Back to the Future, 1974

That was the year when...

• The Watergate scandal brings about Nixon resignation
• West Germany won the football World cup (in West Germany)
• Mikhail Baryshnikov became the latest Soviet Ballet dancer to defect to the west
• Haile Selassie Deposed as Ruler of Ethiopia after 58 years in power
• Famous Radio & TV comedian Jack Benny died, aged 80

About 1974
While Nixon was squirming and Evel Knievel was trying to leap the Grand Canyon Swedish pop sensations Abba were hitting the top of the charts with Waterloo.
You Have been Watching...
• Porridge
• Rising Damp
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum
• Man About The House

At the Cinema
• The Godfather partII (Best Film Oscar)
• Monty Python's The Holy Grail
• Emmanuelle
• Lenny