WE’RE AN AMERICAN BAND – GRAND FUNK
#1 – September 29th, 1973
NEWS
• A cease-fire was called and the first American prisoners began to come home from North Viet Nam.
• Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the SLA. (Symbionese Liberation Army)
• The Arab Oil Embargo shot Gasoline prices up by 80%.
• Sky Lab: (United States' first space station)
• Agnew was out, Gerald Ford in as Vice President (Agnew is the only Vice President in U.S. history to resign because of criminal charges.)
• The draft officially ended.
• 5 MPH bumpers on all new cars
FADS and Entertainment
• MOVIES: “The Sting” “American Graffiti” “The Exorcist”
• The Cuisinart Food Processor hits the market.
• “Charlie” was the new perfume.
DEAD
• Pablo Picasso
• Bruce Lee
• Jim Croce
• J.R.R. Tolkien
#1@1
• sold more than 25 million records
• Home town: Flint, Michigan
• First achieving recognition at the 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival.
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