Here are some fun facts and historical highlights from 1975:
Clothing Styles: Hip-huggers, bell-bottoms, leisure suits
Toys: Mood rings, Magic 8-balls, Pet rocks, Rubik's Cubes
Food/Candy: PEZ, Bubble Yum, Pop Rocks (released to the public)
Music: Disco, 8-Tracks
Movies: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Jaws"
TV: "Saturday Night Live" premieres on NBC, "All in the Family" is the top television show, "Wheel of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
President: Gerald R. Ford (visits with UNO football team - image below)
Cost of first-class stamp: $.10
Cost of quart of milk: $.46
Cost of loaf of bread: $.33
News/World Events: Vietnam War ends, Margaret Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain's Conservative Party, Bill Gates founds Microsoft, Watergate Convictions, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat reopens Suez Canal, Apollo 18 is launched, Armani is founded, FBI captures Patty Hearst
UNO Campus life in 1975
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