Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium
Events and trends
Computers, technology
Science
War, peace and politics
- fear of nuclear war despite détente, SALT treaties.
- Watergate break-in, cover-up, and scandal, leading to U.S. president Richard Nixon's resignation.
- Yom Kippur War of 1973; Egypt and Israel establish diplomatic relations through Camp David Accords of 1978.
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. East Pakistan wins independence as Bangladesh. Martial law declared in Pakistan. Indira Gandhi suspends constitution in India.
- U.S. expansion of, then withdrawal from Vietnam War. Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces in 1975.
- Genocide in Cambodia under Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot deposed by Vietnamese troops.
- widespread strikes and industrial unrest in the United Kingdom throughout decade; Conservative Party's Margaret Thatcher elected first female prime minister.
- Coup in Chile topples government of Salvador Allende, who is replaced by Augusto Pinochet. Coups and revolutions topple governments of Afghanistan, Argentina, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Nicaragua among others. Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. Assassination of South Korea's Park Chunghee.
- USSR begins disastrous military campaign in Afghanistan.
- Spain establishes democracy after death of dictator Francisco Franco; withdraws from Western Sahara to see it occupied by Morocco
- Portugal's decolonization from Mozambique, Angola, Portuguese Guinea, and East Timor; Indonesia invades the last. Carnation Revolution.
- Torrijos-Carter Treaties promise U.S. withdrawal from Panama Canal.
- Rise of environmental awareness and green movements, peace movement and women's liberation in Europe and the USA. First Earth Day (1970). Whole Earth Catalog becomes widely popular and wins National Book Award. Decline of the Black Panther Party. Peak of activity of the Japanese Red Army, Red Army Faction, Red Brigades, Symbionese Liberation Army, and Weathermen.
Economics
Culture
- Funk, Glam rock, Disco, Punk rock, Gothic rock music,
- Star Wars
- An age of superstars and idols in sports, music, literature and film.
- 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
- In design, 1970s forms tended to be squared off and voluminous.
- Beginnings of a widespread, strong interest in bringing the considerations of ecology together with the disciplines of planning and design in Environmental design.
- American popular culture refers to this time period as the "Me Decade (http://o0everlast0o.tripod.com/)"
Others
People
World leaders
Entertainers
- Alan Alda (M*A*S*H)
- David Cassidy (The Partridge Family)
- Gary Coleman (Diff'rent Strokes)
- Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, American Graffiti)
- Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz)
- Mark Hamill (Star Wars`)
- Goldie Hawn (Butterflies Are Free, Shampoo, $)
- George Lucas (Star Wars, American Graffiti, THX 1138)
- Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chinatown, The Last Detail, Five Easy Pieces)
- Sylvester Stallone (Rocky)
- Henry Winkler (The Fonz on Happy Days)
- Harrison Ford
- Redd Foxx
- Louis de Funes
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Mel Gibson
- Ron Howard
- Jack Lemmon
- Steve Martin
- Robert De Niro
- Bob Newhart
- The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players
- Carroll O'Connor
- Al Pacino
- Robert Redford
- Sony
- Barbra Streisand
- John Travolta
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Johnny Whitaker
Sports figures
Writers
Music
See also: List of rock and roll albums in the 1970s
Film
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