1970s The World:

Cost of Living in 1970's

• Average Cost of new house $23,450.00
• Average Income per year $9,400.00
• Average Monthly Rent $140.00
• Cost of a gallon of Gas 36 cents
• Shaefer Pen $9.95
• United States postage Stamp 6 cents
• Sports Illustrated 15 cents
• Mans Westclox Watch $18.00
• AMC Gremlin $1879
• Milk $1.18 a gallon
• Eggs 53 cents a dozen

World Events in 1970’s

• 1970 Music continues to make significant impact with the largest ever rock festival held on the Isle of Wight with 600,000 people attending, including some of the biggest name in music including Jimi Hendrix and The Who. This is also the year The Concord makes it's first its first supersonic flight. Another significant change is the age of voting is now lowered to 18 in the US.
• The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
• Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded
• Apollo 13 mission to moon Accident.
• Boeing 747 makes its first commercial passenger trip to London.
• The Luna 17 Mission is launched by the USSR, carrying the first successful remote-controlled robotic lunar rover, Lunokhod 1, to the moon.
• US Invades Cambodia
• The USSR launches the Venera 7 spacecraft.
• Chicago Seven defendants found guilty of intent to incite a riot in 1968 ( later overturned by Court of Appeal )
• Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 500,000
• Earthquake in Peru kills 67,000
• Japan becomes the worlds "fourth space power", after the Soviet Union (1957), the United States (1958), and France (1965
• First Earth Day celebrated
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) begins operation
• President Abdel Nasser of Egypt dies and 5 million turn out to honour him
• The Liberian registered tanker Pacific Glory spills up to 100,000 gallons of crude oil on October 25th into the English Channel creating a huge oil slick and an environmental disaster
• 100,000 people demonstrate in Washington DC against the Vietnam War
• Cholera epidemic in Istanbul.
• The Worlds Population reaches 3.63 billion
• The US Population reaches 205 million [In 2021, population in USA is 332 million.]
• Hurricane Celia makes landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas leaving 15 dead and nearly $400 million in damages,
• The US lowers the voting age to 18 from 21 when President Nixon Signs the bill into law on June 22nd
• California becomes the first US State to adopt "No Fault" Divorce law.
• Controlled Substance Act passed part of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
• National Guards fire on and kill 4 protesters on May 4th at Kent State University

Culture in the 1970's

• The Isle of Wight Festival takes place . 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull.
• Jimi Hendrix dies of barbiturate overdose in London
• Janis Joplin dies in a cheap motel from a heroin overdose
• The first New York marathon is run in New York
• Simon and Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The Title Track won the Grammy for song of the year.

Films in the 1970's

• M*A*S*H,
• Patton
• Woodstock
• Hello, Dolly!
• Catch-22
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Popular Music and songs

• The Beatles with -- " Let it Be " released on May 8th
• The Jackson 5 with -- " ABC and I want you back "
• Edwin Starr with -- " War "

What came out in the 70s?

• 10 Things You Didn′t Realize Were Invented in the 1970s.
• Floppy disk, 1971.
• Email, 1971, 1978.
• Mobile phone, 1973.
• Universal Product Code (UPC), 1974.
• Post-It Note, 1974.
• Rubik's Cube, 1974.
• Push-through can tops, 1975.

Toys of the 70s

What was popular in the 70s fashion?

Fashion in the 70s Overview

What happened specifically in the year 1973?

Cost of Living in 1973

• Federal minimum wage $1.60 per hour
• Average home price $32,500
• Average family income per year $12,900
• Average monthly rent $175
• Average Income per year $12,900.00
• Cost of a gallon of Gas 40 cents

Things that happened in 1973

• Motorola developed the first handheld cell phone in 1973
• The United States ends its involvement in the Vietnam War after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords during January.
• Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), announce they will restrict flow of crude oil to countries supporting Israel on October 17th causing price of oil to increase by 200% and Recession begins in Europe following OPEC Oil price increases
• Alaska Oil Pipeline bill is passed to allow construction of a pipeline to access oil from the North Slope of Alaska
• The classic film “American Graffiti” premieres in the United States during August.
• Supreme Court of the United States rules on Roe v. Wade. January 22nd and Roe v. Wade makes abortion a US constitutional right.
• About 200 Oglala Lakota Native Americans and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) began their occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota during February of 1973.
• Spiro Agnew, the Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon, resigned during October of 1973. Agnew had been dealing with charges of tax evasion and receiving bribes prior to his resignation.
• The Sears Tower is completed during May. The 108 floor 1,729 foot tall structure became the tallest building in the world, a title that it held for 25 years until the Petronas Towers in Malaysia were completed in 1998
• Britain Ireland and Denmark join the EEC.
• Chrysler and other US car makers close a number of plants affecting 100,000 workers
• US Troops withdrawn from Vietnam and U.S. involvement in Vietnam War ends with the signing of peace.
• World Trade Center in New York becomes the tallest building in the world.
• IRA bombs explode in King's Cross and Euston station on September 10th , the Whitehall, the Old Bailey and Manchester city center.
• Watergate Hearings begin in the United States Senate and President Richard Nixon tells the nation , “I am not a crook.”
• Yom Kippur War - Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel
• Basque Terrorists Kill Spanish Prime Minister
• Military coup in Chili led by General Augusto Pinochet.
• Israel Shoots Down Libyan Passenger Plane
• Belize Gains Independence From Great Britain
• The wide ranging Endangered Species Act of 1973 is signed into law to "protect species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.
• The Bahamas Gains Independence From Great Britain
• The Mississippi River reaches its peak level in St. Louis during a record 77-day flood.
• NASA launches the Mariner 10 Mercury probe spacecraft.

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )

• Genetic Engineering USA by S Cohen and H Boyer
• Barcode USA
• Optical Fiber USA
• Space Station USA Skylab
• Jetski or Personal Watercraft USA Clayton Jacobson II ( Original was only stand up and difficult to stay on ) manufactured by Kawasaki
• United States