1970s


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
     millitary coup.
   * US backed coup in Chile topples government of Salvador Allende. Is
     replaced by Augusto Pinochet.
   * Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia results in 2.5 million
     deaths.
   * USSR begins disastrous millitary 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 and music
   * 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

World leaders

   * Pierre Trudeau (Canada)
   * Mao Zedong (People's Republic of China)
   * Deng Xiaoping (People's Republic of China)
   * Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China on Taiwan)
   * President Anwar Sadat (Egypt)
   * President Georges Pompidou (France)
   * President ValŽry Giscard d'Estaing (France)
   * Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (India)
   * President Suharto (Indonesia)
   * President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (Iraq)
   * Prime Minister Golda Meir (Israel)
   * Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel)
   * Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel)
   * Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
   * Pope Paul VI
   * Pope John Paul I
   * Pope John Paul II
   * Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore)
   * Leonid Brezhnev (Soviet Union)
   * Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
   * Prime Minister Edward Heath (United Kingdom)
   * Prime Minister Harold Wilson (United Kingdom)
   * Prime Minister James Callaghan (United Kingdom)
   * President Richard Nixon (United States)
   * President Gerald Ford (United States)
   * President Jimmy Carter (United States)
   * Chancellor Willy Brandt (West Germany)
   * Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (West Germany)
   * Taoiseach Jack Lynch (Republic of Ireland)
   * Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave (Republic of Ireland)

Sports figures


   * Henry Aaron
   * Larry Bird
   * Muhammad Ali
   * Terry Bradshaw
   * Kareem Abdul Jabbar
   * Willie Mays
   * Joe Namath
   * PelŽ

Entertainers

   * ABBA
   * Aerosmith
   * Alan Alda
   * Allman Brothers Band
   * Bachman-Turner Overdrive
   * Black Sabbath
   * Blue Oyster Cult
   * David Bowie
   * Jackson Browne
   * Jimmy Buffett
   * The Carpenters
   * David Cassidy
   * Sean Cassidy
   * Chicago
   * Eric Clapton
   * The Clash
   * Alice Cooper
   * Gary Coleman
   * Elvis Costello
   * Crass
   * The Damned
   * Deep Purple
   * Neil Diamond
   * Richard Dreyfuss
   * The Eagles
   * Electric Light Orchestra
   * Fleetwood Mac
   * Genesis
   * Gary Glitter
   * Gloria Gaynor
   * Grateful Dead
   * Andy Griffith
   * Merle Haggard
   * Mark Hamill
   * DJ Kool Herc
   * Ron Howard
   * Waylon Jennings
   * Elton John
   * Billy Joel
   * Journey
   * Kiss
   * Led Zeppelin
   * Loretta Lynn
   * Lynyrd Skynyrd
   * Barry Manilow
   * Steve Martin
   * Motorhead
   * Willie Nelson
   * Bob Newhart
   * Jack Nicholson
   * The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players
   * Carrol O'Connor
   * P Funk (Parliament/Funkadelic)
   * Sex Pistols
   * Barbra Streisand
   * Donna Summer
   * James Taylor
   * Marlo Thomas
   * Cheryl Tiegs
   * John Travolta
   * Mary Tyler Moore
   * Neil Young
   * J.J. Walker
   * Johnny Whitaker

Music

   * ABBA
   * Aerosmith
   * Allman Brothers Band
   * Black Sabbath
   * Blue Oyster Cult
   * Jackson Browne
   * Budgie
   * Jimmy Buffett
   * Eric Clapton
   * The Clash
   * Alice Cooper
   * Elvis Costello
   * Crass
   * The Damned
   * Deep Purple
   * The Eagles
   * Electric Light Orchestra
   * Fleetwood Mac
   * Elton John
   * Billy Joel
   * Journey
   * Led Zeppelin
   * John Lennon
   * Bob Marley & the Wailers
   * Steve Miller Band
   * Rainbow
   * Rush
   * Styx
   * T. Rex
   * Queen
   * UFO
   * Van Halen
   * War