1970s

Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Events and trends

Computers, technology

Microprocessors are developed - used first in industrial applications and after that also in consumer products
Pocket calculators make the slide rule obsolete.
Home computer revolution starts
Unix created along with C programming language
Microsoft is founded (1975)

Science

Viking missions to Mars
Voyager spacecraft launched to explore the outer solar system
Homo ergaster discovered; Homo rudolfensis skull unearthed at Koobi Fora but identified as Homo habilis
Skylab and Salyut space stations
Discovery of the bottom quark; theory of quantum chromodynamics postulated to describe the strong interaction, one of the four fundamental forces of nature
Southern blot genetics technique developed

War, peace and politics

fear of nuclear war despite d�tente, 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

high inflation, unemployment, and interest rates produce stagflation among industrialized nations; most OECD economies fall into chronic budget deficit.
collapse of the Bretton Woods system and macroeconomic consensus. U.S. leaves the gold standard; gold commodity prices soar.
OPEC oil embargo (see 1973 energy crisis) and Iranian Revolution (see 1979 energy crisis) spark petroleum crises.
the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark join Common Market in 1973.
rise of supply-side economics and resurgence of the Austrian school; Robert Lucas Jr. and the "New Classical" school challenge Keynesian economics; monetarist Paul Volcker appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Eurocommunism peaks under Enrico Berlinguer; neoliberal policies implemented under Pinochet and Thatcher.
U.S. government deregulates airlines, bails out Chrysler, creates Conrail and Amtrak.

Culture

Funk, 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.

Others

Indonesian Archaeological Service and UNESCO restore Borobodur stupa.

World leaders

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (Australia)
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (Canada)
Chairman Mao Zedong (People's Republic of China)
Deng Xiaoping (People's Republic of China)
President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China on Taiwan)
President Yen Chia-kan (Republic of China on Taiwan)
President Anwar Sadat (Egypt)
President Urho Kekkonen (Finland)
President Georges Pompidou (France)
President Val�ry Giscard d'Estaing (France)
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (India)
President Suharto (Indonesia)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Iran)
President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (Iraq)
President Erskine Hamilton Childers (Ireland)
President Cearbhall � D�laigh (Ireland)
President Patrick Hillery (Ireland)
Taoiseach Jack Lynch (Republic of Ireland)
Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave (Republic of Ireland)
Taoiseach Charles Haughey (Republic of Ireland)
Prime Minister Golda Meir (Israel)
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel)
Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel)
Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (Japan)
Pope Paul VI
Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul II
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake (New Zealand)
Prime Minister John Ross Marshall (New Zealand)
Prime Minister Norman Eric Kirk (New Zealand)
Prime Minister Wallace Rowling (New Zealand)
Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (New Zealand)
Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark (Northern Ireland)
Prime Minister Brian Faulkner (Northern Ireland)
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan)
First Secretary Edward Gierek (Poland)
King Faisal (Saudi Arabia)
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore)
Prime Minister and President B.J. Vorster (South Africa)
President Park Chunghee (South Korea)
Leonid Brezhnev (Soviet Union)
General�simo Francisco Franco (Spain)
Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Edward Heath (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister Harold Wilson (United Kingdom)
Prime Minister James Callaghan (United Kingdom)
President Richard Nixon (United States)
President Gerald Ford (United States)
President Jimmy Carter (United States)
Chancellor Willy Brandt (West Germany)
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (West Germany)
President Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia)

Sports figures

Henry Aaron (U.S. baseball player)
Muhammad Ali (U.S. boxer)
Rick Barry (U.S. basketball player)
Franz Beckenbauer (West German soccer player)
Wilfred Benitez (Puerto Rican boxer)
George Best (Northern Irish soccer player)
Larry Bird (U.S. basketball player)
Bjorn Borg (Swedish tennis player)
Terry Bradshaw (U.S. American football player)
Rod Carew (Panamanian baseball player)
Nadia Comaneci (Romanian gymnast)
Jimmy Connors (U.S. tennis player)
Johan Cruijff (Dutch soccer player)
Roberto Duran (Panamanian boxer)
Gareth Edwards (Welsh rugby player)
Julius Erving (U.S. basketball player)
George Foreman (U.S. boxer)
Joe Frazier (U.S. boxer)
Wilfredo Gómez (Puerto Rican boxer)
Bobby Hull (Canadian ice hockey player)
Kareem Abdul Jabbar (U.S. basketball player)
Reggie Jackson (U.S. baseball player)
Barry John (Welsh rugby player)
Billie Jean King (U.S. tennis player)
Olga Korbut (Russian gymnast)
Guy Lafleur (Canadian ice hockey player)
Niki Lauda (Austrian racing driver)
Clive Lloyd (Guyanan cricketer)
Pete Maravich (U.S. basketball player)
Leigh Matthews (Australian Australian Rules Football player)
Willie Mays (U.S. baseball player)
Eddie Merckx (Belgian cyclist)
Carlos Monzon (Argentinian boxer)
Gerd M�ller (West German soccer player)
Joe Namath (U.S. American football player)
Jack Nicklaus (U.S. golfer)
Jim Palmer (U.S. baseball player)
Pel� (Brazilian soccer player)
Richard Petty (U.S. racing driver)
Pete Rose (U.S. baseball player)
Red Rum (racehorse)
Secretariat (racehorse)
Barry Sheene (English motorcycle racer)
O.J. Simpson (U.S. American football player)
Mark Spitz (U.S. swimmer)
Roger Staubach (U.S. American football player)
Bill Walton (U.S. basketball player)

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)

Music

Writers

Film

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