1974 Triva: World Series Champions: Oakland Athletics Superbowl VIII Champions: Miami Dolphins NBA Champions: Boston Celtics Stanley Cup Champs: Philadelphia Flyers U.S. Open Golf Hale Irwin U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Jimmy Connors/Billie Jean King Wimbledon (Men/Women): Jimmy Connors/Chris Evert NCAA Football Champions: Oklahoma & USC NCAA Basketball Champions: North Carolina State Kentucky Derby: Cannonade World Cup (Soccer): West Germany Sports Highlights: The Hotties and Fashion Icons: Raquel Welch, Pam Grier The Heartthrob(s): The Quote You wont have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore - resigning President Richard Nixon And now for something completely different - Monty Pythons Flying Circus (1969 in the U.K.) Tastes great, less filling - Miller Lite Dy-No-Mite J.J. WAlker on Good Times Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. - Al Pacino, in The Godfather Part II Forget it, Jake, its Chinatown. - Joe Mantell, in Chinatown Time Magazines Man of the Year King Faisal Miss America: Rebecca King (Denver, CO) Miss USA: Karen Morrison (Illinois) The Scandal: Rock Star Death: Mama Cass (obesity related heart attack) Patty Hearst, heiress to the Hearst Newspaper group, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, later joining the group in a bank heist. While David Niven was at the Oscars podium, live on national television, a streaker (Robert Opal) ran by. David quippped Isnt it fascinating to think that the only laugh that man will ever get is for stripping and showing his shortcomings? Mikhail Baryshnikhov defected the the USA, leaving the Soviet Unons Bolshoi Ballet behind him. Nerd News: The post-it note is invented by Arthur Fry. It became widely used and available in 1980. 21 year-old Michael Kittredge opened his Yankee Candle factory. Liposuction invented by Giorgio Fischer in Rome, Italy. After several decades of deciding how to do it, in June, the first U.P.C. scanner was installed at a Marshs supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The first product to have a bar code included was a packet of Wrigleys Gum. The national speed limit was lowered to 55 miles per hour. Cost of a Superbowl ad in 1974: $103,000 The Habit: CB Radio, Kung Fu Fighting, watching All In The Family on CBS, reading Erica Jongs Fear of Flying 1st appearances & 1974s Most Popular Christmas gifts, toys and presents: Connect Four, G.I. Joe with KUNG FU GRIP, Magna Doodle Best Film Oscar Winner: The Godfather: Part II 1974 Most Popular TV shows: 1. All in the Family (CBS) 2. Sanford and Son (NBC) 3. Chico and the Man (NBC) 4. The Jeffersons (CBS) 5. M*A*S*H (CBS) 6. Rhoda (CBS) 7. Good Times (CBS) 8. The Waltons (CBS) 9. Maude (CBS) 10. Hawaii Five-O (CBS) 1974 Billboard Number One Songs December 29, 1972 - January 11, 1974: Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce January 12 - January 18: The Joker - Steve Miller Band January 19 - January 25: Show And Tell - Al Wilson January 26 - February 1: Youre Sixteen - Ringo Starr February 2 - February 8: The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand February 9 - March 1: Loves Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra March 2 - March 22: Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks March 23 - March 29: Dark Lady - Cher March 30 - April 5: Sunshine On My Shoulders - John Denver April 6 - April 12: Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede April 13 - April 19: Bennie And The Jets - Elton John April 20 - May 3: TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees May 4 - May 17: The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk May 18 - June 7: The Streak - Ray Stevens June 8 - June 14: Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings June 15 - June 28: Billy, Dont Be A Hero - Paper Lace June 29 - July 5: Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot July 6 - July 12: Rock The Boat - The Hues Corporation July 13 - July 26: Rock Your Baby - George McCrae July 27 - August 9: Annies Song - John Denver August 10 - August 16: Feel Like Makin Love - Roberta Flack August 17 - August 23: The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace August 24 - September 13: (Youre) Having My Baby - Paul Anka & Odia Coates September 14 - September 20: I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton September 21 - September 27: Cant Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White September 28 - October 4: Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim October 5 - October 18: I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John October 19 - October 25: Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston October 26 - November 1: Then Came You - Dionne Warwick & The Spinners November 2 - November 15: You Aint Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive November 16 - November 22: Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band November 23 - December 6: I Can Help - Billy Swan December 7 - December 20: Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas December 21 - December 27: Cats In The Cradle - Harry Chapin December 28, 1974 - January 3, 1975: Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
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