The 70’s

1. The 70’s The time of hippies.

2. 1970 • 1970 • Salvador Allende elected in Chile • Anwar Sadat elected in Egypt • Charles de Gaulle dies Telephone booth stuffing became popular activity There were many fads in the 1970's. Pet rocks were big in the 1970's. The would come in little boxes with little peace of straw in the bottom of the box. Platform shoes were also very large in the 70's. People would wear them mostly to parties, but others would wear them everywhere. Jogging suits were also a big trend in fashion. Later, people started to worry about their weight. For some reason, jogging became a popular sport, so jogging suits became popular not just for running and working out, but for fashion too. "Earth Day" was also a popular fad in the 70’s. This was celebrated on April 22. Earth Day was a day when people did such things as wear gas masks to demonstrate their concern about pollution and the wish they had for a cleaner Earth.

3. 1971 • Called convicted of My Lai massacre • "Papa Doc" Dulavier of Haiti dies • Louis Armstrong dies Mark Spitz won seven Olympic gold medals at the Munich Olympic Games Soviet Soyuz 11 command module loses pressure

4. 1972 • President Nixon is reelected • John Edgar Hoover dies Russian probe lands on Venus US astronauts explore moon Skateboard invented Dam collapse in Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, 250 people killed

5. 1973 • Nixon accused of Watergate cover-up • Lyndon B. Johnson dies Skylab repaired in space Supreme Court overturns abortion laws

6. 1974 • Patty Hearst joins in bank raid • Alexander Solzhenitsyn exiled from USSR Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's home-run record Cyclohexane vapor cloud explosion at a caprolactam plant, 28 people killed

7. 1975 • King Faisal of Saudi Arabia assassinated. • General Franco dies Human rights pact signed in Helsinki, Finland. Chinese clay army discovered. Chemical plant explosion which released Dioxin, Italy

8. 1976 • Chairman Mao dies • Barbara Walters becomes most highly • paid woman on TV 1976 Viking probe finds no life on Mars Chemical plant disasters in Italy

9. 1977 • Elvis Presley dies STAR WARS out on the big screen. It thrills audiences Electrical blackout in New York City

10. 1978 • Muhammad Ali regains heavyweight boxing title. The world's first mass suicide of religious cult members Liquified propylene truck explosion 200 people killed. Spain

11. 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman prime minister. The world's first mass suicide of religious cult members American Airlines DC-10 crash 273 people killed

12. 70's Fads • There were many fads in the 1970's. Pet rocks were big in the 1970's. The would come in little boxes with little peace of straw in the bottom of the box. • Platform shoes were also very large in the 70's. People would wear them mostly to parties, but others would wear them everywhere. Jogging suits were also a big trend in fashion. • Later, people started to worry about their weight. For some reason, jogging became a popular sport, so jogging suits became popular not just for running and working out, but for fashion too. • "Earth Day" was also a popular fad in the 70’s. This was celebrated on April 22. Earth Day was a day when people did such things as wear gas masks to demonstrate their concern about pollution and the wish they had for a cleaner Earth.

13. Telephone Booth Stuffing • One of the most well known fads of all time was the art of "Telephone Booth Stuffing". In taking part in this event, several college students would squeeze themselves into a telephone booth, one after another, until no one else could fit in. The more people who could fit in, the better, and universities everywhere saw students skipping class in order to try and devise a plan to set a record. The fad is often associated with college students from the West Coast of the United States but, it was started in South Africa. Twenty-five students there were able to pack in a booth and announce that they had set a world record in doing so. Soon students in England, Canada and the United States were attempting to beat that mark. Some students in England went on diets as a method to achieve the highest efficiency for stuffing. When they found themselves unable to pile more and more friends into the booths, they began challenging other universities' "credibility" because of supposed violations of "rules" which should have been adhered to. Some claimed all participants must keep their entire bodies within the booth, while others specified that someone inside was required to place a call. The fad died out within a year in the United States (1959) but was reincarnated in the form of "Volkswagen Stuffing" a few years later. Hey, wanna see a video of this?

14. Entertainment • There was many different types of entertainment in the 1970's. Some of the entertainment was, of course, television. "All in the Family", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Sanford and Son" and various other shows that we still see in reruns made their debus in the 1970's. • There were many different styles of music in this decade. Disco dancing became popular with the release of the movie Saturday Night Fever. Also, heavy metal rock music was born in the 70's. A popular heavy metal bands was Led Zeppelin; David Bowie was another heavy metal rocker. In the late 1970's, a new rock movement, known as "punk rock" became the rage.

15. Entertainment • Conclusion • This may not have been the most memorable decade in or the century but from the one's lost in the Vietnam War to the ones hypnotized by the everlasting disco dancing this decade will stay in our lives forever like the "fun", pet rocks, the classic TV shows, and the very interesting fads.

16. Who were the presidents of the US is the 1970's? • Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter

17. Nixon • Richard M. Nixon was elected in 1968 and served until 1974. He was born in 1913 in a small farmhouse in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon had a nickname called Tricky Dick. His wife was Pat Ryan, and his children were Pat, and Julie. He was the first president to resign office.

18. Gerald R. Ford • Gerald R. Ford was elected in 1974 and served until 1977. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1913. Gerald had a nickname of Mr. Nice Guy. His wife was Betty. His children were Michael, Jack, Steven, and Susan.

19. Jimmy Carter • Jimmy Carter was elected in 1977 and served until 1981. Jimmy grew up in the small town of Plains, Georgia. His administration accomplished some impressive things including helping arrange a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. His wife was Rosalyn Smith. His children were Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy.