Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2020s

Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

The most important events

• Throughout the decade: decolonization continued: Angola, Mozambique, Papua/New Guinea, Oman, the Bahamas, and many other countries gained independence.
• 1970, December 15 - spaceship Venera 7 lands on Venus
• 1971 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• 1972, March 2 - Pioneer 10 is launched (sent into space). It becomes the first spaceship to fly near Jupiter and the asteroid belt.
• 1972 - Munich massacre
• 1973, April 6 - Pioneer 11 is launched. It becomes the first the first spaceship to fly near Saturn.
• 1973 - 1973 Arab-Israli War
• 1975 - end of the Vietnam War
• 1975 - communists take power in Cambodia
• 1976, July 20 - spaceship Viking 1 lands on Mars
• 1977, August 20 - Voyager 2 is launched. It becomes the first spaceship to fly near Uranus and Neptune.
• 1977, September 5 - Voyager 1 is launched. It is now the furthest spaceship from the Earth.
• 1978 - year with three popes
• 1978, October 1 - Vietnam invades Cambodia
• 1979 - the World Health Organization says it has eliminated smallpox

Important people

• ABBA, Swedish band
• Willy Brandt, German chancellor until 1974
• Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union beginning in 1964
• Jimmy Carter, president of the USA beginning in 1977
• Cher, American singer
• Elizabeth II, British queen since 1953
• Gerald Ford, president of the USA until 1977
• Indira Ghandi, prime minister of India until 1977
• Germaine Greer, Australian feminist
• Hirohito, emperor of Japan
• Pope John Paul I, pope only in the year 1978
• Pope John Paul II, pope since 1978
• Norman Lear, American TV producer
• Mao Zedong, leader in China until 1976
• Richard Nixon, president of the USA until 1974
• Pope Paul VI, pope until 1978
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran until 1979
• Pelé, Brazilian football player
• Pol Pot, prime minister of Cambodia from 1976 to 1979
• Anwar Sedat, president of Egypt beginning in 1970
• Helmut Schmidt, German chancellor beginning in 1974
• Gloria Steinham, American feminist
• Pierre Trudeau, Canadian prime minister until 1979

1970s

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