Class of 1971
1971
Price of a Gallon of Gas: $ .36
Average In-State CA College Tuition: $ 405
Price of a Big Mac: $ .65
What was new in innovation, culture and education?
The Sony Walkman, Intel 4004 - the first programmable microprocessor, Emails + symbol @ to route messages, Floppy disks, and the Digital camera.
Birth of Greenpeace - Walt Disney World opens - Birth of the digital age with invention of the microprocessor and use of transistor technology - Voting age in the USA lowered to 18 year-old - Soviet Union’s first space station launches.
In the case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Pennsylvania, the federal court rules that students with mental retardation are entitled to a free public education.