BEST OF MY LOVE - EAGLES - 1974

NEWS

• Viet Nam war ended with the fall of Saigon and the reunification of the North & South.

• The national speed limit was lowered to 55 miles per hour.

• President Ford escapes 2 assassination attempts! (September 5, 1975 and September 22, 1975) 

• Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for US-Soviet link-up in space (July 15).

• Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “Tommy” “Shampoo” & “Nashville”.

• TV:  “All In The Family,” “Sanford and Son,” “Chico and The Man” and “The Jeffersons”

• The disposable razor is introduced.

• Microsoft is founded.

• The Pet Rock, created by Gary Dahl the Pet Rock made Dahl a millionaire, with the proceeds, he opened the ironically named "Carrie Nation's" bar in Los Gatos, California.

• Frazer and Ali fight the “Thilla in Manila”

• “Saturday Night Live” premiers.

• The Altair 8800 – The first “personal” computer although it didn’t have a keyboard or monitor just a bunch of flashing red lights & switches on the front.

DEAD

• Moe Howard: Moses Harold Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)

• Aristotle Onassis: (January 1904 – 15 March 1975)

• Rod Serling: Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975)

• Ozzie Nelson: Oswald George Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975)

#1@1 

• Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther.

• The band's first Billboard Hot 100 #1 single.

• Don Henley sings lead vocals.

• From the album On The Border

• This was Don Felder’s first album with The Eagles.

• “Best Of My Love” from the Eagles You’re #1 @ 1 from March 1975