and songs

• The Doors
• Bob Dylan
• Tony Orlando and Dawn with " Knock Three Times "
• Janis Joplin with " Me and Bobby Mcgee "
• The Who
• John Lennon
• The Jackson 5
• Ike and Tina Turner
• Marvin Gaye
• Rod Stewart with " Maggie Mae "
• The Osmonds

 Popular TV Programs

• All My Children
• Mary Tyler Moore
• McCloud
• The Odd Couple
• The Partridge Family

Technology 1971 

• Intel releases world's first microprocessor, the 4004.
• Texas Instruments releases the first pocket calculator
• The First Internet Chat rooms appear
• The First Cat Scanner Produced by EMI  
• Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.   
• First Soft Contact Lens became available commercially in the USA