This is our TIMELINE OF THE FAR OUT 1970's!
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1970
Beatles break up
Computer floppy disks come out
Bar codes
Earthquake in Peru
China is the fifth state to put a satellite in orbit
The Soviet Union and NASA sent probes to Mars.
Microporcessor introduced which lead to all computers
Cell Phone battery invented
Disney World opened
CAT scanning in Medical world
China joined United Nations
No more cigarette ads on the radio
1971
London bridge brought to America
United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
Terrorist attack at Munich Olympics
Voting age lowered to 18
1972
M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals
Pocket calculators come out
E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson
Grease became the top Broadway show
1973
Abortion becomes legal
Sears Tower Built
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
U.S. Vice President Resigns
Bahamas become independent
1974
President Nickson resigns
Rubik's Cube invented
1975
Microsoft founded
Pol Pot Becomes the Communist Dictator of Cambodia
Disposable razors
Lyme disease discovered
The first home computer launched- Altair
SNL gets grammy for outstanding comedy show
John Lennon’s songs are very popular
Disco music
1976
Nadia Comaneci Given Seven Perfect Tens
North and South Vietnam combine
First artificial gene
Shake your booty and Play that music are at the top of the charts
Happy Days is the #1 tv show
1977
Found Elvis dead
Star Wars movie released
MRI first used
Oldsmobile introduced America's first diesel-fueled passenger car
Dancing Queen by ABBA is the top of the music charts
1978
First test tube baby is born
Jonestown Massacre
John Paul the second becomes Pope
Garfield syndicated (the cartoon cat)
Animal House is a popular movie
You're The One That I Want by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John and Grease by Frankie Valli are the hit songs
1979
Ayatollah Khomeini is leader of Iran again
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain
Mother Theresa gets nobel peace prize
Sony brings out the Walkman
ESPN began broadcasting
Superman is a hit movie
My Sharona by the Knack is a popular song
Disco and rock are at the top of the charts
http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1970.htm
http://archer2000.tripod.com/1970.html
1970
Beatles break up
Computer floppy disks come out
Bar codes
Earthquake in Peru
China is the fifth state to put a satellite in orbit
The Soviet Union and NASA sent probes to Mars.
Microporcessor introduced which lead to all computers
Cell Phone battery invented
Disney World opened
CAT scanning in Medical world
China joined United Nations
No more cigarette ads on the radio
1971
London bridge brought to America
United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
Terrorist attack at Munich Olympics
Voting age lowered to 18
1972
M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
Mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals
Pocket calculators come out
E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson
Grease became the top Broadway show
1973
Abortion becomes legal
Sears Tower Built
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
U.S. Vice President Resigns
Bahamas become independent
1974
President Nickson resigns
Rubik's Cube invented
1975
Microsoft founded
Pol Pot Becomes the Communist Dictator of Cambodia
Disposable razors
Lyme disease discovered
The first home computer launched- Altair
SNL gets grammy for outstanding comedy show
John Lennon’s songs are very popular
Disco music
1976
Nadia Comaneci Given Seven Perfect Tens
North and South Vietnam combine
First artificial gene
Shake your booty and Play that music are at the top of the charts
Happy Days is the #1 tv show
1977
Found Elvis dead
Star Wars movie released
MRI first used
Oldsmobile introduced America's first diesel-fueled passenger car
Dancing Queen by ABBA is the top of the music charts
1978
First test tube baby is born
Jonestown Massacre
John Paul the second becomes Pope
Garfield syndicated (the cartoon cat)
Animal House is a popular movie
You're The One That I Want by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John and Grease by Frankie Valli are the hit songs
1979
Ayatollah Khomeini is leader of Iran again
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain
Mother Theresa gets nobel peace prize
Sony brings out the Walkman
ESPN began broadcasting
Superman is a hit movie
My Sharona by the Knack is a popular song
Disco and rock are at the top of the charts
