DHS Class of '73
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The document provides statistics and details about the United States and popular culture from 1973. It lists Richard Nixon as President, the average median household income as $10,512, and top songs including "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack. Sports highlights include O.J. Simpson rushing for over 2,000 yards and the Miami Dolphins winning the Super Bowl. Popular films included The Exorcist and The Sting.
DHS Class of '73
- 6. 1973 U.S. Statistics •President: Richard M. Nixon •Vice-President: Spiro T. Agnew •Population: 211,908,788 •Life Expectancy: 71.4 years •Median Household Income: $10,512 •Inflation Rate: 6.16% •Year end Dow Jones Industrial Average: 850 •Average cost of a new house: $32,500 •Average Monthly Rent: $175 •Gas per gallon: 40 cents •Average cost of a new car: $2,822 •Movie Ticket: $1.50 •Federal Minimum wage: $1.60
- 10. Sports in 1973 American football Basketball O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship – for more than 2,000 yards in a single season. UCLA wins 87-66 over Memphis State. Bill Walton of UCLA scored 44 points in the Championship game. Super Bowl VII – Miami Dolphins won 14-7 over the Washington Redskins to complete the only unbeaten NFL NBA Finals – season New York Knicks won 4 games to 1 over the Los Angeles Lakers 1973 ABA Finals – Indiana Pacers defeat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 Golf Baseball Men's professional January 18 – Orlando Cepeda signs with the Boston Red Sox, making him the first player signed by a team specifically Masters Tournament - Tommy Aaron to be a designated hitter. U.S. Open - Johnny Miller British Open - Tom Weiskopf The American League uses the designated hitter rule for the PGA Championship - Jack Nicklaus first time. Ron Blomberg is the first player to bat as a DH. PGA Tour money leader - Jack Nicklaus - $308,362 World Series – Oakland Athletics won 4 games to 3 over the Ryder Cup - United States won 19-13 over Britain New York Mets & Ireland in team golf.
- 15. Pop Culture in 1973 Elvis Presley’s “Aloha from Hawaii” television special is seen around the world by more than 1 billion viewers! Popular Films in 1973 - The Exorcist - The Sting - American Graffiti - Papillon - The Way We Were - Magnum Force - Robin Hood - Last Tango in Paris - Paper Moon - Live and Let Die
- 19. Top Songs from 1973 1. Killing Me Softly With His Song, Roberta Flack 2. You’re So Vain, Carly Simon 3. Touch Me in the Morning, Diana Ross 4. Sing, Carpenters 5. You are the Sunshine of my Life, Stevie Wonder 6. Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight & The Pips 7. Daniel, Elton John 8. Papa was a Rolling Stone, Temptations 9. My Love, Paul McCartney & Wings 10. Yesterday Once More, Carpenters
- 21. The Junior Class of Drumright High School request the pleasure of your company at the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom on Friday, May eighteenth nineteen hundred and seventy-three at seven o’clock in the evening Drumright Elementary School R.S.V.P.
- 24. In Memory Ricky Norman of… Randy Paul Randy Norman Karen Cahoon