WYRK @ Jack Astor’s With Miller Lite

Join Brett Alan and The Country Crew tonight from 7-9p at Jack Astor’s (inside the Walden Galleria) for the WYRK BLAST FROM THE PAST Presented By: Miller Lite. The original lite beer. Grab the original light beer served up in the old-school miller lite white logo bottles, win great prizes and take your picture in front of the WYRK/MILLER LITE GREEN SCREEN and put yourself in history making photos of 1974 (when Miller Lite was first brewed).

1974 HISTORICAL FACTS-

• Following impeachment hearings started on May 9th Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign after the Watergate Scandal on August 9th
• 55 MPH Speed Limit imposed to preserve gas usage US wide
• Sears Tower in Chicago becomes the worlds tallest building
• Estimate of The Worlds Population reaches 4 billion
• In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States
• Work begins on the first use of UPC or Universal product Code BAR CODE UPC scanner installed in Marshes Supermarket in Troy Ohio e 800 mile long Alaska Oil pipeline
• Jun 1st - The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
• Apr 5th - Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
• 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents

Miller Lite is the original light beer— revolutionized the American beer industry and invented the light beer category in 1975

• Won the Gold four times at the World Beer Cup, as well as Gold and Silver at the Great American Beer Festival
• Still use the same yeast Frederick Miller brought from Germany to Milwaukee more than150 years ago
• The secret to Miller Lite is the special brewing recipe—it’s Triple Hops brewed to be a true pilsner with more color, aroma and taste
• It takes 21 days to brew Miller Lite

Born in 1974 (along with Miller Lite- the Original Lite Beer!)  Miller Lite is the original light beer—we revolutionized the American beer industry and invented the light beer category

Born in 1974:

Leonardo DiCaprio November 11th
Alanis Morissette June 1st
Jimmy Fallon September 19th
Victoria Beckham April 17th

 Pop Culture 1974-

• "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
• Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
• Jan 16th - "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published
• "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
• Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
• 1st American Music Award: Helen Reddy & Jim Croce win
• Feb 27th - "People" magazine begins sales
• Mar 2nd - 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins
• Mar 16th - 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
• Mar 19th - Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
• Apr 24th - NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win

Sports- 1974-

• Jun 4th - Never repeated 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field & cause Indians to forfeit the game with the Rangers with the score tied 5-5 in the 9th inning.
• Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
• Apr 4 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714^th

Miller Lite- Sports

• The same year Miller Lite invented light beer, NFL referees started using wireless microphones
• In the early ‘80s it was common to reenact Miller Lite commercials at sporting events. One side of the crowd would yell “tastes great!” and the other would respond, “less filling!”
• 1975 was also the year the Pittsburgh Steelers won their first Super Bowl

•Miller Lite released a spot in 1975 featuring Bob Uecker as Mr. Baseball, despite his less-than-stellar performance as a major league player in the 1960s. Some say Miller Lite inspired the casting of Uecker in three Major League films and the ABC sitcom Mr. Belvedere

Orangemen made it to their first Final Four in, defeating Kansas State in OT of the Elite 8- winning 95-87; •SU unfortunately lost in the Final Four to Kentucky