1975. The end of 6000 years of man's existence, and logically, therefore, the start of the 1000 year reign, which meant that armageddon had to be done and dusted before that.
I remember it well! The hype at assemblies, my Dad giving up his job and selling his home to move where the "need was great", now minimised by Mother with her "Oh so you're another seventy-fiver are you" comments.
Now it's just something that occasionally embarrasses JW's, some of them deny it ever happened, others think that it was all too long ago to be relevent.
Maybe we need to put 1975 into a slot where we can all relate to it. Maybe those of us who remember that year could chip in as well.
So, what did happen in 1975? Well.....
This was scaring cinema-goers witless :
Also: Civil war begins in Lebanon.
North Vietnamese take Saigon ending Vietnam war.
Soyuz-Apollo test flight (US and Soviet spaceships dock).
Billie Jean King wins Wimbledon.
Death of Spanish dictator, Franco
Edward Heath UK Prime Minister takes the UK into the Common market
Paul Simon charts with "50 ways to leave your lover"
..to name but a few events of 1975.
It wasn't that long ago, was it?
Englishman.