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What was so special about 1975?

* Personal Computer is launched as Bill Gates starts Microsoft.  Anybody invest in it early?

* Vietnam war ends as Saigon Falls (April 30).  We missed the draft by 2 years.

* GHS (74-75) athletes win 2 State Championships - Girls BB and Boys Track.  

* Top Movies: Jaws, (I never swam in Lake Marion again) and One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest which won all the major Academy Awards.  

* Top Songs: Love Will Keep us Together and Rhinestone Cowboy
* Started in 1975: Saturday Night Live and Wheel of Fortune

* Super Bowl (Pittsburgh 16 Vikings 7) happened during the "Snowstorm of the Century"  Two feet of snow and we had a great party, picking up guests on snowmobile

* June Tornados slam into Glencoe trailer park

* Hip-huggers, bellbottoms, and leisure suits were the fashion of the day

* We got to vote for the first time.  Did everybody vote for Jimmy Carter? 

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