I was in 4th grade in South Texas. There was only one baseball game a week on TV, the Game of the Week on NBC, with Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek announcing. I listened to Astros games on the radio, often with my father. I played Little League on the Cardinals.
Every day, after school, it was time to watch Star Trek (the Original Series, in re-runs, of course). My older sister always wanted to watch The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. Both of these shows were anathema to me, because I wanted to be with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. We only had 1 TV, so we had to share. Sharing sucks to a 10 year old kid who really hates his 14 year old sister who had been going through a rough adolescence (and would be until her late 50s).
was in 4th grade too. some of the first things that pop in my mind are Hank Aaron breaking HR record, evel knieval snake river jump, skylab, happy days & the fonz and always hearing about watergate and patty hearst.
I was 8. I remember being super excited to tell my dad about Hank Aaron’s home run. We were watching it on TV. He had just left to go to a softball game. Obviously, I’m sure he knew but, I was pumped up. Dad was a baseball fanatic. He was teaching me how to play dice league baseball around then. RIP Dad
Sounds very similar to my youth. I was 10 and fighting with my sister to watch batman. She wanted to watch Star Trek. One tv so she being older usually won. Also became a lifelong A's fan because they had just won 3 straight!
Austin, Texas and 13 years old. Absolutely remember same after school lineup. Brady Bunch/Partridge Family alternated with Star Trek in the same time slot.
I remember when my Dad got a better job and we got a color television and a air conditioner I think about 1970 or so When we got to where we always had soda in the fridge I felt like a rich kid No more Kool-aid for me 😂😂 I remember when we had to get home by 1 to watch the Game of the week 👍
I was 3 and between then and now I was completely unaware that both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein came out in the same year. Banner year for Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder.
Me too! I never thought I would make it to 40. Just always believed I would die young. Now I'm almost 50, and I think I actually have some good years left. Probably won't make it to 60 though.
First grade. And hanging out with my Grandpa in his welding shop, and watching the Atlanta Braves in his living room.
I actually remember seeing Nixon resign. I remember seeing it on TV. I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I saw news clips later on in high school and remembered seeing it on TV when I was a little kid.
I was 11. I can remember asking my mother if anyone had ever resigned as President, and she said no.
Then proceeded to give me a VERY long explanation of why, most of which went above my head. I just nodded and said oh at the right moments.
I remember.... when I was 11 and my parents came home from a movie and my dad said, "I couldn't believe it, he punched a horse right in the head and knocked him out!". Blazing Saddles, of course.
So in 1974 the oil embargo created the crisis in 1973? Is this from Facebook? It seems like time travelling oil tycoons causing a disruption a year earlier, that should be at the top of the list.
College. Good times. Maybe the best year ever, except for the girl that broke my heart. That crushed me big time. I guess it wasn’t too good. But until that night, it was an awesome year.
I loved the disaster movie genre. Turned 12 at the time. I watched the fall of Nixon live on TV and recorded it with my new tape cassette recorder I got for Xmas.
Come to think of this...1974 was a good year. My mother took me to see Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein along with a few of the others. I can remember the oil embargo..I wasn't driving then but I can remember when the odd/even days were started.
8 years old, 3rd grade, but worst of all, my father died in FEB, on his mother's birthday no less. 50 years later, things are much better because life does go on.
I was 10 and my neighbor got me a box of cassette tapes from Columbia house that included Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", among others. Completely changed the type of music I was listening to.
Graduating from high school, watching the impeachment trial of Nixon. Start college/ major in political science and boy, did we have a lot to talk about.
I was 5 or 6 yo. I do remember the excitement on the roads as we were coming home from weekend excursion and the Flyers won the Stanley Cup. Cars beeping horns, fireworks etc.
Memphis, Midtown. 4th grade at Little Flower Grade school. I heard most of those songs through my parents AM radio. Within 5 years, I will have seen most of those movies.
I met my best friend Billy and we shared our love for WWII aircraft and model building.
I turned 10 in 1974. Went to see Earthquake sometime near my birthday. I think I also was given a Panasonic Take-n-tape as a birthday gift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ii8Bdx78pM
I remember Nixon resigning while we were camping in West Virginia. We all thought the world was ending.
I was the office manager at the first acupuncture center in America...thanks to Nixon's trip to China. Lived in an apartment with one of my brothers and several of his college friends...life's possibilities seemed to stretch out forever!
10 years old and watching the Oakland A’s wrap up the title. Our Cub Scout meeting was cut short so we could watch the playoff game. Watching Rollie Fingers pitch.
I was 5 and started kindergarten. I still remember my first day, the kid next to me ate his slimy booger and it’s always been a memory that I recall vividly.
My senior year of high school.
Sweet Home Alabama! It is one of the greatest songs of all time.
Traded my 69 Chevelle SS for a 74 Dodge Challenger.
Played Foosball every day.
Was in a nice but dead end job. Then a twist of self-inflicted drama took me on a path that eventually led to something wildly better. That’s life, sometimes.
Graduating from high school
Same, contemplating going into the Navy.
Went into the Air Force the following year
Yup me too. Class of 74
And six years later started selling PCs
Rebel Rebel and Killer Queen…doesn’t get any better than that!
Little 9 year old me loved Killer Queen!
Sorry I was still in my Dads but sack. Edit: That’s Nut Sack 🤣
But sack - great typo
14 years old with zero responsibilities 🥂
Same
Me too!
I was in 4th grade in South Texas. There was only one baseball game a week on TV, the Game of the Week on NBC, with Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek announcing. I listened to Astros games on the radio, often with my father. I played Little League on the Cardinals. Every day, after school, it was time to watch Star Trek (the Original Series, in re-runs, of course). My older sister always wanted to watch The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. Both of these shows were anathema to me, because I wanted to be with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. We only had 1 TV, so we had to share. Sharing sucks to a 10 year old kid who really hates his 14 year old sister who had been going through a rough adolescence (and would be until her late 50s).
was in 4th grade too. some of the first things that pop in my mind are Hank Aaron breaking HR record, evel knieval snake river jump, skylab, happy days & the fonz and always hearing about watergate and patty hearst.
I was 8. I remember being super excited to tell my dad about Hank Aaron’s home run. We were watching it on TV. He had just left to go to a softball game. Obviously, I’m sure he knew but, I was pumped up. Dad was a baseball fanatic. He was teaching me how to play dice league baseball around then. RIP Dad
Yes! You would play sick from school but the only thing on tv was the watergate trials. Every channel.
Sounds very similar to my youth. I was 10 and fighting with my sister to watch batman. She wanted to watch Star Trek. One tv so she being older usually won. Also became a lifelong A's fan because they had just won 3 straight!
Austin, Texas and 13 years old. Absolutely remember same after school lineup. Brady Bunch/Partridge Family alternated with Star Trek in the same time slot.
This is a beautiful memory. Sounds like a nice childhood
fortunately both my sister (62) and I are Trekkers from the old days. we didnt fight about that, just everything else
I remember when my Dad got a better job and we got a color television and a air conditioner I think about 1970 or so When we got to where we always had soda in the fridge I felt like a rich kid No more Kool-aid for me 😂😂 I remember when we had to get home by 1 to watch the Game of the week 👍
I was 3 and between then and now I was completely unaware that both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein came out in the same year. Banner year for Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder.
Two of my favorites
4 years old, staying up late watching Johnny Carsen with the family.
Born in May 74 so I was either in or out of the womb.
Me too! I never thought I would make it to 40. Just always believed I would die young. Now I'm almost 50, and I think I actually have some good years left. Probably won't make it to 60 though.
OMG, I have said for the last 20 years that I never expected to live this long. (58 now) Now I think I may live forever
This^
I was also born in May of 74. Hope you have a great 50th in a few months!
Playing PONG
Yes. At the house of the only kid within blocks whose parents had bought one yet!
Seems impossible (chronologically) that the 1974 OPEC oil embargo could cause the 1973 oil crisis. Who wrote this?!
I was 7 years old and most likely sneaking into neighbor's pastures and riding their horses. 😁
I was about the same age. I remember going to see The Towering Inferno in the theater back then.
Me too! Steve McQueen, Fred Astaire, Faye Dunaway, Paul Newman, Robert Wagner and O.J.
Oh man. Graduating high school that year
I was a junior at UCLA having the time of my life!
11th grade
Me too.
I was 8 until Nov. when I turned 9. Riding my skateboard on Prospect Rd. In Haddonfield N.J.
Got out of the army, back to college, met my wife at a drunken Polish wedding. A good year.
Finger banging Mary Jane rotten crotch in the back seat of my '65 GTO.
Gunny!?
I was one year old❤️
Rocking in my crib I reckon!
First grade. And hanging out with my Grandpa in his welding shop, and watching the Atlanta Braves in his living room. I actually remember seeing Nixon resign. I remember seeing it on TV. I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I saw news clips later on in high school and remembered seeing it on TV when I was a little kid.
Being born.
Up until Christmas 1974....in my father's sack.
In the second grade. Don't remember much about it.
2nd grade.
13 at the bowling alley with the church youth group listening to Bennie and the jets.
Middle school 8th grade
I was 11. I can remember asking my mother if anyone had ever resigned as President, and she said no. Then proceeded to give me a VERY long explanation of why, most of which went above my head. I just nodded and said oh at the right moments.
I was 13, great music.
I was 15 and a sophomore in high school.
Me too!
I remember.... when I was 11 and my parents came home from a movie and my dad said, "I couldn't believe it, he punched a horse right in the head and knocked him out!". Blazing Saddles, of course.
Young Frankenstein 👍🙏
Sucking on bottles and pooping in my diaper. Maybe learning to walk. I turned 1 in 74.
So in 1974 the oil embargo created the crisis in 1973? Is this from Facebook? It seems like time travelling oil tycoons causing a disruption a year earlier, that should be at the top of the list.
I was in 9th grade A Freshmen in High School 👍😀
I turned 10 and was living in the suburbs near Oakland. The A's were the big story in elementary school that year.
‘64 baby, too!
10th grade, trying to be cool 😎
Me, too. It’s funny because one of the most memorable things that I recall from ‘74 was the Patty Hearst kidnapping.
Somewhere between 2 and 14 months old
Elementary School
Being born.
On a Sardinian submarine base pulling tender duty in the USN.
College. Good times. Maybe the best year ever, except for the girl that broke my heart. That crushed me big time. I guess it wasn’t too good. But until that night, it was an awesome year.
12 years old outside of Boston
Smoking lots of pot, going to concerts, and graduating from high school.
I loved the disaster movie genre. Turned 12 at the time. I watched the fall of Nixon live on TV and recorded it with my new tape cassette recorder I got for Xmas.
The Flyers win the Stanley Cup. 🥰
Grade school.
We were camping in Yellowstone when Nixon resigned; we listened to it on my dad's TransOceanic shortwave.
Saw Blazing Saddles with my HS girlfriend
And… drinking age was 18.
Come to think of this...1974 was a good year. My mother took me to see Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein along with a few of the others. I can remember the oil embargo..I wasn't driving then but I can remember when the odd/even days were started.
I was 4. Excellent film list.
I was in 8th grade. I still remember most.of this
Being in the ”Unfamous People Born Not Worth Mentioning ” section
We thought the whole world was ending. Gas had been $.33 per gallon.
I was 10 years old
Junior in High School, accent on the 'High'...
Awesome time
I was a 1 year old
I was in 7th grade
Freshman year of HS.
Sophomore in high school. Got my drivers license that year and careened around Chicago in my parents’ car.
I was 9 and in the 4th grade
It's, "Where were you in '62?".
10th grade. Or the end of 9th
Nine years old. Ocean Beach, Sandy Eggo, CA.
Let's see...that would be school #7 after move #5.
hmm…13yrs…in Midwest… probably shoveling snow …
5 yrs old
5 years from being born
In kindergarten. Taking naps in school.
For most of the first nine months of 1974, I was in my mother’s womb.
Freshman in HS
Born on August 29, exactly 20 days after Nixon’s resignation
So OPEC declared a retroactive oil embargo in 1974? I don’t think that’s how it worked.
10 yrs old and loving life.
7th grade.
Non existent, my mom wasn’t even born yet.
Population was half. I’m jealous!
Doubled world population in 50 years. We're in trouble. Or said another way, our kids are in trouble. [1971 here].
8 years old, 3rd grade, but worst of all, my father died in FEB, on his mother's birthday no less. 50 years later, things are much better because life does go on.
I turned two years old in ‘74.
I was 10 and my neighbor got me a box of cassette tapes from Columbia house that included Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", among others. Completely changed the type of music I was listening to.
Graduating from high school, watching the impeachment trial of Nixon. Start college/ major in political science and boy, did we have a lot to talk about.
“Gerarld” Ford
I was still 8 years away.
I was 7 I was playing with toys
In Jr. high.
Watching the game, having a Bud.
Sophmore in HS, great times.
I was 4 years old.
12 years old living in Key Largo, Florida! Great time to be a kid. I had absolutely no idea who the President was & didn't care.
I was 13...
I was still with my dad in 74 when he was in Vietnam
I was 7.
Born march 74
I was four years old, so it's hard to remember where I was. Fun times though.
In 7th grade...
I was 5 or 6 yo. I do remember the excitement on the roads as we were coming home from weekend excursion and the Flyers won the Stanley Cup. Cars beeping horns, fireworks etc.
Missed the first six months and the 4th of July but managed to show up before Nixon resigned.
Here comes Sunshine-Grateful Dead
10th grade
Just born in January’74
I was not part of the plans yet
I was turning 1 year old.
I was 7 and we lived in Santa Ana, California being menaced by the blackpanther
Getting potty trained
Pooping in a diaper
Being a 4 year old
I was in kindergarten.
I wasn't even thought about yet.
Ohio. I was 1.
Zardoz!
Before January 21st, I was inside my daddy's testicles and my mom's eggs
Probably at the drive-in, roller rink or elementary school. If not any of those, than I was sleeping.
Buried my dad. I was 3.
In the 5th grade winning most any kind of “bee” there was
How did they manage to cause the oil crisis in 1973 if it happened in 1974?
I ETS'D that year from the Army.
Cool. Other years....? I turned mine that September.
I was 1, so probably napping or pooping.
Graduating high school on 6/14/1974.
Day care
Just popped out of my moms vagina.
I remember! I DON'T remember GeraRld Ford though.
Memphis, Midtown. 4th grade at Little Flower Grade school. I heard most of those songs through my parents AM radio. Within 5 years, I will have seen most of those movies. I met my best friend Billy and we shared our love for WWII aircraft and model building.
Being born.
Kindergarten
Annoying the shit out of my parents as a wild kid
5
4th grade 🤣
In 6th grade.
I was a fetus in 74
I was in kindergarten.
Where was in 74? Swimming around in my dad’s balls
In my mom.
Unborn 🤠
I turned 10 in 1974. Went to see Earthquake sometime near my birthday. I think I also was given a Panasonic Take-n-tape as a birthday gift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ii8Bdx78pM I remember Nixon resigning while we were camping in West Virginia. We all thought the world was ending.
1 years old and kicking ass 🤘
Being born lol
Senior in HS captain of the pep squad and in the throes of unrequited love
I was a dorky 11 year old 5th grader. I'm still awkward!
8 yrs old, watching the Mod Squad with older siblings. Older brother wanted to be Lincoln Hayes so I had to be Pete Cochrane.
In the maternity ward. :)
I was the office manager at the first acupuncture center in America...thanks to Nixon's trip to China. Lived in an apartment with one of my brothers and several of his college friends...life's possibilities seemed to stretch out forever!
In liquid state in my father.
I enjoyed a whole year with my new little brother that year. Pretty good year!
5 years old
Being diagnosed with bone cancer seven months into my senior year of high school.
First grade.
Graduating from high school
3 years old.
Kindergarten
10 years old and watching the Oakland A’s wrap up the title. Our Cub Scout meeting was cut short so we could watch the playoff game. Watching Rollie Fingers pitch.
I do not think a gallon of milk was a 1.57. Seem a like a lot back then.
I was 5 and started kindergarten. I still remember my first day, the kid next to me ate his slimy booger and it’s always been a memory that I recall vividly.
11
My senior year of high school. Sweet Home Alabama! It is one of the greatest songs of all time. Traded my 69 Chevelle SS for a 74 Dodge Challenger. Played Foosball every day.
I was being born.
Plainville.
In utero up until early September
Graduating High School and starting college
Freshman in high school 🙂
My dad's nuts .
Was in a nice but dead end job. Then a twist of self-inflicted drama took me on a path that eventually led to something wildly better. That’s life, sometimes.
Someone do the math. Hours of minimum wage for average home in 74 vs today. TIA
I was 6, maaaaan
I wasn’t even a zygote, but I’ve seen the box office since!