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News Event
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51566/11-fun-facts-about-beatles
The Beatles broke up Fact 1 “Lovely Rita” may have been a real Meter Maid named Meta
Fact 2 They're famous abbey road picture has a sequel
Fact 3 Ringo’s real name is Richard Starkey -
Transportation
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/1972-plymouth-road-runner-and-road-runner-gtx/ Fact 1 The “Beep Beep” horn was added it would make a similar sound as the cartoon road runner
Fact 2 The top speed is 150 miles per hour
Fact 3 The prices ranged from 3,095 to 38,500 -
Fashion
https://www.centralcasting.com/what-know-about-1970s-fashion/
Tube tops were used in the Disco look for women 1978
Chokers feathered head bands and bracelets These were all apart of the hippie look for women 1972
Western shirts and flannels These were popular for a kind of laid back look for the men 1975 -
Music
https://www.retrowaste.com/1970s/
Fact 1 Roger Waters Nick Mason and Richard Wright all met as architect student in 1963 From the band Pink Floyd
Fact 2 Queen kind of invented stand free music when Freddi accidentally broke the microphone stand and so he danced around the whole time in 1975
Fact 3 The Bee Gees released 11 singles in Australia before moving to the U.S in 1963 -
Movie
http://www.skooldays.com/categories/movies/mv1588.htm
Fact 1 Jaws was the most successful in 1975
Fact 2 In 1978 Jaws 2 came out in 1983 Jaws 3D came out and in 1987 Jaws Revenge came out
Fact 3 The original movie was 2 hours long of waiting suspense -
Sports Figure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_female_gymnasts_for_the_United_States
Fact 1 Nadia Comaneci was just 15 years old when she scored a perfect 10 in the Olympic games as a gymnast
Fact 2 She won 3 Olympic gold medals in 1976 and 2 more in 1980
Fact 3 She is ranked 5th in Olympic gold medalist in women's gymnastics -
TV or Radio show
https://www.metv.com/lists/10-heavenly-facts-about-charlies-angels
Fact 1 The show Charlies Angles was originally called The Alley Cats
Fact 2 The Angels wore up 20,000 dollars worth of clothes each week
Fact 3 Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood were partners in the show but also partners off the show -
Toys
http://www.skooldays.com/blog/
Fact 1 On march 3rd 1976 the first skate park opened and skate tricks became popular
Fact 2 In 1973 May 25 the Evel Knievel stunt cycle came out it came in rockets motorcycles and cars Evel Knievel was a daredevil
Fact 3 On March 10th 1978 Digger the Dog came out for all the kids that wanted puppies but were too young to get one they had a Digger it was an electronic dog you could take care of -
President
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-fascinating-facts-about-former-president-jimmy-carter
Fact 1 Carter was born October 1st 1924
Fact 2 Carter received a Nobel prize in 2002
Fact 3 Carter also served in World War 2 in the Navy -
Actress
https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-farrah-fawcett/
Fact 1 Farrah Fawcett was born February 2nd 1947
Fact 2 She was elected most beautiful in her high school as a freshman as a sophomore as a junior and as a senior
Fact 3 Farrah was also head of her class as a freshman in college -
Technology
https://www.catawiki.com/stories/4365-10-facts-about-the-history-of-the-sony-walkman-that-bring-you-back-in-time
Fact 1 Everyone refers to a Walkman as an 80s invention but it was actually created in 1979
Fact 2 Sony takes its name from the Latin word sonus meaning sound
Fact 3 By 1990 Sony had released 100 different models of Walkman
