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A Flashback To The 1975 Philadelphia Flyers

What was life like 41 years ago?

Danny Lewis
Mar 29, 2016
Aston
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A Flashback To The 1975 Philadelphia Flyers
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Due to living in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the majority of sports fans are fans of Philadelphia teams. Philadelphia hasn’t had the “best” sports teams over the past years with the likes of the Phillies, Eagles and the struggling 76’ers. One team Philly has been strongly supporting this year is the Flyers, who are looking to secure a playoff spot and challenge to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1975. It has been 41 years since the Flyers have reigned as champions of the NHL. To put it into perspective how long it has been since the Flyers won the Cup, here are 25 big items that shaped pop culture back in 1975.

  • Gas cost 44 cents
  • Average cost of a new car was $4,250
  • President Ford signed a $2.3 Billion dollar loan
  • Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army ending the Vietnam War
  • Unemployment Rate was 9.2% due to the recession
  • The cost of a Superbowl ad was $107,000
  • Doctors were on strike, reducing hospital services
  • Jimmy Hoffa disappears
  • Patty Hearst was arrested after being the FBI’s Most Wanted
  • Altair 8800, first microcomputer, was released
  • JVC introduced the VHS
  • Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline began
  • Bill Gates developed BASIC
  • Motorolla patented the first mobile phone
  • Microsoft became a registered trademark
  • Viking 1 was launched towards Mars
  • BIC created the first disposable Razor
  • Kodak created the first Digital Camera
  • The Laser Printer was invented
  • The Ford F-150 was first introduced
  • PEZ candy made its debut
  • All in the family (CBS) was the most popular TV show for the fifth year in a row
  • “Saturday Night Live” made its premiere on NBC
  • Song of the Year “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain and Tennille
  • Album of the Year “Still Crazy After All These Years” by Paul Simon

Hopefully the Flyers can grind out the rest of the season to secure one of the wildcard playoff spots and then pull off a few upsets to win the Cup. It is a tough task for the Flyers, but it is not impossible.

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