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Music: Diana Ross, Dean Martin, and Ella Fitgerald
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/dd23beatlesfan1/the_100_greatest_artists_of_the_1970s/
Fact 1:As lead singer for The Supremes, one of the successful female vocal group in pop music history Diana Ross became famous during the 1960s
Fact 2:Today Martin is regarded as legendary screen and stage performer, and is best known for his comedic partnership with Jerry Lewis.
Fact 3:Born in 1917, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing after a rough childhood and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. -
U.S. President: Richard M. Nixon
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/richard-m-nixon/
Fact 1: He was the only president that stepped down.
Fact 2: He stepped down in 1974, because he didn't want to face impeachment or removal from office.
Fact 3: He was involved in the Watergate scandal. -
Fashion: crop tops, ponchos, and The halterneck
https://www.thetrendspotter.net/70s-fashion-trend/ Fact 1: The crop top. The hippie movement of the 1970s highly popularized the hippie look hence, the cropped top.
Fact 2: In the 1920s, when French designer Madeleine Vionnet created the halter top, it was only made in fabrics like satin or crêpe de chine.
Fact 3: The poncho was invented to keep the body warm but the rain poncho was meant to keep the rain off you. -
Transportation: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454
https://musclecars.howstuffworks.com/classic-muscle-cars/1970-chevrolet-chevelle-ss-454.htm Fact 1: The Chevrolet cost $3,312 back then, which is cheaper than what its worth now. It cost around 30,000-60,000 now.
Fact 2: Only 4475 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 were made in the world.
Fact 3: it appeared in 1,600 movies and TV shows the Chevelle is one of the most popular cars appearing in such movies as the Fast & Furious. -
Movie: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/ Fact 1: The willy wonka and chocolate factory had 91% rotten tomatoes, but they had 86% people that liked it.
Fact 2: The movie was a Musical and Fantasy Comedy.
Fact 3: The main character in willy wonka and chocolate factory was Jerome Silberman, known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. -
Technology: Emails
https://nordic-it.com/history-email-70s/ Fact 1:The first email was invented in 1972
Fact 2: Ray Tomlinson invented the email, he worked for Bolt Beranek and Newman as an ARPANET contractor.
Fact 3: He picked the @ symbol from the computer keyboard to denote sending messages from one computer to another. -
TV or Radio show: Bewitched
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057733/ Fact 1: “It wasn't canceled because of low ratings,” Pilato insisted. "'Bewitched' was actually renewed for Seasons 9 and 10, but [she] wanted out.
Fact 2: She became pregnant while doing the show three times! Her first was born in July 1964. The producers were able to write two of her pregnancies into the script, adding Tabitha and Adam effortlessly to the Stephens family.
Fact 3: He had a seizure onset and was rushed to the hospital. -
Toys: The magic 8 ball, Baby alive, and connect 4.
https://www.metv.com/lists/the-13-most-desired-toys-of-the-1970s-year-by-year
Fact 1:The Magic 8-Ball is a toy used for fortune telling advice, developed in the 1950s and manufactured by Mattel. The user asks a question to the large plastic ball, then turns it over to reveal a written answer which appears on the surface of it
Fact 2:The first Baby Alive doll was introduced by Kenner in 1973
Fact 3:The game was first sold under the Connect Four trademark by Milton Bradley in February 1974 -
News event: The twin towers and the trade centers opening ceremony was on April 4, 1973. The twin towers were built in the 1970s.
http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2014/09/the-grand-opening-of-world-trade-center.html Fact 1: The twin towers and world trade centers were in tack until 9/11/2001
Fact 2: They were 1,776′, 1,792′ to tip tall.\
Fact 3: They were proof of New York's belief in itself. Built at a time when New York's future seemed uncertain, the towers restored confidence and helped bring a halt to the decline of lower Manhattan. -
Actor or Actress: Jodie Foster
https://www.biography.com/people/jodie-foster-9299556 Fact 1: Foster received an Oscar nomination at age 12 for her role as a child prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver (1976)
Fact 2: Then went on to win a Golden Globe (best actress) and Academy Award for The Accused (1988)
Fact 3: Her major competitive wins include two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award -
Sports figure: Nadia Comaneci
https://www.ighof.com/inductees/1993_Nadia_Comaneci.php Fact 1: In the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0 for her performance on the uneven bars.
Fact 2: Comăneci was discovered by Bela Karolyi, later the Romanian gymnastics coach, when she was six years old.
Fact 3:MONTREAL, Canada--With a total of seven perfect ten scores at Montreal 1976 Games.
