Cost of Living 1971
How Much things cost in 1971
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 4.3%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 8.6%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 890
Average Cost of new house $25,250.00
Average Income per year $10,600.00
Average Monthly Rent $150.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 40 cents
Datsun 1200 Sports Coupe $1,866.00
United States postage Stamp 8 cents
Ladies 2 piece knit suites $9.98
Movie Ticket $1.50
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling

Average House Price 5,632
Gallon of Petrol 0.33
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Technology 1971
• Oil Production from the North Sea begins in Norway

• Intel releases world's first microprocessor, the 4004.

• Texas Instruments releases the first pocket calculator

• The First Internet Chat rooms appear

• The First Cat Scanner Produced by EMI

• BBC Open University broadcasts begin in the UK.

• The Aswan Dam is completed in Egypt

• The Worlds Largest Tanker 372,400 tons Nisseki Maru is launched

• Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.

• Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover a day after landing on the surface.

• Three Soviet cosmonauts die during Soyuz 11 accident.

• First Soft Contact Lens became available commercially in the USA



Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Microprocessor USA
Pocket Calculator The Sharp Company
E-Mail USA Ray Tomlinson
Floppy Disk USA by IBM

Liquid Crystal Displays ( LCD ) Switzerland

Popular Culture - 1971
• Led Zeppelin releases their untitled fourth album
• Jim Morrison of The Doors found dead in bath tub in Paris
Popular Films
• Love Story
• Summer of '42
• Ryan's Daughter
• The Owl and the Pussycat
• The Aristocats
• Carnal Knowledge
• The Andromeda Strain
• The French Connection
Popular Musicians and songs
• James Taylor
• The Doors
• Bob Dylan
• Tony Orlando and Dawn with " Knock Three Times "
• Janis Joplin with " Me and Bobby Mcgee "
• The Who
• Mungo Jerry
• John Lennon
• The Jackson 5
• Ike and Tina Turner
• Marvin Gaye
• Rod Stewart with " Maggie Mae "
• The Osmonds
• Michael Jackson
• The Rolling Stones with " Brown Sugar "
Check out our Television Programmes From The 70s whenever possible we have included a trailer to jog your memory. Series trailers and more information are found on the decade they started.
Popular TV Programmes
• All My Children
• Mary Tyler Moore
• McCloud
• The Odd Couple
• The Partridge Family