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- Average US yearly income was $12,900
- Gas cost $.40.
- Average US house was $32,500.
- Average UK house was £9,942.
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- OPEC announces oil restrictions.
- UK, Ireland, and Denmark join the EEC.
- US signs peace accord with Vietnam.
- World Trade Center built.
- Yom Kippur War starts when Egypt and Syrian forces invade Israel.
- Basque separatists kill Spanish Prime Minister.
- Chili government overthrown in a coup led by General Pinochet.
- Northern Ireland holds referendum and majority vote to stay in UK.
- In Argentina, Juan Peron returns to take office again.
- Independence: Belize from UK, Bahamas from UK
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- Skylab is launched into space. Computers began to talk over phone lines using TCP/IP. Jetski is first sold by Kawasaki,
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- The Exorcist was scaring everyone, The Sting gave con men a good name, and nostalgia can be cool in American Graffiti.
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