Jane Ann McLachlan had this great idea for a blog challenge for the month of October to do one day for each of the first 25 years of your life. This is the 7th installment.
In 1970 the Dow continues to drop all the way down to 631 but climbs back up to close at 838 by year end.
Inflation was at 5.84%
Average cost of a new house: $23,450 up almost $8k from last year
Average income: $9400
Gasoline: $0.36 a gallon
Movie ticket: $1.50
Voting age is lowered from 21 to 18.
The Isle of Wight Festival takes place with over 600,000 people attending and every big name in Rock plays. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix both die of drug overdoses shortly after that. Bell bottom pants are becoming the rage.
Black Sabbath releases their debut album, right alongside of the Jackson 5. Could two albums be any more different?
