Flashback to 1974 - A Timeline of Life in America

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I was part of that record crowd at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium when Hank Aaron hit that home run.

[buck]

I will have to say 1974 was indeed the best year of my life. I was young and life was great and just beginning as an adult. Many adventures were yet to be expirenced. Looking back now some forty seven years later I realize that life is never what you dream it to be. There are happy times and there are sad times and time passes like sand through your fingers. But now being retired and successful l realize that no matter how successful you are in old age you can never be as happy as when you were young and full of life.

[mrskitkatlady]

Carter was a peanut farmer. Not a pecan farmer.

[pernelldh]

Also in 1974…
Land of the Lost starring Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Spencer Milligan and Philip Paley premiered on NBC.

[salemslotandmore]

Thanks for the video and the memories.

[charleshamilton]

I was waiting for your retrospective of 1974. I was a freshman in college, the drinking age in New York was 18, the compulsory draft ended, and the future seemed so bright. So promising. Now, many decades later I remember 1974 with great fondness. Halston. Nik Nik shirts. Sunday brunch at the Lincklaen House in Cazenovia. Falling in love. Yes, great fondness indeed.

[kimdurig]

I graduated HS that year, still remember all the great Rock Bands seen live for $5.00 a ticket, what a great time to grow up.

[egals]

Jimmy Carter was not a Pecan Farmer he was a Peanut Farm.

[joeycarpenter]

Facinating
My parents were born in the summer of 1974, my grandparents and Great grandparents told me about some of this stuff. Going back in time is just an amazing look back.

[brianhayes]

Very important year for me graduated from high school and started my first full time job with General Electric this brought back alot of memories

[michaellehmbeck]

Thank you so much Recollection Road for uploading this great video, I appreciate it!

[johnc.bojemski]

Very CRAZY year if you were a kid in '74. TV was THE great refuge from MOST of it.

[johncoxmastercartoonist]

The long-running PBS science documentary series NOVA premiered on March 5.

[mohabatkhanmalak]

Those were the heady days of the 70's. World was so very different back then.

[bennifm]

Compared to the crap we see happening without a second thought today, Watergate was nothing.

[itinerantpatriot]

I remember sitting with the coach of our little league team the night Nixon gave his resignation speech. He asked everyone to be quiet because he had a reel-to-reel going to capture the historic event. The country was divided between people like my dad who thought Nixon was getting a raw deal and hadn't done anything other politicians had done in the past to people like my coach who thought he should go to prison. I just wanted to ball. For me anyway, watching Hank hit number 715 was the highlight of the year. The death threats and other crap he had to put up with were unlike anything any athlete has to deal with these days. That's why it sickens me that a cheat like Bonds is allowed to keep that record. Everyone knows he cheated, it's why no one (including him) puts up a fuss about him being kept out of the Hall of Fame. If baseball had an ounce of integrity they would give those home run records back to their rightful owners, Roger and Hank. RIP guys, I'm sure everyone in the Field of Dreams you play in now knows the score.

[OldSkool]

Major Professional Sports Championships in 1974:
- MLB: The Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to one for their third consecutive World Series title, and eighth overall (October 17).
- NBA: The Boston Celtics defeated the Milwaukee Bucks four games to three to win their 12th NBA World Championship, and their first since 1969 (May 12).
- NFL: The Miami Dolphins defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in Super Bowl VIII in Houston,
Texas for their second straight NFL title (January 13 - only Super Bowl ever played in Texas until February 1, 2004).
- NHL: The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Boston Bruins four games to two to capture their first ever Stanley Cup (May 19).

Other Pro Champions in 1974 - New York Nets (ABA), Houston Aeros (WHA) and Birmingham Americans (WFL).

[dmc]

Had a friend in Toledo, Oh. We would be playing football in the side yard and he had to leave to go home to watch Disney. We always kidded him about that but God knows I miss those days, my friends, and family. Can't live that time anymore, but sure is nice to remember.

[shawnamunyer]

I was born on this day(August 21) in 1974. Happy birthday to me.

[JWebber]

I was nine in 74’
It was the entry point year in my life to a very dark period of life for me. Many folks look back on a particular point in life with fond memories. I have few good memories from my childhood. I’m fifty eight now and alive in 2023 and grateful for that but I no longer sleep well at night.