Presidential race. The Muppet Show premiers. Nadia Comaneci given seven perfect Tens at the Olympics. The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline is opened. Elvis Presley found dead. Louise Brown, the very first test tube baby, is born. The computer video game Space Invaders is released. The Walkman is introduced by Sony. Michael Jackson's debut solo album "Off the Wall" is released. The popular late-night sketch show, Saturday Night Live, airs for the first time. NASA introduces the first space shuttle, the Enterprise.
The first commercial Concorde flight takes place. The CN Tower in Toronto is completed and becomes the world's tallest freestanding structure. The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline is opened. The Canadian province of Quebec adopts French as an official language. Amnesty International wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Louise Brown, the very first test tube baby, is born. Israel and Egypt sign the Camp David Accords. The computer video game Space Invaders is released.
After being exiled for fifteen years, Ayatollah Khomeini returns to power in Iran. The Walkman is introduced by Sony. Michael Jackson's debut solo album "Off the Wall" is released.
Ladies Dresses From The 's Part of our Mens Fashion From the Seventies Part of our Collection of Childrens Clothes From the 's Electrical Home Goods As technology improved the range and sophistication of home appliances offered much greater freedom and uses including "Time Saving Devices", plus as you can see for the second example some items had a 70's look and feel all of their own.
Not included on these examples but can be found on the page are the latest music playing devices including an Eight Track Tape Player and an example of a solid-state Three Speed Record deck and speakers. Furniture From The 70's It is interesting looking at the furniture and fixtures you might find in a home from each decade, below are just two examples I found interesting from the more than 20 we have included on our Home furnishing examples with descriptions and Prices Page.
Technology The 70's were the start in many ways of the Electronics and digital revolution , with the invention of transistors and Integrated Circuits in the late 60's, companies now found ways to use the technology which caused the phenomenal growth in smaller more powerful and cheaper products ranging from Calculators to Televisions.
It was also announced that the price for Oil would increase drastically. The west was by now dependent on oil and together with prices quadrupling and measures for rationing the western world went into recession and suffered massive inflationary pressure. At that time the United States did have their own oil reserves and although they were affected the biggest impact was on European Economies.
After nearly 10 years of war in Vietnam was also the year that allied forces pulled out of Vietnam Another significant factor in the 70's was the growth in women's rights and women's role in society including the ability to decide when where and if they wished to have children partly through the availably of the contraceptive pill President Richard Nixon was forced to resign on August 8 as president of the United States due to imminent impeachment related to the Watergate scandal.
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More From Entertainment. The oil crisis of the late s drew further attention to the issue of conservation. By then, environmentalism was so mainstream that the U. During the s, many groups of Americans continued to fight for expanded social and political rights. Twenty-two of the necessary 38 states ratified it right away, and the remaining states seemed close behind.
However, the ERA alarmed many conservative activists, who feared that it would undermine traditional gender roles. These activists mobilized against the Amendment and managed to defeat it. In , Indiana became the 35th—and last—state to ratify the ERA. Even though very few people continued to support the war in Indochina, President Nixon feared that a retreat would make the United States look weak.
As a result, instead of ending the war, Nixon and his aides devised ways to make it more palatable, such as limiting the draft and shifting the burden of combat onto South Vietnamese soldiers.
When the United States invaded Cambodia in , however, hundreds of thousands of protestors clogged city streets and shut down college campuses. American troops did not leave the region until As his term in office wore on, President Nixon grew increasingly paranoid and defensive. Though he won reelection by a landslide in , he resented any challenge to his authority and approved of attempts to discredit those who opposed him. Soon, they found that Nixon himself was involved in the crime: He had demanded that the Federal Bureau of Investigation stop investigating the break-in and told his aides to cover up the scandal.
In April , a Congressional committee approved three articles of impeachment : obstruction of justice, misuse of federal agencies and defying the authority of Congress. Before Congress could impeach him, however, President Nixon announced that he would resign. Gerald Ford took over his office, and—to the distaste of many Americans—pardoned Nixon right away.
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