3 Things I Remember About: 1974

By on January 31, 2009 in Life
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It’s time for another installment in my 3 Things series.

Here’s the list so far.  I started with the year 1965, because that’s the first year I can remember 3 things about.

1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973

Other than starting the 9th grade, here are 3 things I remember about 1974.

ddlp 1)  My sister was in her last year of graduate school at Vanderbilt, in Nashville, TN.  I remember visiting with my mom.  A few years later, I would follow her to graduate school at Vanderbilt.  

2)  I remember buying David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs LP and listening to it over and over and over.  I’m not a huge Bowie fan, but that record was great then, and it’s great now.

3)  I remember seeing all the Watergate coverage on the news.  It was a different time then, with no internet and only a few television channels.  We weren’t bombarded by information all day long, so we actually looked forward to the evening news.  I haven’t watched the evening news in close to a decade.

Is there anyone else around old enough to remember 1974?  If so, what do you remember the most?      

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  • http://omegamom.com/ OmegaMom

    My dad watching the Watergate hearings on TV.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/12120034757780455791 Sterling “Chip” Camden

    I was home for 40 days after a concussion in football, so I got to watch all the daytime coverage of the Watergate proceedings. I learned a lot about politics at the young age of 14.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05268190745887737505 Kent

    OM, there sure was a lot of that coverage. I didn’t really understand it at the time, but it was everywhere. Hope you’re feeling better!Chip, 40 days! Wow. I had 2 concussions in high school. All I remember is that my mom would not let me go to sleep for some period of time after they happened.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/12120034757780455791 Sterling “Chip” Camden

    I don’t remember much either, except for Watergate, Jeopardy, and holding onto the walls as I walked down the hall to the bathroom.But my grades improved!