Wednesday, January 28, 2009

history timeline: 1975

1975 AD

Technology
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Bill Gates founds Microsoft
-The microcomputer Altair 8800 is released
-Floppy disk invented in 1971
-LCD and VCR introduced in 1971
-Word processor and pong videogame invented 1972
-Ethernet is introduced by Robert Metcalfe and Xerox in 1973
-The laser printer invented in 1975... ink jet in 1976
-Cell phones, the Cray supercomputer, and the Walkman introduced in 1979
-NASA launches Viking 1 probe toward Mars
-The Energy and Conservation Act of 1976 sets gas mileage standards for cars

Institutions
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The first US-born Roman Catholic saint is St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
-Unification church couples are wed in Korea
-The oldest animal fossils in US are found in North Carolina
-NBC's Wheel of Fortune premiers
-Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
-The musical 'Chicago' opens on Broadway
-The Weather Underground bombs the US state department main office in Washington, DC
-The US Coast Guard Academy admits first female students
-First successfully predicted earthquake in Haicheng, Liaoning, China
-Fire in the World Trade Center

Governance

-Watergate scandal
-Vietnam War ends April 30
-Victoria (Australia) abolishes capital punishment
-The UK implements the Sex Discrimination and Equal Pay Act
-Cold War ongoing
-President Ford signs Public Act 93-620 to enlarge the Grand Canyon National Park
-The US Trade Act of 1974 is enacted
-Italy broadens law on abortion
-International Women's Day is observed by United Nations
-After 3000 years, the monarchy in Ethiopia is abolished

Commerce
-OPEC raises crude oil prices by 10%
-Oil goes over $13 per barrel
-US unemployment rate hits 9.2%
-Begin TransAtlantic Pipeline
-First crude petroleum pipeline opens in Scotland
-New York City is approved for a bailout of $2.3 billion each year for 3 years
-Cost of living 1975 (US):
~Avg cost of new house: $39,300
~Avg income/yr: $14,100
~Avg monthly rent: $200
~Gallon of gas: $0.44
~New Car: $4,200
-Cost of living (UK):
~Avg cost of new house: 11,787 pounds
~Gallon of petrol: 0.72 pounds



1975 BCE

Technology
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Babylonians use highly developed geometry
-Horses are used to draw vehicles
-Earliest written form of Greek

Institutions
-The Hebrews wandered as shepherds in the land of Canaan
-Abraham dies
-Classical period of art and literature
-Mentuhotep 1 built mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari
-Re-established pyramid building and every pharaoh after was buried in one

Governance
-Era of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom
-Mentuhotep reunites Egypt
-Amenemhat 1 founds a new royal residence near Memphis
-Egypt conquers Lower Nubia under Senwosret 1 and 2
-Minoan palace civilization on Crete
-Indus valley civilization

Commerce
-Indus Valley civilization produces wheats and barley
-Trade was made easier by bullock carts and flatbed boats on canal
-Used domesticated animals, including pigs, cattle, cats, dogs, and buffaloes

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