Throwback Thursday on Legends 102-7! This week, music, pop culture & events from 1970! The Isle of Wight Festival takes place . 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists included Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull. Jimi Hendrix dies of barbiturate overdose in London Janis Joplin dies in a cheap motel from a heroin overdose This is also the year The Concord makes its first its first supersonic flight. Another significant change is the age of voting is now lowered to 18 in the US. Paul McCartney announced that the Beatles broke up The first New York marathon is run in New York The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations Apollo 13 mission to moon abandoned First Earth Day celebrated in April of 1970 Hurricane Celia makes landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas leaving 15 dead and nearly $400 million in damages Chicago Seven defendants found guilty of intent to incite a riot in 1968 ( later overturned by Court of Appeal ) How much stuff cost: Average Cost of new house $23,450.00 Average Income per year $9,400.00 Average Monthly Rent $140.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 36 cents Shaefer Pen $9.95 United States postage Stamp 6 cents Sports Illustrated 15 cents Mans Westclox Watch $18.00 AMC Gremlin $1879
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:47:23 +0000
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