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Period: to
1970
world events , science and technology, fasion and entertainment, and sports and music -
Black Soul
They are very popular in the 1970s. They are among the biggest soul stars. -
Apollo 13
A one-hundred and forty-two hour mission intended to land on Fra Mauro, which is the biggest crater on the moon. An explosion of an oxygen tank disabled the spacecraft during flight, and forced it to orbit the moon and return to earth without landing on the moon. -
Denim and T-shirts
young men and women continued to wear the ragged denim jeans through out the 70's. They also continued to wear army fatigues, cotton T-shirts. -
Medical Imaging
Medical imaging included Ultrasonography (Ultrasound), Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Ultrasound uses sonar technology to find body organs and check for problems, cat scans make three-dimensional pictures, and MRI scanners make pictures by using magnetic fields and radio waves. All three of them help find problems without surgery. -
LCD
LCD is a flat panel display that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals. It is commonly used in computer monitors, television, instrument panels, and aircraft cockpit displays. -
Silicon chips
Invented by Intel engineers to make computers smaller. They also mads computers faster and more powerful. -
Entertainment
Some music seemed to reflect this phenomenon. People responded enthusiastically to the mellow, laid back music such as James Taylor. His sang songs about love and loss on a new personal level. -
Floppy disk
The floppy disk provided a new and easy way to move information from computer to computer. The first disk was eight inches big, held 100 kilobytes of memory, and was coated with magnetic iron oxide. -
James E. Sullivan award
Mark Spits won the James E. Sullivan award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. He held 17 national age-group records, and one world record. -
Women's clothing
Women dresed in any way they wanted to in the 70's. Some women wanted to dress up more and some women wanted to dress more like a man. Everyone wanted to dress up like what they wante to be. -
Microprocessor
The microprocessor took the integrated circuit down one step further. It put all the parts that make a computer think, on a chip -
Pioneer 10
The purpose of the Pioneer 10 spacecraft was to fly to jupiter to collect data. It wieghed 570 pounds, made images by measuring levels of light, and was the first spacecraft to fly through the asteriod belt. -
Mens hair
Mens hair was normally curly or they just went with their natural hair. Some men got their hair done at a hair stylest so it would be curly. -
OIga Korbut
Olga Korbut does gymnastic and she went to the Olympic. She won the gold medal Olympic. -
Mens clothing
Many men wore jogging suitson the weekend. Even if they had never jogged before or had no intention on ever jogging. -
Bar Code
The bar code shows dare about the object that it is attached to. The data was represented by varying spacing and widths of parallel lines, but later evolved into rectangles,dots,hexagons, and other two dimensional geometric patterns. -
Ethernet
The ethernet is frame-based computer networking technology for local area networks. It turns pesonal computers into communication tools by linkung them together. -
Men and women's fashion
Both men and women were wearing platform shoes. These heels could be up to seven inches tall. Platform shoes was one of the longest trend of the decade. -
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys were in a state of transition, the team needed to restock. This one year before the Dirty Dozen draft, and the team struggled to an 8-6 finish. -
Women's Tennis Association
Billie Jean King became the first President of the Women's Tennis Association. She quickley became one of the best women tennis player in the world. -
The iron
In the 70's the iron had a new meaning and it was to straighten hair. You would lay your hair down on the ironing board an have a friend or a family member straighten your hair carfully and sometimes you or your friend woul burn themselfs. This was a very dangerous thing to do because it was a dangerous prosess -
Liposuction
Liposuction is when excess fatty tissue is suctioned from beneath the skin. It was invented by Dr. Giorgia Fischer, a gynecologist in Rome, Italy, and was first performed by a French plastic surgeon named Dr. Illonz. -
Hot pants
Hot pants were really short shorts in the 1970's. They were usually saude pants and were ment to replace the mini skirt. -
Pet rocks
Pet rocks were invented in 1975 y Gary Dahl. He thought that people would have fun with the ideal pet that wasn't messy or dirty at all. -
Nidia Comaneci
Nidia Comaneci does gymnastic and she went to the Olympics. She is the first perfect 10 in history. -
The Eagles
The Eagles played in Oakland-Alameeda county Coliseum, Oakland CA, USA. They have songs like, The very best, The long run, Their greatest, On the borded, One of the nights, Hotel California. -
Arthur Ashe
He was a black player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, the U.S. open of the Australian Open. He took home the Australian title. -
Glam Fashion
Glam fashion delighted the extream, the tacky, an the shoking. Even though it was mainly confined to the stage, glam fashion was more about fantasy and escapism and was to change anything in society. -
The Who
The Who played in Cincinnati Ohio. They are the greasted band and recording groups in the whole world.
