1970s TIMELINE

By oliviadude

  • 1970

    1970
    %u2022Apollo XIII explosian
    %u2022Gas explosian at a subway construction site
    %u2022American soldiers accused of murdering entire town of Vietnamese civilians
    %u2022Aswan High Dam completed
    %u2022Kent State Shootings
    FASHION
    %u2022Earth Day
    %u2022Computer Floppy Disks Introduced

  • 1971

    1971
    %u2022London Bridge brought to the U.S.
    %u2022Earthquake killing 51 and injuring 880
    %u2022Surgeon general Reported Cigerettes to be severly Harmful to Health
    FASHION
    %u2022VCRs Introduced %u2022Hot Pants

  • 1972

    1972
    %u2022Hurricane 122 die and $2 billion property damage coused
    %u2022First female FBI agents hired
    %u2022Dam collapse West Virginia 250 killed
    %u2022U.S. Astrounouts land on moon-Skateboard Event
    FASHION
    %u2022Pocket Calculators Introduced
    %u2022M.A.S.H.TV. Show Premiers

  • 1973

    1973
    %u2022Abortion legalized
    %u2022U.S. pulls out of Vietnam
    %u2022Sky lab is launched
    %u2022Pablo Picasso dies
    %u2022Sears Tower Opens (biggest building untill 1996)
    FASHION
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  • 1974

    1974
    %u2022U.S. President Nixon Resighns
    %u2022Muhammad Ali Regains the world heavywieght boxing crown
    %u2022Beverly Johnson becomes the first African American Model
    %u2022The First Barcode scanned on a pack of wrigley's chewing gum
    FASHION
    Streaking Becomes Popular

  • 1975

    1975
    %u2022Microsoft founded
    %u2022Civil War in Lebenon
    %u2022More then a million Pet Rocks are sold
    %u2022First Mcdonalds drive thru opened
    FASHION
    N/A

  • 1976

    1976
    %u2022Astrounoats find no Life on Mars
    %u2022Chemical Plant disaster plant in Italy
    %u2022Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000
    %u2022Nadia Comaneci Given Seven perfect Tens
    FASHION
    N/A

  • 1977

    1977
    %u2022Elvis Found Dead
    %u2022Stars Wars Movie released
    %u2022Electrical Blackout In New York City
    FASHION
    N/A

  • 1978

    1978
    %u2022The Worlds First Mass Suicide Of Religeous Cult Members (Joneston Massacre)
    %u2022Liquified Propylene Truck Explosian 200 People Killed
    %u2022First Test Tube Baby Born
    %u2022John Paul II becomes Pope
    FASHION
    N/A

  • 1979

    1979
    %u2022Mother Theresa Awarded Nobel Peace prize
    %u2022Nuclear Accedent At Three Mile Island
    %u2022 Sony Introduces the Walkmen
    %u2022American Airlines DC-10 Crash 273 People Killed
    FASHION
    N/A