2023

• In 1974, a gallon of whole milk cost $1.39, bacon was 99 cents for a one-pound package, and eggs were 58 cents a dozen.

• Happy Days started an 11-year run on ABC.

• Barbra Streisand's The Way We Were became Billboard's No. 1 song for 1974.

• The Miami Dolphins were the Super Bowl champs, the Oakland Athletics won the World Series, and the Philadelphia Flyers clinched the Stanley Cup. 

• The World Trade Center—the tallest building in the world at 110 stories—opened for business in New York City.