Featured moment
Jaws Invents the Summer Blockbuster
Steven Spielberg's shark thriller terrified beachgoers and changed how Hollywood releases major films.
Blockbusters and PCs.
Jaws created the summer blockbuster, Microsoft was founded, and the Vietnam War ended.
The Cost of Living in 1975
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Milk
$1.57
World Population
4.07 billion
Featured moment
Microsoft Founded
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded "Micro-Soft" in Albuquerque to develop software for early PCs.
Featured moment
Fall of Saigon (End of Vietnam War)
North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, ending the two-decade-long Vietnam War.
The wider picture
More from 1975
A few more things worth remembering.
Music
Bohemian Rhapsody Released
Queen's operatic rock masterpiece spent 9 weeks at number one in the UK.
Cinema & TV
Saturday Night Live Premieres
NBC's late-night sketch show debuted, launching the careers of countless comedic legends.
Technology
Betamax Introduced
Sony launched its home video cassette format, starting the format war with VHS (which launched in '76).
Science & Space
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
US and Soviet spacecraft docked in orbit, the first joint US-Soviet space flight, easing Cold War tensions.
Cinema & TV
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Released
The musical comedy horror film became the ultimate midnight-movie cult classic.
You arrivedin 1975.
The longer view
This was only the opening scene.
Follow the world as it changed around you, from 1975 to today.