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U.S. President
Richard Nixon was the U.S. president during 1969-1974. Fact 1:Nixon was born in 1913. Fact 2:Nixon went to law school before becoming president. Fact 3:Nixon served in the navy during world war 2. Recourse: https://www.nixonfoundation.org/37-fascinating-facts-about-americas-37th-president/ -
Actor
Fact1: Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930. Fact2:He was born in San Francisco, California Fact3: Clint did 8 movies in the 70’s but started in his first movie in 1964 and his last in 2018. Resource:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clint-Eastwood -
Transportation
For this topic i chose the Dodge Challenger. (popular from 1970 to 1974) Fact 1: In the 70’s the ford mustang was also big so the dodge challenger was dodges response to “compete” with the mustang. Fact 2: The Dodge Challenger was also competing with the Barracuda at the time. Fact 3: In the 70’s you could put any Chrysler engine in the Challenger. This is also why sales were good also. Resource: https://www.myclassicgarage.com/knowledge-base/1970-Dodge-Challenger -
Fashion
Form 1: ponchos Fact 1:Ponchos were popular during the early 70’s like 1970-1974. Form 2: Maxi Dresses Fact 2 :The maxi dress trend died in 1975 ish. Form 3: Frayed jeans Fact 3: Frayed jeans were really only big for a few years (1970-1973) Recourse: https://www.centralcasting.com/what-know-about-1970s-fashion/ -
Toys
Form 1:Nerf ball Fact 1: In 1970 this ball was named the worlds official indoor ball. Form 2: Pet rock Fact 2:Sales blew up from this stone age friend in mid 1975. Form 3:Star wars Fact 3:Sales blew up in 1977 for the game star wars it was simply enter galactic. Recourse: https://www.metv.com/lists/the-13-most-desired-toys-of-the-1970s-year-by-year -
TV Show
Emergency! (1972)Fact 1:Includes the actors Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe, Julie London. Fact 2:Emergency! Had a total of 6 seasons. Fact 3:Emergency was a product of Universal Studios Resource:https://www.ranker.com/list/best-70s-tv-shows/ranker-tv -
Sports Figure
Roger Staubach (1970)Fact 1:He played for the Dallas cowboys for 11 seasons. Fact 2:He served in Vietnam. Fact 3:He was also color blind. Resource:https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboys/2018/07/15/20150712-10-things-to-know-about-roger-staubach-he-got-as-many-votes-for-vp-as-george-hw-bush-at-1976-republican-national-convention -
Music
Artist 1 :Queen Fact 1:Queens all time hit Bohemian rhapsody was released in 1975. Artist 2:James Brown Fact 2:James brown’s lowdown popcorn was released in 1970. Artist 3: Stevie wonder Fact 3:Stevie’s 5th top hit was ”you haven’t done nothin” released on Nov,2 1974. Recourse's are found in my google doc -
News Event
In 1970 the public was informed that the Beatles were breaking up. Fact 1;In 1969 john Lennon left the group. Fact 2;No one considered it a boy band break up until Paul McCartney left in 1970. Fact 3:The last album they all were credited to was Ringo's Rotogravure and that was in 1976. Recourse: https://www.quora.com/When-did-the-Beatles-officially-break-up -
Technology
Floppy disc (early 70’s) Fact 1:Apple released their own brand of floppy disc. It held 256 Kb of data(1978) Fact 2:You could move data from the disc to a hard drive. Fact 3:The first floppy disc’s were released by IMB in the early 70’s. Resource:https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/7-tech-advancements-from-the-70s-that-changed-the.htm -
Movie
Grease 1978 Fact 1:The movie Grease was released June 16, 1978. Fact 2:The setting of the movie was placed in 1958. Fact 3:The movie grease won 2 people choice awards. Recourse: https://www.biography.com/news/grease-movie-facts-trivia
