The 1970s At A Glance

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Slang: Can You Dig It, The Crib, Dream On, Far Out, Good night John Boy, May the Force be with You, The Man, Your Mama, Booking, Chill, To the Max, Airhead, Bad (cool), Bogart( greedy), Fuzz ( police), Slap me some Skin, Tubular( cool), Tunes,

Source: Wikipedia

The first facelifts were attempted in the 1970s

The fatal shooting of four student protestors by National Guard soldiers at Kent State University, Ohio in 1970.

The signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in 1979.

The death of Elvis Presley in 1977.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched.

Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs met in the "Battle of the Sexes, " tennis match.

Mark Spitz, who set seven World Records to win a record seven gold medals in one Olympics, bringing his total to nine.

The world's first general microprocessor - the Intel 4004, came out in November 1971.

personal computers began to be produced along with pocket calculators

Nixon became the first President to resign his post, in 1974

The Iran hostage crisis began in 1979.

Many legendary rock bands started, or hit their peak, including Black Sabbath, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Status Quo, Family, Free, Pink Floyd, Michael Zach, Aerosmith, Badfinger, the Eagles, KISS, Rush, The Who, The Sweigman Brothers Band, The Doors, Deep Purple, and Van Halen.

Disco became popular with artists such as Van McCoy( The Hustle), Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Dalida, The Village people, and Bee Gees.

Punk hit the music world with The Ramones, Sex pistols and The Clash.

Films of the Seventies included, Patton,  MASH, Love Story, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Shaft, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Animal House, and of course Star Wars

Telivision was marked by shows such as All in the Family, Maude, Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Charlie's Angels, Three's Company, The love Boat, and Fantasy Island.

The seventies also saw the rise of many daytime soaps and the ever popular game shows.