1970's

that your favorite band broke up. Which the Beatles did just starting off the year in April 1970. In the 1970s the first commercial air line came to be in the 1976 and it was know as Concorde. It was soon taken out in 2003 when it crashed in 2000. During the seventies a lot of singers died, which could've had left you heartbroken. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Elvis Presley were all found dead in the 1970s. Over in England it was a huge year in 1977, there was a huge royal celebration, and the sex

1970's Movies Nowadays, some of the most popular movies are based on the idea of losing themselves. Specifically, space has become one of the most frequent projection of this idea, like the movies Gravity or Interstellar. It's not a new idea, it's been around forever. In the 1970s, space films became so iconic because of the space race. With the ending of the Space Race in 1969, it opened new opportunities for the exploration of space. After sending a man to the moon, with the help

Throughout the 1960’s and the 1970’s, the world viewed Kenya with optimism. Portrayed as one of the few democracies in Africa, with government elections and nonviolent transitions between leaders, the country beaconed democratic prosperity. At the time, neighboring countries–Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania¬–were involved in military coups. In a contrast to these states, Kenya was “the best Africa could hope for” (wa Maina, 1992). Even in 1992, the first multi-party elections since independence

In the 1970’s life changing events happened throughout the decade. Some devastating things happened like the Beatles breaking up in 1970. In 1971 the floppy disk was invented to store data on the computer. In the 1970’s fashion was affected by the Vietnam War, disco, and The Feminist Movement. The Vietnam War affected the different styles that they wore. Men would wear green or camouflage army jackets with trousers. Fashion was a form of of self-expression during this period of time. Many teenagers

1970’s Architecture Everything in the world is formed by using architecture. Architecture is putting things together and making something out of it all. From the time of the cavemen, and to present day, we’ve used architecture. Everything that you see in front of you is a form of architecture: a pencil, a piece of paper, and even a lollipop is architecture. Someone out there had an idea to put things together to form something new. Atoms are the building blocks of the world, and they combine with

AIDS, the disease that's killed 35 million people since the 1970’s and 70 million people to this day are currently living with this disease as it affects their life on a daily basis. The AIDS epidemic in 1979 was believed to be started as a means of genocide, the deliberate killing of a particularly large ethnic group, targeting African Americans and homosexuals. In the late 1970’s AIDS was just introduced, others knew it as the “gay plague.” In Manhattan, the government was thought to have made

Historically: In the 1970’s there was growing confusion regarding environmental policy due to certain states creating environmental protection laws which were largely ineffective. To ease confusion, fix national guidelines, and monitor and enforce them President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA functions under three federal departments: the Interior, Agriculture, and Health, Education and Welfare departments. The original role of the EPA was to administrate

decades. The 1920's were symbolized by the culture of the flappers, when dresses became short and prohibition created a new class of criminal as millions drank illegally. The depression in the 1930's forced everyone to focus on the basics of life: family, community and religion, and to conserve everything to survive. The 1940's was a time of a booming economy, when everyone was spending freely. In the 1950's, people were again focusing on religion and conservative values. The 1960's was a time of rebellion

people living in the 1970’s. The 1970’s was a period of devastation and desperation which led the citizens of the United States to seek help and comfort from outside sources, which led to even more devastation for some people who chose to be in groups that made their problems worse. A lot of people in the 1970’s gave up on hope and happiness, feeling that as time went on, life would get worse; this is when they turned to religion. Religion started to spread like wild fire in the 1970’s, getting many people

Never has a decade been as influential to humanity’s progression as the 70s. The 1970s was a strong and powerful decade. It is the decade that brought glam rock and witnessed the rise and fall of disco. Much more than a decade of hippies and pop culture. They were a time of great political movement and scandal. It was the decade that ended the Vietnam War and legalized abortion. The decade that brought Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, and John Travolta to fame. Movies that had never been socially acceptable