NEWS
• Nuclear Magnesium Resonance had been developed. (We call it MRI for short now)
• The Arab Oil Embargo would get our attention & gasoline prices skyrocketed 80%!
• Spiro T. Agnew was out as VP and Gerald Ford was in.
• A cease-fire was called in the Viet Nam conflict and the first American prisoners of war began to come home.
• The government mandated 5 MPH bumpers on all new cars.
FADS and ENTERTAINMENT
• MOVIES: “The Sting” “American Graffiti” and “The Exorcist”
• T.V.: “All In The Family” “The Waltons” & “Sanford & Son”.
• Raquel Welch and Pam Greer were the sex symbols.
• Major League Baseball unveiled the “Designated Hitter”.
• The Cuisinart Food Processor hits the market.
• “Have It Your Way” (Burger King) and “The Uncola” (7UP) were the popular slogans
DEAD
• Pablo Picasso: (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973)
• Bruce Lee: (Born Lee Jun Fan November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) Lee collapsed in Golden Harvest studios while doing dubbing work for the movie Enter the Dragon.
• Jim Croce: (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) He died in a plane crash at the age of 30.
• J.R.R. Tolkien: (January 3,1892 – September 2,1973) He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
#1@1
• This is found on the album “Life And Times”
• His inspiration for the song was a friend he met in his brief time in the Army
• Jim Croce was nominated for two Grammy awards in 1973; the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for this song ("Bad, Bad Leroy Brown")
• This song was released in April of 73 and peaked at number one on the charts three months later. It was still on the charts in September when Croce died in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana.”
• Here’s Jim Croce with “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Your #1 @ 1 from July 1973.
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