1970s
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MOVEMENTS
Feminism started to change masculine personal pronouns such as ‘chairMAN’, ‘fireMAN’ to ‘chairPERSON’ and ‘fireFIGHTER’. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySfRXOfgbKU – till 1min 1.
Enviromentally friendly coined terms like ‘ecofreaks’, ‘green’ relating to the environment and the concept of ‘recycling’.
Decimal Day in 1971 the UK and Ireland decimalised their currencies.
INVENTIONS
Debit cards - Frenchman Roland Moreno in 1974
The microprossesor was invented in 1971.
Sony Walkman released in Japan in 1979 (released in UK a year later)
NEWS STORIES
The first Pan AM Boeing 747 jet landed at Heathrow
Concorde – 1976
Rise of Margaret Thatcher
Oil Crisis - 1973
Energy Crisis 1973-1971
First test tube baby - 1978
Decline and failure of British Car Industry
FASHION
Hot pants
Leg Warmers
Doc Martens
Bomber Jackets
Sideburns
Mohawks
Platform shoes
FILM, TV, MUSIC AND COMPUTER GAMES
Highest Grossing Films: Star Wars, Jaws, Grease
TV: Doctor Who, The Sweeney, The Morecombe & Wise show, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGb3HDulYgA – 7 minutes) Dad’s army,
Music: Disco (BeeGees, ABBA) Rock: (Queen, The Who, Led Zepplin)
The Beatles break up in 1970.
Computer Games: Space Invaders, Snake
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
Births: Mariah Carey (70), Gary Barlow (71), Cameron Diaz (72), Tyra Banks (73), Victoria Beckham (74), David Beckham (75), Reese Witherspoon (76), Kanye West (77), Rachel McAdams (78), Pink (79) AND MY MUM! (70)
Deaths: Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin,