1970s
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Events and Trends
- OPEC oil embargo
- Iranian revolution and hostage situation
- Watergate break-in, cover-up, and scandal.
- Richard Nixon's resignation
- end of Vietnam War
- fear of Nuclear war
- high inflation
- high unemployment
- The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark join Common Market in 1973.
- Widespread strikes and industrial unrest in the United Kingdom throughout decade.
- Margaret Thatcher elected Britain's first female prime minister.
- Spanish dictator Francisco Franco dies after 40 year rule.
- Democracy established in Portugal after dictatorship overthrown in military coup.
- US backed coup in Chile topples government of Salvador Allende. Is replaced by Augusto Pinochet.
- Elected government in Pakistan replaced by Martial Law.
- Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia results in 2.5 million deaths.
- USSR begins disastrous military campaign in Afghanistan.
- Unix created along with C programming language
- Home computer revolution
- Pocket calculators make the slide rule obsolete.
- Disco, Punk rock, Gothic rock music
- Star_Wars
- An age of superstars and idols in sports, music, literature and film.
- Microsoft is founded (1975)
- Jamaican reggae music begins to gain an international audience, while dub music influences African Americans in New York City, leading to the development of hip hop
- Indonesian Archaeological Service and UNESCO restore Borobodur
- Raise of environmental awareness and green movements, peace movement and women's liberation in Europe and the USA
- Brazil won soccer world cup
- Indonesia invades East Timor and follows with a occupation alleged to be proportionally as deadly as Khmer Rouges' regime and US supported while the mass media suppressed coverage about it.
World leaders
Sports figures
Entertainers
Music
See also: List of rock and roll albums in the 1970s
Writers
Film
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