California strawberries: Three pints for $1.00. Ballantine Beer: Six 12-ounce cans for 99 cents. Applesauce: Five 16-ounce cans for $1.00. Eggs were 69 cents a dozen, Oreos were 59 cents for a 19-ounce package, and peanut butter was 99 cents for a 2½-pound jar. The retail price for a gallon of gas averaged 39 cents, the minimum wage was $1.60 per hour, and an ounce of gold cost $106.48. unemployment was 5.6%, the average family income was $12,900, and a new house cost around $32,500. Here are some sports facts from 1973: The Miami Dolphins were the Super Bowl champs, the Oakland Athletics won the World Series, and the Montreal Canadiens clinched the Stanley Cup. Bonanza, Laugh-In, and Mission Impossible all ended their TV runs. The Sting won an Oscar for Best Picture, M*A*S*H* (CBS) won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and Bette Midler won a Grammy for Best New Artist. The Exorcist was the most popular film, Jonathan Livingston Seagull was the best-selling fiction book, and All in the Family (CBS) was the top TV show. Michael and Jennifer were favorite baby names, and Hamburger Helper and pasta primavera were all the rage. Back in the year 1973, Walkie Talkies were popular Christmas gifts, Stove Top Stuffing first appeared on grocery store shelves, and the average tuition at a four-year public college was $358. The “three-day working week” was announced in the United Kingdom. The “Cod Wars” continued between the UK and Iceland. 
Sales of vodka surpassed whiskey sales in the U.S.The 110-story Sears Tower opened in Chicago, and the Oldsmobile Toronado was the first car with a passenger airbag.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was invented by a team led by John Mallard.
Martin Cooper invented the first handheld mobile phone, and Nathaniel Wyeth received a patent for shatter-resistant beverage bottles.President Nixon signed legislation that approved construction of the Alaska pipeline.Supreme Court legalized abortion, and the Endangered Species Act was passed. The Senate Watergate Committee began to televise its hearings, the U.S.
Wall Street was in a bear market, and stagflation presented a dilemma for U.S. General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler laid off 100,000 workers.Inflation tripled from 3.4% to 9.6% and put an end to post-World War II economic expansion.The recession came about because of an OPEC oil embargo against the U.S., major government spending on the Vietnam War, a large Soviet purchase of corn, wheat, and soybeans during 1972, and a Wall Street crash that caused a bear market. economy was plagued with high inflation, an oil crisis, rising unemployment, and the worst recession since the 1930s. Here is a summary of the top news stories and history events that happened in 1973:
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