Class Of 1971
1971 Trivia-2
Courtesy of Dave Littleton, the following information is a great walk back in time. A few may be repeated on the 1971 History/Videos page, but Dave's list was so long, I decided to create a new webpage. Enjoy...and thanks Dave!!
This may bring back some memories -
Casey Kasem's top 10 songs for 1971 as compiled by Billboard were:
1: JOY TO THE WORLD - THREE DOG NIGHT
2: MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART
3: IT'S TOO LATE - CAROLE KING
4: ONE BAD APPLE - THE OSMONDS
5: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART - BEE GEES
6: INDIAN RESERVATION - PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS
7: GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL - DONNY OSMOND
8: TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS - JOHN DENVER WITH FAT CITY
9: JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNIN' AWAY WITH ME) - TEMPTATIONS
10: KNOCK THREE TIMES - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN
During our senior year, the top box-office grossing films were:
1: Love Story (heck, I think the whole planet saw that movie)
2: Airport
3: Billy Jack
4: MASH
5: Fiddler on the Roof
6: Patton (Best Picture of 1970)
7: The Aristocrats
8: Valley of the Dolls
9: James Bond and Diamonds are Forever
10: The French Connection (Best Picture of 1971)
Other popular movies of 1971 included -
Dirty Harry
Clockwork Orange
Andromeda Strain
Last Picture Show
Play Misty for Me
Shaft
Klute
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Best Actor for '71 was Gene Hackman (The French Connection)
Best Actress for '71 was Jane Fonda (Klute)
Best Actor for '70 [awarded in Feb of '71] was George C Scott (Patton)
Best Actress for '70 was Glenda Jackson (Women in Love)
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Other stats:
a loaf of bread - $0.25
a gallon of milk - $1.18
a dozen of eggs - $0.53
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Government stats:
Unemployment: 4.9%
Federal spending: $210.17 billion
Federal debt: $408.2 billion
Population: 207,660,677
Life expectancy: 71.1 years
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Sports:
Superbowl VI :
World Series -
NBA Championship - Milwaukee wins series over Baltimore Bullets (4-0)