The1970s (pronounced "nineteen-seventies"; commonly shortened to the "Seventies" or the "'70s") was a decade that began on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979.

In the 21st century, historians have increasingly portrayed the 1970s as a "pivot of change" in world history, focusing especially on the economic upheavals^[1] that followed the end of thepostwar economic boom.^[2] On a global scale, it was characterized by frequent coups, domestic conflicts and civil wars, and various political upheavals and armed conflicts which arose from or were related to decolonization, and the global struggle betweenNATO, theWarsaw Pact, and theNon-Aligned Movement. Many regions had periods of high-intensity conflict, notably Southeast Asia, the Mideast, and Africa.

In the Western world,social progressive values that began in the1960s, such as increasing political awareness and economic liberty of women, continued to grow. In the United Kingdom, the1979 election resulted in the victory of itsConservative leaderMargaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister. Industrialized countriesexperienced an economic recession due toan oil crisis caused by oil embargoes by theOrganization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. The crisis saw the first instance ofstagflation which began a political andeconomic trend of the replacement ofKeynesian economic theory withneoliberal economic theory, with the first neoliberal government coming to power with the1973 Chilean coup d'état.The 1970s was also an era of great technological and scientific advances; since the appearance of the first commercial microprocessor, theIntel 4004 in 1971, the decade was characterised by a profound transformation of computing units – by then rudimentary, spacious machines – into the realm of portability and home accessibility.

On the other hand, there were also great advances in fields such as physics, which saw the consolidation ofquantum field theory at the end of the decade, mainly thanks to the confirmation of the existence of quarks and the detection of the first gauge bosons in addition to the photon, the Z boson and the gluon, part of what was christened in 1975 as theStandard Model.

In Asia, the People's Republic of China's international relations changed significantly following its recognition by the United Nations, the death ofMao Zedong and the beginning of market liberalization by Mao's successors. Despite facing an oil crisis due to the OPEC embargo, the economy of Japan witnessed a large boom in this period, overtaking the economy of West Germany to become the second-largest in the world.^[3] The United States withdrew its military forces from theVietnam War. In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, which led to theSoviet–Afghan War.

The 1970s saw an initial increase in violence in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria declared war on Israel, but in the late 1970s, the situation in the Middle East was fundamentally altered when Egypt signed theEgyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty. Political tensions in Iran exploded with theIranian Revolution in 1979, which overthrew thePahlavi dynasty and established anIslamic republic under the leadership ofAyatollah Khomeini.

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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an Americanlate-night live sketch comedy variety show created byLorne Michaels and developed by Michaels andDick Ebersol that airs onNBC. The show's premiere was hosted byGeorge Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original titleNBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody popular culture and politics, are performed by alarge and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest andbroadcast live with a studio audience. The host usually delivers amonologue toward the start of the show and then performs in sketches with the cast, and introduces featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with acold open sketch that is usually based on current political events and ends with someonebreaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it'sSaturday Night!", before moving to credits and introduction of the guest host.

In 1980, Michaels left the show to explore other opportunities. He was replaced byJean Doumanian, who was then replaced by Ebersol after a season of bad reviews. Ebersol ran the show until 1985, when Michaels returned. Since then, Michaels has served asshowrunner. ManySNL cast members have found national stardom while appearing on the show, and achieved success in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. Others associated with the show, such as writers, have gone on to successful careers creating, writing, and starring in television and film. (Full article...)

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Yitzhak Rabin (/ˈrɑːbɪn/;Hebrew:יִצְחָק רַבִּין,IPA:[itsˈχakˈʁabin]; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli statesman and general who was theprime minister of Israel, having served two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 untilhis assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to have been born inMandatory Palestine.

Rabin was born in Jerusalem to Jewish immigrants fromEastern Europe and was raised in aLabor Zionist household. He learned agriculture in school and excelled as a student. As a teenager, he joined thePalmach, thecommando force of theYishuv. He eventually rose through its ranks to become its chief of operations during the1948 Arab–Israeli War. In late 1948, he joined the newly formedIsrael Defense Forces and continued to rise as a promising officer, with a 27-year career as a professional soldier. He ultimately attained the rank ofRav Aluf, the most senior rank in the Israeli Defense Force (often translated as lieutenant general). In the 1950s, Rabin helped shape the training doctrine of the IDF and he led itsOperations Directorate from 1959 to 1963. He was appointedchief of the general staff in 1964 and oversaw Israel's victory in the 1967Six-Day War. (Full article...)

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Image 1Pink Floyd performingThe Dark Side of the Moon in 1973, the highest-selling album of the decade and one of the highest-selling of all time. (from1970s)
Image 2The world map of military alliances in 1970s: Western allies (blue), Non-aligned countries (green) and Soviet allies (red) (from1970s)
Image 3Example ofglam rock costume worn byRoy Wood andWizzard, early 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 4Margaret Thatcher shortly before becoming the United Kingdom's first woman Prime Minister in 1979. Thatcher's political and economic agenda began the first government committed toneoliberalism. (from1970s)
Image 5Twopunks from the late 1970s (from1970s in fashion)
Image 6Led Zeppelin, 1977 (from1970s in music)
Image 7The1970 Bhola cyclone, considered the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster, kills an estimated 500,000 people in the densely populatedGanges Delta region ofEast Pakistan during November 1970. (from1970s)
Image 8An artist impression of an AmericanApollo spacecraft and SovietSoyuz spacecraft docking, a propaganda portrait for theApollo–Soyuz Test Project mission (from1970s)
Image 9Alan Bennett in 1973, wearing a wide necktie (from1970s in fashion)
Image 10Charlie Rich (from1970s in music)
Image 11Redd Foxx andDemond Wilson fromSanford and Son (from1970s)
Image 12Woman inminiskirt, 1970 (from1970s in fashion)
Image 13Commodore PET (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 14TRS-80 (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 15American First LadyPat Nixon wears a shirt with the wide collar that was popular until the final years of the decade. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 16Bob Marley, 1980 (from1970s in music)
Image 17African American couple, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, July 1975 (from1970s in fashion)
Image 18VT100 (1978) (from1970s in video games)
Image 19Egyptian military vehicles crossing theSuez Canal on October 7, 1973, during theYom Kippur War. (from1970s)
Image 20Pakistan Army GeneralA. A. K. Niazi signing surrender agreement before Sh.Jagjit Singh Aurora ofIndian Army after getting defeated in the1971 Bangladesh Liberation War againstEast Pakistan, which eventually liberated as Bangladesh later. (from1970s)
Image 21Fairchild Channel F (1976) (from1970s in video games)
Image 22British singerRod Stewart, 1976. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 23SingerRod Stewart performing in 1976. He was one of the major British soft rock artists of the 1970s (from1970s in music)
Image 24Los Angeles high school students, 1973. The tousled, blondsurfer hair was popular for young men in southern California. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 25The early 1970s' fashions were a continuation of thehippie look from the late 1960s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 26Jorge Luis Borges with admirers in 1976. (from1970s)
Image 27SingerBilly Preston in 1974 wearing anAfro hairstyle. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 28A West German school girl withSchultüte in 1970, with a 'hippyish' outfit on. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 29Two women in 1979 wear the trendytube tops, while the woman on the far left is wearing a rayon strapless dress (from1970s in fashion)
Image 30Public at the farewell concert ofSui Generis (1975) (from1970s)
Image 31Loretta Lynn (from1970s in music)
Image 32A couple at prom in late 1970s: PowderTuxedo and sleeved dress. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 33Clockwise from top left: U.S. PresidentRichard Nixon doing theV for Victory sign after his resignation from office following theWatergate scandal in 1974; The United States was still involved in theVietnam War in the early decade. TheNew York Times leaked information regarding the nation's involvement in the war. Political pressure led to America's withdrawal from the war in 1973, and theFall of Saigon in 1975 leading toevacuations of South Vietnamese that same year; the1973 oil crisis causes afinancial crisis throughout the developed world; both the leaders of Israel and Egypt shake hands after the signing of theCamp David Accords in 1978; in 1971, thePakistan Armed Forces commits the1971 Bangladesh genocide to curb independence movements inEast Pakistan, killing 300,000 to 3,000,000 people; this consequently leads to theBangladesh Liberation War; the1970 Bhola cyclone kills an estimated 500,000 people in the densely populatedGanges Delta region ofEast Pakistan in November 1970, and became the deadliestnatural disaster in40 years; theIranian Revolution of 1979 oustsMohammad Reza Pahlavi who is later replaced by an Islamic theocracy led byAyatollah Khomeini; the popularity of thedisco music genre and subculture peaks during the mid-to-late 1970s.
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Image 34SingerBarry Manilow wears his hair longish in the soft, layered style favoured by men in the 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 35Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (from1970s)
Image 36Dave Schultz won Stanley Cup two times (from1970s)
Image 37ActressRaquel Welch in 1979, wearing the shoulder pads and "retro"-look tilted hat favored by designers at the time (from1970s in fashion)
Image 38The firstMilitary Junta after the1976 Coup d'État in Argentina, integrated byJorge Videla,Emilio Massera andOrlando Agosti (from1970s)
Image 39Bruce Lee fostered the popularity of martial arts cinema (from1970s)
Image 40Henry Mancini (from1970s in music)
Image 41Pink Floyd, 1973 (from1970s in music)
Image 42Apple II (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 43By the early 1970s,miniskirts had reached an all-time popularity. This young English woman is wearing a fringed suede miniskirt, 1971. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 44Jose Jose (from1970s in music)
Image 45Viking 1, the first of two spacecraft sent toMars, takes this picture of the landing site inChryse Planitia (1978) (from1970s)
Image 46FootballerGeorge Best wore long hair in 1976. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 47In 1971hotpants and bell-bottomed trousers were popular fashion trends (from1970s in fashion)
Image 48Galaxian (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 49Willie Nelson became one of the most popular country music artists during the 1970s. (from1970s in music)
Image 50A young woman wearing a wrap dress. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 51Debby Boone song "You Light Up My Life" had the most weeks at number one (from1970s in music)
Image 52Park Chung Hee (from1970s)
Image 53Debbie Harry ofBlondie in 1977. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 54Atari 2600 (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 55British rock bandKilling Floor, 1971. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 56Swedish modelUlla Jones dressed in alurex halter top and matching flared trousers (from1970s in fashion)
Image 57America's first space stationSkylab in orbit February 8, 1974 (from1970s)
Image 58Frisbee playerKen Westerfield wearing draw string bell bottoms in the late 1970s (from1970s in fashion)
Image 59Mao Zedong wearing grayZhongshan suit, 1972. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 60Nixon and Zhou toast, 1972 (from1970s)
Image 61Idi Amin (from1970s)
Image 62The Bee Gees, in 1968 (from1970s in music)
Image 63Apollo 17 AstronautGene Cernan becomes the last man on the Moon, December 13, 1972 (from1970s)
Image 64Salah Zulfikar andZubaida Tharwat inThe Other Man (1973) (from1970s)
Image 65John Denver, 1975 (from1970s in music)
Image 66AC/DC, August 1979 (from1970s in music)
Image 67Siouxsie Sioux of the English punk groupSiouxsie and the Banshees. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 68Fashionmodels inLeipzig,GDR, 1972. One of the girls is modelling a "maxi" dress. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 69Asteroids (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 70Swedish modelEfva Attling in a "midi" dress,Kings Road, London, 1971. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 71Rigo Tovar (from1970s in music)
Image 72Israeli prime ministerMenachem Begin and Egyptian presidentAnwar Sadat shake hands,Camp David, 1978 (from1970s)
Image 73Microvision (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 74King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (from1970s)
Image 75British girls in 1975 in flared jeans (from1970s in fashion)
Image 76David Bowie in the early 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 77Line at a gas station in Maryland, June 15, 1979. (from1970s)
Image 78A Women's Liberation march in Washington, D.C., 1970 (from1970s)
Image 79TheVietnam War (1955–1975) (from1970s)
Image 80Anti-war protest against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 1971. (from1970s)
Image 81Color TV-Game (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 82Pescado Rabioso'sArtaud's album cover (1973) (from1970s)
Image 83English girl in the mid-1970s wearing a wide-sleeved shirt, belted at the waist. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 84Isabel Perón becomes the first woman President of Argentina in 1974 and the first woman non-monarch head of state in theWestern hemisphere. (from1970s)
Image 85Polistil VG2Pong clone (1978), made in Italy (from1970s in video games)
Image 86Aldo Moro (from1970s)
Image 87ActressCamille Keaton in 1972. Throughout most of the decade, women preferred light, natural-looking make-up for the daytime. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 88Punk pioneerLene Lovich in 1979, with her trademark longplaited hair. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 89Aerosmith had seven studio albums chart on theBillboard 200 in the 1970s. Their success in the decade, particularly of their albumsToys in the Attic (1975) andRocks (1976), helped inspire future rock artists such asSlash andKurt Cobain (from1970s in music)
Image 90Ramones's lead guitaristJohnny Ramone performing in Toronto, 1977 (from1970s in music)
Image 91Typical mid to late 1970s Ted gear, as worn byShakin' Stevens. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 92Three Los Angeles Chicanos in 1974. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 931974Ford Mustang interior (from1970s)
Image 94Diane von Fürstenberg's wrap dress, designed in the 1970s (from1970s in fashion)
Image 95Haile Selassie was overthrown from power in Ethiopia, ending one of the longest-lasting monarchies in world history. (from1970s)
Image 96The Eagles (from1970s in music)
Image 97TheCN Tower was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure. (from1970s)
Image 98El Tri Band founderAlex Lora, on stage with the band in 2006 (from1970s in music)
Image 99Death Race (1976) (from1970s in video games)
Image 100Pong (1972) (from1970s)
Image 101Honda Civic sold well throughout the decade. (from1970s)
Image 102Nixon displays theV-for-victory sign as he departs the White House after resigning (from1970s)
Image 103Silk scarves were popular fashion accessories for women in the 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 104SingerCher in 1971. In the 1970s, women's hair was usually wornlong with a centre parting (from1970s in fashion)
Image 105United States PresidentJimmy Carter andSoviet premier Leonid Brezhnev sign theSALT II treaty, June 18, 1979, inVienna, Austria (from1970s)
Image 106Flared jeans and trousers were popular with both sexes as can be seen at thisEast German disco party in 1977. In thesocialist part of Germany (until 1990), the government regardedwestern influences on cultural life of their population very critical, but factually tolerated them in many fields. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 107Elton John was one of the most commercially successful solo pop acts of the 1970s (from1970s in music)
Image 108Linda Ronstadt in 1976 (from1970s in music)
Image 109Concorde landing atFarnborough in September 1974 (from1970s)
Image 110Magnavox Odyssey (1972) (from1970s in video games)
Image 111Steve McQueen withsideburns, 1972. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 112The Swedish bandABBA was one of the most commercially successful European bands of the 1970s (from1970s in music)
Image 113Queen, 1975 (from1970s in music)
Image 114British rock bandQueen (pictured here in 1977) was considered to be one of the most influential bands of the '70s (as well as the '80s), along with American rock bandEagles and others (from1970s)
Image 115Hank Williams (from1970s in music)
Image 1161976 flyer advertising the racing gameFonz (from1970s in video games)
Image 117Kansas (from1970s in music)
Image 118HomePong console (museum recreation) (from1970s in video games)
Image 119Voyager 1 passing by Jupiter's Great Red Spot February 25, 1979 (from1970s)
Image 120American casual attire, 1974. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 121Girl in 1973 with a "flicked" hairstyle. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 122British rock bandLed Zeppelin was one of the most popular and influential bands of the 1970s. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors ofheavy metal. (from1970s)
Image 123Susana Giménez wearinghotpants, 1977 (from1970s in fashion)
Image 1241979 Iranian Revolution (from1970s)
Image 125Mid-70s Western-inspired outifts worn bycountry music groupAsleep at the Wheel. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 126Atari 2600 (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 127Pong arcade machine (1972) (from1970s in video games)
Image 128Paul Anka in 1961 (from1970s in music)
Image 129Microvision (1979) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges. (from1970s)
Image 1301973Volvo P1800 sportwagon. (from1970s)
Image 131Mario Kempes scores the first goal in the1978 World Cup Final forArgentina (from1970s)
Image 132The British bandThe Bee Gees were one of the biggest musical acts of the 1970s leading the disco phenomenon (from1970s in music)
Image 133Intellivision (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 1341970Dodge Challenger Trans Am, an example of a muscle car in the earlier part of the decade. (from1970s)

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