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> > **The New English Bible is printed** > Directly translated from ancient texts into English, it created a big stir of controversy due to it's deviations from the King James version of the Bible (which had been originally translated from other languages
 * __​1970__**
 * **World Trade Center is completed**
 * **The Mary Tyler Moore Show is aired for the first time on television.**
 * **First New York City marathon**
 * **The Beatles release Let It Be, their last album**
 * **First successful oil well in the North Sea found**
 * **The Odd Couple airs on tv for the 1st time **

> A ruptured air tank on their way to the moon almost sealed the fate of the three astronauts on board the spacecraft. > > **Federal Elections** > 18 year olds are given the right Unemployment did rise in the 1970s, but, it was much lower than the unemployment experienced during the 1980s.to vote in federal elections
 * **Apollo 13 mission suffers a huge setback**
 * **Floppy disc was invented.**
 * The late 70s, inflation had continued to be a problem; with a combination of rising oil prices and rising nominal wages. Again the government sought to control the wage inflation by imposing wage caps. But, again the unions were in no mood for stiff wage settlements. Strike action broke out across the country, extending from the industrial heartlands to the public sector. Public servants from dustbin men to grave diggers in Liverpool went on strike. Unburied coffins in Liverpool piled up, and in cities across the UK, garbage went uncollected. Not for nothing, was that period of strike action called the ' Winter of Discontent' . It seemed the government was unable to control either inflation or the strike action. A feeling of powerlessness pervaded the country.

1971 A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts. The seven Emirates of Abu Dhabi, DUBAI, Ras Al khaimah, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain federate and become known as the United Arab Emirates with their own new flag
 * A new stock market index called the Nasdaq**
 * United Arab Emirates is formed**

> On June 30, 1971, Ohio becomes the 38th state to ratify the 26th amendment to the U.S. Constitution - lowering the voting age to eighteen. > The microprocessor is introduced** > The foundation of all computers, or just about anything electric. > __**1972**__ > > Passed to limit campaign spending. > The act that felled the President two years later, was committed in June of 1972 by five men, among them ex-FBI man G. Gordon Liddy and ex-CIA man E. Howard Hunt. > > **Signing of Title IX** > On July 1, 1972, Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX of the Education Amendments. Few people noticed at the time, but eventually it became the single greatest force for full participation of females in education, both academics and sports. > First successful report of freezing mouse embryo's. They actually survived after being frozen! > Eugene Cernan Last man to walk on the moon. He was on Appollo 17 on December 1972. > __**1973**__ > Replaced the 14-21 shot abdominal procedure > 1454 feet tall, the world's largest building at the time constructed. > It prevents the president from commitment of US forces abroad for more than 60 days without Congressional approval > > **__1974__** > Once the articles of impeachment had been drawn up, Nixon was required to release more tapes, which clearly tied him to the Watergate coverup. On August 8th, he resigned. > > **Girls allowed to play in Little League baseball** > The church declared the ordinations illegal, but in 1976 officially sanctioned women priests in the church. > > **__1975__** > Mahamid ali beats Joe Frazier in the Thrilla in Minilla > Lynette "Squaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson follower, pointed a gun at Ford, though no shots were fired. This was followed by Sara Jane Moore 17 days later to shoot the president in a crowd. > Capable of working in a living cell, it was the first living cell created entirely in a test tube without any other gene as a template. > The first appearance of the flu like disease struck at an American Legion convention in Philadelphi > **West Point admits women** > West Point military academy started accepting women. > **__1977__** > The Neutron bomb was an atomic weapon designed to spread radiation to kill people and leave buildings intact. > Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is used to map the brain and other parts of the body. > July 13th saw a 25 hour blackout in the city, resulting in widespread looting. > The worst air disaster in history. Two 747's collide at airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands killing nearly 600 people > President Jimmy Carter officially pardons all those who avoided the draft during the Vietnam war. > Legionnaire's Disease, which was affecting people in 1976, was identified as a bacterium by scientists on January 18, 1977. > First woman Episcopal priest ordained on January 1. > On September 21, 1977, The Nuclear-Proliferation Pact was signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the then, USSR, which was to "curb" the spread of nuclear weapons. > > **__1978__** > The suicide and murder of 900 people who drank cyanide in fruit-flavored drink, the leader shot himself. > > **__1979__** > In March a series of mechanical and human errors caused a near meltdown of the reactor at one of the plants in Three Mile Island Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. > On Nov. 3, a group of Klu Klux Klan members and American Nazi party members attacked a group of Communist Worker's Party members who were gathered for a demonstration that was speaking out against the klan. > In Stockholm Sweden, Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her saint-like presence in India.
 * **Voting Age Lowered To 18**
 * The tv show **"All in the Family"** airs for the first time on CBS
 * **Cigarette ads are banned on TV
 * **A Clockwork Orange movie is released**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The movie the Godfather is released**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**HBO (Home Box Office) subscription cable TV launch**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First commercially successful game (Pong) released**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The song **American Pie,** by **Don McLean** is released
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Nike running shoes hit the market**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Federal Election Campaign Act**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Watergate Burglary**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The song **Let It Be,** written by **The Beatles** is released
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First sucessful report of freezing embryo's.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Last man on the moon**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Mark Spitz wins 7gold medals**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**There was terrorist attack on the olympics 11 atheletes died**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Roberto Clemento gets his 3,000 hit**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Eugene Cernan became the last man to walk on the moon.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Introduction of pocket calculators.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">July 21, 1972- " Bloody Friday" IRA attacks killed 11, injured 130 in Belfast
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">September 5, 1972- Muncih Olympic Massacre 9 Israeli athletes and 5 terrorists killed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Rabies vaccine requiring five arm shots**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Sears Tower in Chicago finished**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**War Powers Act passed by Congress**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The Bahamas gain their independence from Britian**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Economic Meltdown
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Nixon releases Watergate tapes**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Vietnam War Ends**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Eugene Cernan became the last man to walk on the moon.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Introduction of pocket calculators.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**(Oct. 6).** [|Spiro T. Agnew] resigns as vice president and then, in federal court in Baltimore, pleads no contest to charges of evasion of income taxes on $29,500 he received in 1967, while governor of Maryland. He is fined $10,000 and put on three years' probation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">December 17, 1973- attacking and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, 33 Americans, Italians, and Moroccans killed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The 1973-74 bear market in anticipation of that recession was the worst bear market since that of the 1929-32 bear market (which led to the Great Depression).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In the 70’s, war in the Middle-East had a drastic effect on the price of oil. Syria and Egypt attacked Israel in 1973 resulting in a backlash of support from the US and other Western countries
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the 1973 oil crisis, changed all that. Suddenly the price of oil more than doubled and the UK faced an energy crisis to go along with a spike in inflation. The government seemed powerless as Britain was put on a three day week and TV was turned off at 10.30pm. Emergency speed limits were introduced to conserve petrol.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the 1973 oil crisis, changed all that. Suddenly the price of oil more than doubled and the UK faced an energy crisis to go along with a spike in inflation. The government seemed powerless as Britain was put on a three day week and TV was turned off at 10.30pm. Emergency speed limits were introduced to conserve petrol.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Nixon resigns**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Gerald Ford pardons Nixon**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First women priests in the Episcopal Church**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**India tests it's first nuclear bomb**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The Godfather: Part II**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The Chinatown movie comes out**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In retaliation several Arab Oil exporters imposed the “Arab Oil Embargo”. This resulted in a drastic increase in the price of oil and showed the Arabs the power they now had. By the end of 1974 the price of oil had quadrupled.In retaliation several Arab Oil exporters imposed the “Arab Oil Embargo”. This resulted in a drastic increase in the price of oil and showed the Arabs the power they now had. By the end of 1974 the price of oil had quadrupled.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1974, also saw an unwelcome return of a real recession. In the post war period, we had booms and busts, but, the bust were relatively mild, with only very minor declines in output. But, in '74, output fell 3.4% causing a return of high unemployment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Disposable razors are introduced**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Catalytic converters are introduced on cars**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Lyme disease first discovered**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First US born Roman Catholic saint**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** movie is released for the first time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Jimmy Hoffa disappears**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Ford assasination attempts**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**10 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**__1976__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First artifical gene**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Apple Computer is launched**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Legionnaire's disease strikes 182, kills 29**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The movie **Taxi Driver** is released
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Neutron bomb funding began**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**MRI is first used**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Alaskan pipeline is completed**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**New York City blackout**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Carter halts development of B-1 bomber**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The song, **Hotel California**, written by **The Eagles** tops the popularity charts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Airline Disaster**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**President Carter Pardons VietNam Draft Dodgers**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Legoinnaire's Disease Source Identified**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First Woman Episcopal Priest Ordained**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Nuclear-Proliferation Pact Signed**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The first Star Wars Movie comes out**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Jonestown massacre**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First test tube baby - In vitro fertilization**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The song **Stayin' Alive**, by **Bee Gees** is released
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Ultrasound first used**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Atlantic City permits gambling**
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Love Canal in New York declared federal disaster **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The Soviets invade Afghanistan**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The Sony Walkman is introduced**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The **Apocalypse Now** movie comes out
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Three Mile Island partial meltdown**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**The Greensboro Massacre**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Alien** the movie is released
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Mother Teresa Wins Nobel Peace Prize**

> ESPN started as an alternative to standard television news broadcasts and the information found in "Sports" sections of newspapers. It launched on September 7, 1979.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**ESPN starts broadcasting**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the song **Heart Of Glass**, written by **Blondie** is released
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In response to the inflation of 1979, governments in both UK and US adopted Monetarist policies - tight monetary and fiscal policy. This caused a deep and long last recession 1979-81, with rising unemployment. In the UK, unemployment rose to over 3 million.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**__General 70's__** > 01. Disco > 02. Streaking > 03. Tie Dye > 04. set of fuzzy dice > 05. genuine, metal Slinky > 06. yo-yo > 07. frisbee > 08. good luck rabbit's foot > 09. DVD -- several episodes of a classic boomer-era TV show > 10. oodles of boomer-era candy: Clark Bar, Tootsie Rolls, lollipops, candy canes, Red Hots, Necco Wafers > 11. go go boots > 12. peasant skirts > 13. bermuda shorts > 14. hot pants > 15. miniskirt > 16. pillbox hats > 17. platform shoes > 18. sideburns > 19. tank top > 20. turtleneck sweater > 21. acupuncture > 22. 3D movies > 23. boomerang > 24. drive-in theaters > 25. fallout shelters > 26. hacky sack > 27. Kilroy was here > 28. Pyramid power > 29. Rocky Horror > 30. waterbed > 31. unicycle > 32. communes > 33. dance marathons > 34. disco > 35. flagpole sitting > 36. goldfish swallowing > 37. panty raids > 38. telephone booth stuffing > 39. ufo sightings > 40. 8 track tapes > 41. black light > 42. afro hair style > 43. hula hoops > 44. koosh balls > 45. lava lamps > 46. matchbox cars > 47. mood rings > 48. mopeds > 49. ouija board > 50. pacman > 51. pet rocks > 52. pez > 53. rubik's cube > 54. silly putty > 55. slogan buttons > 56. smurfs > 57. super ball > 58. troll dolls > 59. yo-yo > 60. G I Joe Doll > 61. Barbie Dolls > 62. American Bandstand > 63. Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years > 64. burning bras > 65. Bouffant hairstyles > 66. Woodstock > 67. Neil Armstrong first man to step on the moon > 68. Twist becomes the newest dance craze > 69. battery-operated transistor radio > 70. Marilyn Monroe dies suddenly under a murky cloud of suspicion, > 71. President Kennedy is assassinated during a visit to Dallas, Texas > 72. Wal-Mart and K-Mart open > 73. The Beatles come to US > 74. First heart transplant > 75. Kent State U demonstrations > 76. President Nixon resigns > 77. Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinated > 78. Jaws > 79. sit ins > 80. draft dodgers > 81. conscientious objectors > 82. hippies > 83. "If you're old enough to die for your country, you're old enough to vote."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**__Fads__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**__Fashion__** > > > > **__Mystic Orient Style__**- > > > **__Glam Rocker Style-__**
 * __Retro Style__**-
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A mesh of ethnic styles that were celtic, American hippie, Ukranian, American Indian, American or European milkmaid, old glamour, and the American flapper.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Included: blouses, floor length skirts, shawls, and high necked blouses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Famous designers included Bill Gibb, Zandra Rhodes, Ossie Clark, and Laura Ashley.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Styles of the 20's, 30's, and 40's were revived.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Typical outfit included a mini dress in cheaper fabrics such as rayon, platform shoes, and faux fur coats.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Fashion was taken from the following films: Bonnie and Clyde (popularized 1930's style), The Boyfriend (popularized 1920's flapper style), Cabaret (popularized European 1930's style)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A mesh of Egyptian Style, Middle Eastern Style, Chinesse and Korean Style
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Included: decorated turbans and beaded or jewled broaches, the coolie hat, sarongs, harem pants(Turkish), caften(loose, light ankle length robe- originated in ancient Mesopatamia), linen shirts, trousers, the panama hat flounced skirts, low neck lines on shirts, colorful sashes and scarfs,baggy trousers, cossack boots, full flowing dresses, fur hats (decorated with braiding, embroidery, brocade)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Famous designer included Yzes Saint Laurent, Caroline Charles, and Thea Porter.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Included: face paint, feather boas, platform shoes, wide flares, long hair satin, velvet, suede fabrics decorated with substantial amounts of glitter, and sequins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Both guys and girls wore makeup (eyeliner, and glittery eyeshadow)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Popularized By: David Bowie, New York Dolls, Alice Cooper, T Rex

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**__Everyday Fashion Style-__**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Included: a line suit (women), trouser suits with flared legs(men), jersey style fabrics(women), tweed jackets(women), knee length skirts(women), slim cut trousers(women/men), oversized collard shirts(women), sweaters(women), blouses(women)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Makeup&Hair: applied minimally soft peaches and pinks to look natural(women), hair shoulder length and off face (women)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**__Physical Fashion Style-__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Included: track suits, running shoes, leotards, leg warmers, spandex, body suits, hot pants, knit wear, "play wear" (all typically womens)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Popularized By: Jane Fonda
 * __Disco Style-__**
 * Included: halter-neck dresses, jumpsuits in jersey chiffon and ultrasuede, body glitter, sequins, silver and gold, button down shirts and jeans, colored apandex with matching wrap around skirts, sequined or glittery mini dresseslycra body suits, skimpy tops, off the shoulder mini dresses