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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In thehistory of video games, thesecond-generation era refers to computer and video games,video game consoles, andhandheld video game consoles available from 1976 to 1992. Notableplatforms of the second generation include theFairchild Channel F,Atari 2600,Intellivision,Odyssey 2, andColecoVision. The generation began in November 1976 with the release of the Fairchild Channel F. This was followed by the Atari 2600 in 1977,Magnavox Odyssey² in 1978,Intellivision in 1979 and then theEmerson Arcadia 2001,ColecoVision,Atari 5200, andVectrex, all in 1982. By the end of the era, there were over 15 different consoles. It coincided with, and was partly fuelled by, thegolden age of arcade video games. This peak era of popularity and innovation for the medium resulted in many games for second generation home consoles beingports ofarcade games.Space Invaders, the first "killer app" arcade game to be ported, was released in 1980 for the Atari 2600, though earlier Atari-published arcade games were ported to the 2600 previously.' Coleco packaged Nintendo'sDonkey Kong with the ColecoVision when it was released in August 1982.

Built-in games, like those from thefirst generation, saw limited use during this era. Though the first generationMagnavox Odyssey had put games on cartridge-likecircuit cards, the games had limited functionality and required TV screen overlays and other accessories to be fully functional. More advancedcartridges, which contained the entire game experience, were developed for the Fairchild Channel F, and most video game systems adopted similar technology. The first system of the generation and some others, such as theRCA Studio II, still came with built-in games while also being able to use cartridges. The popularity of game cartridges grew after the release of the Atari 2600. From the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, most home video game systems used cartridges until the technology was replaced byoptical discs. The Fairchild Channel F was also the first console to use amicroprocessor, which was the driving technology that allowed the consoles to use cartridges. Other technology such as screen resolution, color graphics, audio, andAI simulation was also improved during this era. The generation also saw the first handheld game cartridge system, theMicrovision, which was released by toy companyMilton Bradley in 1979. (Full article...)

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Turner performing in 1985

Tina Turner (bornAnna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", Turner's vocal prowess, dynamic voice and electrifying stage presencehelped to break racial and gender barriers inrock music. She is one of thebest-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 100 million records worldwide.

Turner rose to prominence in the 1960s as thelead vocalist of the husband-wife duoIke & Tina Turner, known for their explosive live performances withthe Ikettes andKings of Rhythm. After years of marital abuse, she left in 1976 and embarked on a solo career. She made acomeback with hermulti-platinum fifth solo albumPrivate Dancer (1984), whose single "What's Love Got to Do with It" won theGrammy Award for Record of the Year and became her only number-one hit on theBillboard Hot 100. Her worldwide chart success continued with "Let's Stay Together", "Better Be Good to Me", "Private Dancer", "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)", "It's Only Love", "Typical Male", "The Best", "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "I Don't Wanna Fight" and "GoldenEye". (Full article...)

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Image 1Asteroids (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 2A Women's Liberation march in Washington, D.C., 1970 (from1970s)
Image 3Polistil VG2Pong clone (1978), made in Italy (from1970s in video games)
Image 4Intellivision (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 5SingerRod Stewart performing in 1976. He was one of the major British soft rock artists of the 1970s (from1970s in music)
Image 6An artist impression of an AmericanApollo spacecraft and SovietSoyuz spacecraft docking, a propaganda portrait for theApollo–Soyuz Test Project mission (from1970s)
Image 7Isabel Perón becomes the first woman President of Argentina in 1974 and the first woman non-monarch head of state in theWestern hemisphere. (from1970s)
Image 8Line at a gas station in Maryland, June 15, 1979. (from1970s)
Image 9Punk pioneerLene Lovich in 1979, with her trademark longplaited hair. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 10TheVietnam War (1955–1975) (from1970s)
Image 11British 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 12The Bee Gees, in 1968 (from1970s in music)
Image 13Fashionmodels inLeipzig,GDR, 1972. One of the girls is modelling a "maxi" dress. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 14Charlie Rich (from1970s in music)
Image 15Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (from1970s)
Image 16Bob Marley, 1980 (from1970s in music)
Image 17FootballerGeorge Best wore long hair in 1976. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 18Steve McQueen withsideburns, 1972. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 19Atari 2600 (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 20Pink Floyd, 1973 (from1970s in music)
Image 21Nixon and Zhou toast, 1972 (from1970s)
Image 22Apple II (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 23VT100 (1978) (from1970s in video games)
Image 24Paul Anka in 1961 (from1970s in music)
Image 25Margaret 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 26ActressCamille Keaton in 1972. Throughout most of the decade, women preferred light, natural-looking make-up for the daytime. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 27Loretta Lynn (from1970s in music)
Image 28Led Zeppelin, 1977 (from1970s in music)
Image 291970Dodge Challenger Trans Am, an example of a muscle car in the earlier part of the decade. (from1970s)
Image 30Microvision (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 31The world map of military alliances in 1970s: Western allies (blue), Non-aligned countries (green) and Soviet allies (red) (from1970s)
Image 32Atari 2600 (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 33Idi Amin (from1970s)
Image 34Pong (1972) (from1970s)
Image 35Microvision (1979) is the first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges. (from1970s)
Image 36Salah Zulfikar andZubaida Tharwat inThe Other Man (1973) (from1970s)
Image 37British 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 38Girl in 1973 with a "flicked" hairstyle. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 39English girl in the mid-1970s wearing a wide-sleeved shirt, belted at the waist. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 40The early 1970s' fashions were a continuation of thehippie look from the late 1960s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 41Swedish modelUlla Jones dressed in alurex halter top and matching flared trousers (from1970s in fashion)
Image 42Redd Foxx andDemond Wilson fromSanford and Son (from1970s)
Image 43Los Angeles high school students, 1973. The tousled, blondsurfer hair was popular for young men in southern California. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 44United States PresidentJimmy Carter andSoviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev sign theSALT II treaty, June 18, 1979, inVienna, Austria (from1970s)
Image 451974Ford Mustang interior (from1970s)
Image 46British girls in 1975 in flared jeans (from1970s in fashion)
Image 47Mid-70s Western-inspired outifts worn bycountry music groupAsleep at the Wheel. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 48African American couple, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, July 1975 (from1970s in fashion)
Image 49HomePong console (museum recreation) (from1970s in video games)
Image 50Commodore PET (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 51Silk scarves were popular fashion accessories for women in the 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 52Hank Williams (from1970s in music)
Image 53David Bowie in the early 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 54Aerosmith 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 55A young woman wearing a wrap dress. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 56Ramones's lead guitaristJohnny Ramone performing in Toronto, 1977 (from1970s in music)
Image 57SingerBarry Manilow wears his hair longish in the soft, layered style favoured by men in the 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 58TheCN Tower was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure. (from1970s)
Image 59By 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 60A West German school girl withSchultüte in 1970, with a 'hippyish' outfit on. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 61Public at the farewell concert ofSui Generis (1975) (from1970s)
Image 62Mao Zedong wearing grayZhongshan suit, 1972. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 63Mario Kempes scores the first goal in the1978 World Cup Final forArgentina (from1970s)
Image 64Two women in 1979 wear the trendytube tops, while the woman on the far left is wearing a rayon strapless dress (from1970s in fashion)
Image 65Willie Nelson became one of the most popular country music artists during the 1970s. (from1970s in music)
Image 66Aldo Moro (from1970s)
Image 67SingerBilly Preston in 1974 wearing anAfro hairstyle. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 68The British bandThe Bee Gees were one of the biggest musical acts of the 1970s leading the disco phenomenon (from1970s in music)
Image 69British rock bandKilling Floor, 1971. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 70Elton John was one of the most commercially successful solo pop acts of the 1970s (from1970s in music)
Image 71Viking 1, the first of two spacecraft sent toMars, takes this picture of the landing site inChryse Planitia (1978) (from1970s)
Image 721979 Iranian Revolution (from1970s)
Image 73El Tri Band founderAlex Lora, on stage with the band in 2006 (from1970s in music)
Image 74Example ofglam rock costume worn byRoy Wood andWizzard, early 1970s. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 75The Eagles (from1970s in music)
Image 76British singerRod Stewart, 1976. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 77Haile Selassie was overthrown from power in Ethiopia, ending one of the longest-lasting monarchies in world history. (from1970s)
Image 78Three Los Angeles Chicanos in 1974. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 79In 1971hotpants and bell-bottomed trousers were popular fashion trends (from1970s in fashion)
Image 80Linda Ronstadt in 1976 (from1970s in music)
Image 81Bruce Lee fostered the popularity of martial arts cinema (from1970s)
Image 82Nixon displays theV-for-victory sign as he departs the White House after resigning (from1970s)
Image 83Dave Schultz won Stanley Cup two times (from1970s)
Image 84Queen, 1975 (from1970s in music)
Image 85Henry Mancini (from1970s in music)
Image 86Twopunks from the late 1970s (from1970s in fashion)
Image 87Pakistan 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 88Jorge Luis Borges with admirers in 1976. (from1970s)
Image 89Typical mid to late 1970s Ted gear, as worn byShakin' Stevens. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 90Rigo Tovar (from1970s in music)
Image 91The Swedish bandABBA was one of the most commercially successful European bands of the 1970s (from1970s in music)
Image 92Death Race (1976) (from1970s in video games)
Image 93Siouxsie Sioux of the English punk groupSiouxsie and the Banshees. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 94Susana Giménez wearinghotpants, 1977 (from1970s in fashion)
Image 95Debbie Harry ofBlondie in 1977. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 96TRS-80 (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 97Voyager 1 passing by Jupiter's Great Red Spot February 25, 1979 (from1970s)
Image 98American casual attire, 1974. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 99ActressRaquel Welch in 1979, wearing the shoulder pads and "retro"-look tilted hat favored by designers at the time (from1970s in fashion)
Image 100A couple at prom in late 1970s: PowderTuxedo and sleeved dress. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 101Honda Civic sold well throughout the decade. (from1970s)
Image 102John Denver, 1975 (from1970s in music)
Image 103American First LadyPat Nixon wears a shirt with the wide collar that was popular until the final years of the decade. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 104The firstMilitary Junta after the1976 Coup d'État in Argentina, integrated byJorge Videla,Emilio Massera andOrlando Agosti (from1970s)
Image 105Pink 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 106SingerCher in 1971. In the 1970s, women's hair was usually wornlong with a centre parting (from1970s in fashion)
Image 1071973Volvo P1800 sportwagon. (from1970s)
Image 108Park Chung Hee (from1970s)
Image 109AC/DC, August 1979 (from1970s in music)
Image 1101976 flyer advertising the racing gameFonz (from1970s in video games)
Image 111Flared 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 112Anti-war protest against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 1971. (from1970s)
Image 113America's first space stationSkylab in orbit February 8, 1974 (from1970s)
Image 114Egyptian military vehicles crossing theSuez Canal on October 7, 1973, during theYom Kippur War. (from1970s)
Image 115Israeli Prime MinisterMenachem Begin and Egyptian PresidentAnwar Sadat shake hands,Camp David, 1978 (from1970s)
Image 116The1970 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 117Color TV-Game (1977) (from1970s in video games)
Image 118Pescado Rabioso'sArtaud's album cover (1973) (from1970s)
Image 119Swedish modelEfva Attling in a "midi" dress,Kings Road, London, 1971. (from1970s in fashion)
Image 120Debby Boone song "You Light Up My Life" had the most weeks at number one (from1970s in music)
Image 121Alan Bennett in 1973, wearing a wide necktie (from1970s in fashion)
Image 122King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (from1970s)
Image 123Frisbee playerKen Westerfield wearing draw string bell bottoms in the late 1970s (from1970s in fashion)
Image 124Jose Jose (from1970s in music)
Image 125Apollo 17 AstronautGene Cernan becomes the last man on the Moon, December 13, 1972 (from1970s)
Image 126Galaxian (1979) (from1970s in video games)
Image 127Magnavox Odyssey (1972) (from1970s in video games)
Image 128Kansas (from1970s in music)
Image 129Pong arcade machine (1972) (from1970s in video games)
Image 130Woman inminiskirt, 1970 (from1970s in fashion)
Image 131Clockwise 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 132Fairchild Channel F (1976) (from1970s in video games)
Image 133Diane von Fürstenberg's wrap dress, designed in the 1970s (from1970s in fashion)
Image 134Concorde landing atFarnborough in September 1974 (from1970s)

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