Events and trends

Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the "Sexual Revolution" to radical left-wing activism, reached fruition during this decade. Outside of the West, the continuing process of decolonization continued to define the relationship between developing and developed nations, as well as mark the course of the Cold War. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Events and trends Technology The World Wide Web was born at CERN Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft... Woodstock: the iconic Sixties event The Sixties in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969 (see: 1960s), but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past 20 years. ... The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the West in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... The term Western world can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... Colonialism in 1945 Decolonization is the process by which a colony gains independence from a colonial power, a process opposite to colonization. ... The Cold War (1947-1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. ...

Technology

While personal computers did not become widespread in the developed world until the 1980s, rapid advances in consumer electronics began to impact the marketplace by the middle of the decade. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

• Microprocessors are developed - used first in industrial applications and after that also in consumer products
• Pocket calculators make the slide rule obsolete
• Home computer revolution starts
• Video game arcades, and later, consoles, become popular
• Unix created along with C programming language
• Microsoft is founded (1975)
• Touch tone telephones begin to replace rotary dials
• Digital watches and clocks become available to consumers

Microprocessors, including an Intel 80486DX2 and an Intel 80386 A microprocessor (abbreviated as µP or uP) is an electronic computer central processing unit (CPU) made from miniaturized transistors and other circuit elements on a single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) (aka microchip or just chip). ... A basic arithmetic calculator. ... The slide rule is a portable, mechanical, analog computer usually consisting of three interlocking calibrated strips and a sliding cursor used to record intermediate results. ... The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... UNIX is a portable, multi-tasking and multi-user computer operating system originally developed by a group of AT&T Bell Labs employees including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Douglas McIlroy. ... The C Programming Language, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the original edition that served for many years as an informal specification of the language The C programming language is a low_level standardized programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie for use on the UNIX... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT) headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF), also known as Touch Tone is used for telephone signaling over the line in the voice frequency band to the call switching center. ... Pocket watch A watch is a small portable clock that displays the current time and sometimes the current day, date, month and year. ... Time measuring instrument A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time. ...

Science

Space exploration, both manned and unmanned, continued into the 1970s, with the realization of lunar and interplanetary missions and the launching of interstellar Pioneer spacecraft. Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors. ... The American Pioneer program of unmanned space missions was designed for planetary exploration. ...

• Apollo voyages to the moon continue
• Viking missions to Mars
• Venera missions to Venus
• Voyager spacecraft launched to explore the outer solar system
• Skylab and Salyut space stations
• The Space Shuttle is developed (first launched in 1981).
• Homo ergaster discovered; Homo rudolfensis skull unearthed at Koobi Fora but identified as Homo habilis
• Discovery of the bottom quark; theory of quantum chromodynamics postulated to describe the strong interaction, one of the four fundamental forces of nature
• Southern blot genetics technique developed

Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... NASAs Viking program consisted of two unmanned space missions to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Color image taken from the surface of Venus by the Soviet Venera 13 lander The Venera series of probes was developed by the USSR for the gathering of data from Venus. ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... The Voyager spacecraft Launch of Voyager 2 Voyager is also the name of a planned series of unmanned probes to Mars, cancelled in 1968. ... Mosaic of the planets of the solar system, excluding Pluto, and including Earths Moon. ... Americas first space station, the 75 metric ton Skylab, was in Earth orbit from 1973-1979, and visited by crew three times in 1973 and 1974. ... The Salyut (Russian: Салют, Salute or Firework) program was a series of space stations launched by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. ... A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live on in outer space. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Homo ergaster Groves & Mazak, 1975 Homo ergaster (workman man) is an extinct hominid species (or subspecies, according to some authorities) which arose in Africa some 1. ... Binomial name Homo rudolfensis Alexeev, 1986 The species Homo rudolfensis was originally proposed in 1986 by V. P. Alexeev for the specimen KNM ER 1470. ... Binomial name Homo habilis Leakey et al. ... For other uses of this term, see: Quark (disambiguation) 1974 discovery photograph of a possible charmed baryon In particle physics, the quarks are subatomic particles thought to be elemental and indivisible. ... Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the physical theory describing one of the fundamental forces, the strong interaction. ... The strong force or strong interaction (the term interaction is more precise), also called color force is a fundamental interaction of nature which can be split up into two sub forces: The fundamental strong force and the residual strong force. ... A fundamental interaction is a mechanism by which particles interact with each other, and which cannot be explained by another more fundamental interaction. ... A Southern blot is a method in molecular biology of enhancing the result of an agarose gel electrophoresis by marking specific DNA sequences. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ...

War, peace and politics

Relations between the rival Cold War power blocs improved substantially during the early and mid-1970s, with high profile exchanges between The United States and the Soviet Union (see détente), and increased cooperation between West Germany and East Germany. The United States and most other Western bloc nations also extended diplomatic recognition to The Peoples Republic of China. However, the rapprochement between superpowers did little to quell guerrilla warfare and terrorism in many parts of the world, often directed by proxies of one of the two superpowers. In 1979, the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran ended the spirit of détente and involved both powers in a complex struggle with an increasingly assertive Muslim world. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Détente was the general reduction in the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War that occurred from the late 1960s until the start of the 1980s. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a communist state, comprising most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. ... Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish (from guerra meaning war) used to describe small combat groups. ... Terrorism is a controversial term with multiple definitions. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

• fear of nuclear war despite détente, SALT treaties.
• Watergate break-in, cover-up, and scandal, leading to U.S. president Richard Nixon's resignation
• Yom Kippur War of 1973; Egypt and Israel establish diplomatic relations through Camp David Accords of 1978
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. East Pakistan wins independence as Bangladesh. Martial law declared in Pakistan. Indira Gandhi suspends constitution in India
• U.S. expansion of, then withdrawal from Vietnam War. Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces in 1975.
• Genocide in Cambodia under Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot deposed by Vietnamese troops
• widespread strikes and industrial unrest in the United Kingdom throughout decade; Conservative Party's Margaret Thatcher elected first female prime minister
• Coup in Chile topples government of Salvador Allende, who is replaced by Augusto Pinochet. Coups and revolutions topple governments of Afghanistan, Argentina, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Nicaragua among others. Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. Assassination of South Korea's Park Chunghee.
• USSR begins disastrous military campaign in Afghanistan
• Spain establishes democracy after death of dictator Francisco Franco; withdraws from Western Sahara to see it occupied by Morocco
• Portugal's decolonization from Mozambique, Angola, Portuguese Guinea, and East Timor; Indonesia invades the last. Carnation Revolution
• Torrijos-Carter Treaties promise U.S. withdrawal from Panama Canal
• Rise of environmental awareness and green movements, peace movement and women's liberation in Europe and the USA. First Earth Day (1970). Whole Earth Catalog becomes widely popular and wins National Book Award.
• Decline of the Black Panther Party. Peak of activity of the Japanese Red Army, Red Army Faction, Red Brigades, Symbionese Liberation Army, and Weathermen.
• United Kingdom suffers from the Winter of discontent in 1979.

Nuclear war, or atomic war, is war in which nuclear weapons are used. ... Détente was the general reduction in the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War that occurred from the late 1960s until the start of the 1980s. ... SALT I is the common name for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks from 1969–1972 between the United States and the Soviet Union, which resulted in a number of accords relating to the offensive nuclear arsenals of the two nations and a reduction of the nuclear arms race. ... The Watergate building. ... Wikiquote quotations related to: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22... The Yom Kippur War (in Hebrew: Milchemet Yom HaKipurim (מלחמת יום הכיפורים), also known as the October War, the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, and the Ramadan War), was fought from October 6 (the day of Yom Kippur) to October 22 and 24, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Egypt... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Anwar Sadat (left), Jimmy Carter (center), and Menachem Begin (right) shake hands in celebration of the success of the Camp David Accords The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. ... East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh, was the eastern half of Pakistan, created from the eastern half of the Bengal region of British India in 1947. ... Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect (usually after a formal declaration) when a military authority takes control of the normal administration of justice (and usually of the whole state). ... Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (इन्दिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गान्धी) (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and from January 14, 1980 until her assassination in 1984. ... The Vietnam War was a war fought roughly from 1957 to 1975 after the North Vietnamese government secretly agreed to begin involvement in South Vietnam. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam and, as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), was the capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was founded by Ho Chi Minh and was recognized by China and the USSR in 1950. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate actions leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ... The flag of the Khmer Rouge Party The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: Khmaey Krahom; French: Khmers Rouges) was a Communist organization which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. ... Pol Pot Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot, was the leader of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born 13 October 1925) is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the only woman as of 2005 to serve in that position. ... The Chilean coup détat of September 11, 1973 was a watershed event in the history of Chile and the Cold War. ... Salvador Allende Gossens1 (July 26, 1908–September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from 1970 until his death during a violent military coup détat in 1973. ... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... Park Chung-hee (September 30, 1917 - October 26, 1979) was President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. ... Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. ... Colonialism in 1945 Decolonization is the process by which a colony gains independence from a colonial power, a process opposite to colonization. ... Portuguese Guinea was the name for what is today Guinea-Bissau from 1446 to September 10, 1974. ... The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless left-leaning revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy at the end of a two year process of a communist dominated military administration. ... Map of Panama, with Panama canal The Torrijos-Carter Treaties (sometimes referred to in the singular as the Torrijos-Carter Treaty), are a pair of treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D. C. on September 7, 1977, abrogating the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty signed in 1903. ... Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a large canal, 82 kilometres (51 miles) long, that cuts through the isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ... Environmentalism is activism aimed at improving the environment, particularly nature. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Feminism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on and motivated by the experiences of women. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Earth flag Earth Day is a name used by two different observances held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the planets fragile environment. ... The Whole Earth Catalog was a catalog published twice a year from 1968 to 1972 (and occasionally thereafter, until 1998) for the purposes of providing education and access to tools for one to find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested. ... Logo of the Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a revolutionary Black nationalist organization in the United States that formed in the late 1960s and grew to national prominence before falling apart due to a combination of internal problems... The Japanese Red Army (日本赤軍) (JRA) is an international organisation founded by Ms. ... RAF Logo with red star and MP5 The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, or the Baader-Meinhof Gang, which was one of the core groups within the RAF, was postwar Germanys most active leftist revolutionary group, which is... Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse) is a terrorist group located in Italy. ... The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American-based group that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army and was a proponent of radical leftist ideology. ... The Weathermen, also known as the Weather Underground Organization, were a US-based, self-described revolutionary organization of communist men and women formed by splintered-off members and leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). ... The winter of discontent was the British winter of 1978-79, during which there were widespread strikes. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Economics

In many developed nations, the long post-World War II period of economic growth came to an end. Established industrial regions such as Northern England and the United States Midwest were particularly hard hit by falling demand, rising energy costs, labor conflict, and increased competition from emerging Asian producers of steel, ships, and automobiles. By contrast Japan emerged as an economic power through the use of new technologies, and a highly skilled and productive workforce. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Midwest States (United States of America, ND to OH) The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. ... Steel framework Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... For online phenomenon of shipping, see Shipping (fandom). ... Car redirects here. ...

• high inflation, unemployment, and interest rates produce stagflation among industrialized nations; most OECD economies fall into chronic budget deficit.
• collapse of the Bretton Woods system and macroeconomic consensus. U.S. leaves the gold standard; gold commodity prices soar.
• OPEC oil embargo (see 1973 energy crisis) and Iranian Revolution (see 1979 energy crisis) spark petroleum crises.
• the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark join Common Market in 1973.
• rise of supply-side economics and resurgence of the Austrian school; Robert Lucas Jr. and the "New Classical" school challenge Keynesian economics; monetarist Paul Volcker appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve.
• Eurocommunism peaks under Enrico Berlinguer; neoliberal policies implemented under Pinochet and Thatcher.
• U.S. government deregulates airlines, bails out Chrysler, creates Conrail and Amtrak.

Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California during the Great Depression. ... An interest rate is the rental price of money. ... Stagflation is a term in macroeconomics used to describe a period of characteristic high inflation combined with economic stagnation, unemployment, or economic recession. ... The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. ... A budget deficit occurs when an entity (often a government) spends more money than it takes in. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1922 U.S. gold certificate The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold. ... The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxist political economy. ... The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is made up of Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela; since 1965, its international headquarters have been in Vienna, Austria. ... (Redirected from 1973 energy crisis) United States, drivers of vehicles with odd numbered license plates were allowed to purchase gasoline only on odd-numbered days of the month, while drivers with even-numbers were limited to even-numbered days. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... The 1979 (or second) energy crisis occurred in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths crust. ... Wikiquote quotations related to: European Union The European Union On-Line Official EU website, europa. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Supply-side economics is a school of macroeconomic thought which emphasizes the importance of tax cuts and business incentives in encouraging economic growth, in the belief that businesses and individuals will use their tax savings to create new businesses and expand old businesses, which in turn will increase productivity, employment... The Austrian School is a school of economic thought which rejects opposing economists reliance on methods used in natural science for the study of human action, and instead bases its formalism of economics on relationships through logic or introspection called praxeology. ... Robert Emerson Lucas, Jr. ... Keynesian economics, or Keynesianism, is an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s. ... Monetarism is a set of views concerning the determination of national income and monetary economics. ... Paul Adolph Volcker (born September 5, 1927), economist, is best-known as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan (from August 1979 to August 1987). ... The Federal Reserve System is headquartered in the Eccles Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve System (also the Federal Reserve; informally The Fed) is the central bank of the United States. ... Eurocommunism was an attempt in the 1970s by various European communist parties to widen their appeal by embracing public sector middle-class workers, and new social movements such as feminism and gay liberation and rejecting unquestioning support of the Soviet Union, and express more clearly their fidelity to democratic institutions. ... Enrico Berlinguer Enrico Berlinguer (May 25, 1922 - June 11, 1984), was an Italian politician and was national secretary of the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano or PCI) from 1972 to 1984. ... The term neoliberalism is used to describe a political-economic philosophy that had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s – and increasingly prominent since 1980 – that de-emphasizes or rejects positive government intervention in the economy (that complements private initiative), focusing instead on achieving progress and even social... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born 13 October 1925) is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the only woman as of 2005 to serve in that position. ... The U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1789 by a constitutional convention, sets down the basic framework of American government in its seven articles. ... President Jimmy Carter signs the Airline Deregulation Act. ... The Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based automobile manufacturer, since 1998 merged with Daimler_Benz into DaimlerChrysler. ... Conrail, officially known as the Consolidated Rail Corporation, is an American railroad company. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...

Culture

In American cinema, the 1970s was the decade of the blockbuster; high-budget films which are promoted through extensive merchandising, and when successful, prompt sequels. Star Wars, and Superman spawned successful film franchises that continued into the 1980s, and broke new ground in the use of special effects. Jaws, and Rocky were also successful films that led to numerous sequels and had a tremendous impact on popular culture. The relaxation of censorship in the late 1960s continued, leading to a brief "golden age" of pornographic film (Deep Throat), as well as frank depictions of sexuality in "mainstream" cinema (Last Tango in Paris, Waiting for Mr. Goodbar). Many noted 1970s films also serious examine the impact of crime and violence on society (The Godfather, Taxi Driver). For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, Superman Superman, also known as Superman: The Movie, is a 1978 Warner Bros. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... Jaws (1975) is an American film which tells the story of a resort towns sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a huge great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council. ... Rocky DVD cover Rocky is a motion picture released in 1976 starring Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed. ... The term Deep Throat or deep throat has several meanings: Deep throating is a sexual act. ... Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi, French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 film which tells the story of an American widower who is drawn into a sexual relationship with a soon-to-be-married Parisian woman. ... The Godfather is a novel written by Mario Puzo about a fictitious Italian Mafia family. ... Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese. ...

The early 1970s saw the death of several notable rock musicians (Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison) as well as the break-up of the Beatles, who had dominated rock in the 1960s. Rock music increasingly fragmented into genres (heavy metal, soft rock), and became increasingly commercialized. Punk rock and disco emerge in the mid-1970s partly as reactions against the mainstream rock music promoted on FM Radio and in arena concerts. Rock and pop music in its various forms also inspired several popular musicals on the stage and in film, such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever. Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an effect on world culture rivaled only by The Beatles and Chuck Berry. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. ... Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live album In Concert Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock, R&B, and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was a singer, songwriter and poet. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Soft rock, also referred to as lite rock, easy rock, and formally Mellow rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Discothèque redirects here. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ... Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. ... Grease is a lubricant of higher initial viscosity than oil, consisting originally of a calcium, sodium or lithium soap jelly emulsified with mineral oil. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta based around New York discotheques of the disco era period, the associated music and dancing, and the subculture surrounding such. ...

• Funk, glam rock, disco, punk rock, gothic rock music
• The science fiction movie Star Wars achieves massive world-wide success
• An age of superstars and idols in sports, music, literature and film
• Jamaican reggae music begins to gain an international audience, while dub music influences African Americans in New York City, leading to the development of hip hop
• In design, 1970s forms tended to be squared off and voluminous
• Commercial body piercing (other than ear piercing) originated at The Gauntlet, a small shop in Southern California
• Beginnings of a widespread, strong interest in bringing the considerations of ecology together with the disciplines of planning and design in environmental design
• U.S. popular culture refers to this time period as the "Me Decade (http://o0everlast0o.tripod.com/)"
• The hippie culture of the late 1960s leads to widespread use (and near legalization) of marijuana and the introduction of harder drugs like cocaine.

Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Glam rock is a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, and was mostly a British phenomenon. ... Discothèque redirects here. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Gothic rock evolved out of post punk during the late 1970s. ... ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... Superstar may refer to any of the following : A widely acclaimed celebrity, such as a star of motion pictures or live theatre, who has great popular appeal and is prominent, or who is a major attraction. ... ... Wikisource Every Author - Online books and writers forums A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism, and Philology (José Ángel García Landa, University of Zaragoza, Spain) Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning T... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica and is closely linked to the Rastafari Movement, though not universally popular among them. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which developed in the early 1970s. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Design as a process can take many forms depending on the object being designed and the individual or individuals participating. ... Body piercing usually refers to the piercing of a part of the human body for the purpose of wearing jewelry in the opening created. ... An earring is an ornament that is worn in the ear. ... The Gauntlet was a business founded in November, 1975 by Jim Ward that pioneered the field of body piercing in North America. ... Southern California Los Angeles, rush hour on the Harbor Freeway San Diego Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the southern one-third of the state of California. ... Ecology is sometimes used as a synonym for the natural environment. ... Alternative meanings: Plan, Isère, floor plan A Plan is a proposed or intended method of getting from one set of circumstances to another. ... Environmental design refers to taking environmental concerns into consideration in the design process. ... Hippie (or sometimes hippy) is a term originally used to describe some of the rebellious youth of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ... Cocaine is a crystalline alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

Others

• Indonesian Archaeological Service and UNESCO restore Borobodur stupa.

UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... Borobudur from a distance Borobudur, located in the Indonesian island of Java, 40 km (25mi) north-west of Yogyakarta, is a Buddhist stupa related to the Mahayana tradition, and the largest Buddhist monument on earth. ... A stupa A stupa (from the Sanskrit) is a type of Buddhist structure found across the Indian subcontinent and Asia. ...

People

World leaders

• Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (Australia)
• Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (Canada)
• Chairman Mao Zedong (People's Republic of China)
• Deng Xiaoping (People's Republic of China)
• President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China on Taiwan)
• President Yen Chia-kan (Republic of China on Taiwan)
• President Anwar Sadat (Egypt)
• President Urho Kekkonen (Finland)
• President Georges Pompidou (France)
• President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (France)
• Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (India)
• President Suharto (Indonesia)
• Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Iran)
• Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Iran)
• President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (Iraq)
• President Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
• President Erskine Hamilton Childers (Ireland)
• President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (Ireland)
• President Patrick Hillery (Ireland)
• Taoiseach Jack Lynch (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave (Republic of Ireland)
• Taoiseach Charles Haughey (Republic of Ireland)
• Prime Minister Golda Meir (Israel)
• Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Israel)
• Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel)
• Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
• Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (Japan)
• Pope Paul VI
• Pope John Paul I
• Pope John Paul II
• Prime Minister Keith Holyoake (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister John Ross Marshall (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Norman Eric Kirk (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Wallace Rowling (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (New Zealand)
• Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark (Northern Ireland)
• Prime Minister Brian Faulkner (Northern Ireland)
• Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan)
• First Secretary Edward Gierek (Poland)
• King Faisal (Saudi Arabia)
• Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore)
• Prime Minister and President B.J. Vorster (South Africa)
• President Park Chunghee (South Korea)
• Leonid Brezhnev (Soviet Union)
• Generalísimo Francisco Franco (Spain)
• Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Edward Heath (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Harold Wilson (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister James Callaghan (United Kingdom)
• President Richard Nixon (United States)
• President Gerald Ford (United States)
• President Jimmy Carter (United States)
• Chancellor Willy Brandt (West Germany)
• Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (West Germany)
• President Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia)

Honourable Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (born July 11, 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ... Number 15th First term April 20, 1968– June 4, 1979 Second term March 3, 1980– June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson 1st Successor Joe Clark 2nd Successor John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse Margaret... Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was the chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death. ... Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping  listen (Simplified Chinese: 邓小平; Traditional Chinese: 鄧小平; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; pronounced Dung Shyao-ping; August 22, 1904—February 19, 1997) was a revolutionary elder in the Communist Party of China (CPC) who served as the de facto ruler of the Peoples... Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887–April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦, pinyin: Yán Jiāgàn), or Yen Chia-jin (October 23, 1905- December 24, 1993), better known as C. K. Yen, succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Republic of China (on Taiwan) upon Chiangs death on April 5, 1975. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... Anwar Sadat Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat – محمد أنورالسادات Arabic - (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981. ... Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900 - August 31, 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 1950 to 1956, and as the most long-standing president of Finland from 1956 to 1981. ... Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (July 5, 1911–April 2, 1974) was President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. ... Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard dEstaing (born February 2, 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French politician who was President of the Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (इन्दिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गान्धी) (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and from January 14, 1980 until her assassination in 1984. ... General Soeharto (commonly known as Suharto in the English-speaking world) (born June 8, 1921) was an Indonesian leader and military strongman. ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (September 24, 1902 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 revolution that overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran. ... His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi ( محمدرضا شاه پهلوی) (October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980) holder of the deferential title Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979. ... General Ahmed Hassan al_Bakr (July 1, 1914 _ October 4, 1982) was President of Iraq from 1968 to 1979. ... Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī (Often spelled Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. ... Erskine Hamilton Childers (November 11, 1905 - November 17, 1974), the son of Robert Erskine Childers (the author of The Riddle of the Sands), served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974. ... Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (12 February 1911 - 21 March 1978) (pronounced karol o dawl-ie. In English his name translated as Carroll ODaly, but he was invariably called by his Irish name in both Irish and English. ... Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) was the sixth President of Ireland (1976-1990). ... John (Jack) Mary Lynch (Ir. ... Liam Cosgrave (Ir. ... Charles (Charlie) James Haughey ( Ir. ... Golda Meir was the fourth Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir (Hebrew גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר) (b. ... Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (Hebrew יִצְחָק רַבִּין) (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and military general. ... Menachem Begin on the front cover of TIME 1982. ... Hirohito (裕仁), the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇, Shōwa tennō), (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. ... Tanaka shook hands with his similarly-embattled contemporary, U.S. President Richard Nixon, during a Washington visit in July of 1973. ... His Holiness Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope and as sovereign of the Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ... His Holiness Pope John Paul I (in Latin ), born Albino Luciani (October 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978), reigned as pope and as sovereign of the Vatican City from August 26, 1978 to September 28, 1978. ... His Holiness Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. ... The Right Honorable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, was a New Zealand politician. ... John Ross Marshall (1912 - 1988), generally known as Jack Marshall, was a New Zealand politician. ... Norman Eric Kirk served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974. ... Sir Wallace Edward Rowling KCMG, (15 November 1927 - 31 October 1995), often known as Bill Rowling, was a Prime Minister of New Zealand. ... Sir Robert David (Rob) Muldoon KCMG CH (25 September 1921–5 August 1992) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984. ... James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola of Castledawson (February 12, 1923 - May 17, 2002), was the fifth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... COPYRIGHT GETTY IMAGES Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (18 February 1922 - 3 March 1977) was the last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland before the Parliament of Northern Ireland was prorogued by the British government in March 1972. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician who served as President, from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister, from 1973 to 1977, of Pakistan. ... Edward Gierek - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... King Faisal King Faysal bin Abdelaziz Al Saud (1906—March 25, 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975. ... Lee Kuan Yew (born September 16, 1923) (Chinese: 李光耀, Pinyin: Lǐ Guāng Yào), also known as Lee Kwan-Yew or Harry Lee, was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. ... B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ... Park Chung-hee (September 30, 1917 - October 26, 1979) was President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. ... Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev  listen (Russian: Леони́д Ильи́ч Бре́жнев) (December 19, 1906 – November 10, 1982) was effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. ... Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), styled HM The Queen (born 21 April 1926) is the queen regnant and head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New... The Right Honourable Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (born July 9, 1916) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC (March 11, 1916 – May 24, 1995) was one of the more successful Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and a 1960s icon. ... Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), was Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22... Order: 38th President Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Term of office: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Preceded by: Richard Nixon Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter Date of birth: July 14, 1913 Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska First Lady: Betty Ford Political party: Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Willy Brandt (December 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992) was a German politician and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. ... Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (born December 23, 1918) is a German SPD politician. ... Josip Broz Tito  listen (May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the ruler of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ...

Entertainers

• Alan Alda (M*A*S*H)
• David Cassidy (The Partridge Family)
• Gary Coleman (Diff'rent Strokes)
• Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, American Graffiti)
• Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz)
• Mark Hamill (Star Wars`)
• Goldie Hawn (Butterflies Are Free, Shampoo, $)
• George Lucas (Star Wars, American Graffiti, THX 1138)
• Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chinatown, The Last Detail, Five Easy Pieces)
• Sylvester Stallone (Rocky)
• Henry Winkler (The Fonz on Happy Days)
• Harrison Ford
• Redd Foxx
• Louis de Funes
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Mel Gibson
• Ron Howard
• Jack Lemmon
• Steve Martin
• Robert De Niro
• Bob Newhart
• The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players
• Carroll O'Connor
• Al Pacino
• Robert Redford
• Sony
• Barbra Streisand
• John Travolta
• Mary Tyler Moore
• Johnny Whitaker

Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Pierce Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936 as Alphonso Joseph DAbruzzo) is an American actor, writer, director and sometime political activist. ... M*A*S*H was the title of a novel that was later adapted into a critically acclaimed film, and one of the most popular American television series ever. ... David Cassidy, in a still from The Partridge Family. ... Opening title card The Partridge Family was an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who traveled around in a very colorful bus to different venues to perform songs. ... Gary Coleman (born February 8, 1968 in Zion, Illinois) is an American actor. ... Diffrent Strokes is the name of an American situation comedy that aired from 1978 to 1985 on NBC and from 1985 to 1986 on ABC. The sitcom was about two African-American children, brothers, from a poor Harlem background in who were adopted by a rich white widower who... Richard Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. ... Jaws (1975) is an American film which tells the story of a resort towns sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a huge great white shark by closing the beach, only to be overruled by the town council. ... Released on November 16, 1977, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a science-fiction movie about UFOs, written and directed by Steven Spielberg. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas that is set in California during 1962 against the backdrop of commentary and music created by disc jockey Wolfman Jack from his US broadcasting studio that is linked to the transmitter of border-blaster XERB in Mexico. ... Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Film box cover for Dirty Harry For the 1953 nuclear test nicknamed Dirty Harry, see Upshot-Knothole Harry [1] Dirty Harry is a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood as the eponymous Harry Callahan, a San Francisco detective tracking Scorpio, a serial killer. ... Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 film, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. ... Mark Hamill Mark Hamill (born 25 September 1951 in Oakland, California) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of farmboy-turned-Jedi knight Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films. ... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... Hawn in the 1972 movie Butterflies Are Free Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is a Washington, D.C. born actress who began her career as one of the regular cast members on the 1960s sketch comedy show Laugh-In. ... Butterflies Are Free is a 1972 film with Eileen Heckart, Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert. ... Shampoo is a 1975 motion picture starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, and Lee Grant. ... George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas that is set in California during 1962 against the backdrop of commentary and music created by disc jockey Wolfman Jack from his US broadcasting studio that is linked to the transmitter of border-blaster XERB in Mexico. ... THX 1138 was George Lucas first full length movie. ... Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a highly successful, iconic American method actor. ... Film poster for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a novel by Ken Kesey first published in 1962. ... Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne, starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. ... The Last Detail is a 1973 film which tells the story of two United States Navy shore patrol policemen who decide to take out a young sailor for one last night on the town before he goes to jail for eight years. ... Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 film which tells the story of Bobby Dupea (played by Jack Nicholson), a concert pianist who is estranged from his family. ... Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City), usually known as Sylvester Stallone, is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Rocky DVD cover Rocky is a motion picture released in 1976 starring Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed. ... Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an actor, director and producer who is most famous for his role as Arthur Fonzie Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days (1974 - 1984). ... Happy Days Remake In early 2003, a young Joshua Ketels was encouraged by his mother to get up and do something with his shitball life. ... Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor who, between 1977 and 1983, appeared in what were then four of the top ten highest-grossing movies ever. ... Foxx as Fred on Sanford and Son John Elroy Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 - October 11, 1991) was an American comedian best known for his starring role on the television sitcom Sanford and Son. ... Louis de Funès de Galarza (July 31, 1914, Courbevoie, France, - January 27, 1983) was a French actor who is considered by many to be one of the giants of French comedy. ... Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginzburg, (April 2, 1928 – March 2, 1991) was a poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director. ... Mel Gibson Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born Australian-reared actor, director and producer best known for acting in the Mad Max movie series, the Lethal Weapon series, Braveheart and directing The Passion of the Christ. ... Ronald Howard may refer to: Ron Howard (b. ... Jack Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was a consummate Hollywood actor. ... Steve Martin (right) with Scooter, on The Muppet Show Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician and composer born in Waco, Texas and raised in Orange County, California. ... Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. ... Bob Newhart is an American actor, comedian and writer famous for his timing and bemused demeanor in delivering lines. ... Writers Cast members on SNL are expected to write; those that dont write often and well end up not getting parts and eventually leaving the show. ... John Carroll OConnor (August 2, 1925 – June 21, 2001) was an American actor, famous for his portrayal of the character Archie Bunker in the television sitcoms All in the Family (1971-1979) and Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983). ... Al Pacino, pictured at the age of 21. ... Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an iconic American singer and film actress, producer, and director. ... John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor. ... Statue of Mary Tyler Moore in downtown Minneapolis TV Guide cover of the 50 Greatest TV Characters Ever, which includes Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936) is an American actress and comedian, best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which she... John O. Whitaker, Jr. ...

Sports figures

• Henry Aaron (U.S. baseball player)
• Muhammad Ali (U.S. boxer)
• Rick Barry (U.S. basketball player)
• Franz Beckenbauer (West German soccer player)
• Wilfred Benitez (Puerto Rican boxer)
• George Best (Northern Irish soccer player)
• Larry Bird (U.S. basketball player)
• Björn Borg (Swedish tennis player)
• Terry Bradshaw (U.S. American football player)
• Rod Carew (Panamanian baseball player)
• Nadia Comaneci (Romanian gymnast)
• Jimmy Connors (U.S. tennis player)
• Johan Cruijff (Dutch soccer player)
• Roberto Duran (Panamanian boxer)
• Gareth Edwards (Welsh rugby player)
• Julius Erving (U.S. basketball player)
• George Foreman (U.S. boxer)
• Joe Frazier (U.S. boxer)
• Wilfredo Gómez (Puerto Rican boxer)
• Bobby Hull (Canadian ice hockey player)
• Kareem Abdul Jabbar (U.S. basketball player)
• Reggie Jackson (U.S. baseball player)
• Barry John (Welsh rugby player)
• Billie Jean King (U.S. tennis player)
• Olga Korbut (Russian gymnast)
• Guy Lafleur (Canadian ice hockey player)
• Niki Lauda (Austrian racing driver)
• Clive Lloyd (Guyanan cricketer)
• Pete Maravich (U.S. basketball player)
• Leigh Matthews (Australian Australian Rules Football player)
• Willie Mays (U.S. baseball player)
• Eddie Merckx (Belgian cyclist)
• Carlos Monzon (Argentinian boxer)
• Gerd Müller (West German soccer player)
• Joe Namath (U.S. American football player)
• Jack Nicklaus (U.S. golfer)
• Jim Palmer (U.S. baseball player)
• Pelé (Brazilian soccer player)
• Richard Petty (U.S. racing driver)
• Pete Rose (U.S. baseball player)
• Red Rum (racehorse)
• Secretariat (racehorse)
• Barry Sheene (English motorcycle racer)
• O.J. Simpson (U.S. American football player)
• Mark Spitz (U.S. swimmer)
• Roger Staubach (U.S. American football player)
• Bill Walton (U.S. basketball player)

Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934), baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is best known for setting the record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 by Babe Ruth. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Other people with this name: Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mehemet Ali (Turkey), Muhammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan Muhammad Ali-Haj (born January 17, 1942 as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey), was a professional basketball player. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Franz Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a famous German football player, coach and manager, nicknamed der Kaiser (the emperor) because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities and his domination on the soccer pitch. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Wilfred Benitez (born September 12, 1958), also known popularly as Wilfredo Benitez, is a Puerto Rican boxer. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... George Best (born Belfast, May 22, 1946) is a former footballer from Northern Ireland. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former NBA basketball player. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Björn Rune Borg  listen (b. ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ... Terry Bradshaw Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a former quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the American National Football League (NFL), and a current television host. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Rodney Cline Carew (born October 1, 1945 in Gatun, Panama) was a Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels in the 1970s and 1980s. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Comaneci at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian-born American gymnast, winner of five Olympic medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... James Scott Jimmy Connors (b. ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ... Johan Cruijff Johan Cruijff (born April 25, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football trainer/coach and former star player. ... 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George Edward Foreman (born 1949) is a former boxer who was twice Heavyweight Champion of the world, a successful businessman, and an ordained Christian minister. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Joseph William Frazier (born in Beaufort, South Carolina), better known as Joe Frazier, is a world famous former boxer and world Heavyweight champion. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Wilfredo Gómez (born October 29, 1956) is a former boxer and three time world champion. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Bobby Hull on the Chicago Blackhawks Robert Marvin Hull, born January 3, 1939 in Pointe Anne,(near Belleville) Ontario, Canada, is regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players and perhaps the greatest left winger to ever play the game. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947 in New York City, New York) was a successful high school, collegiate, and professional basketball player. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Reginald Martinez Reggie Jackson (born May 18, 1946) was a professional American baseball player from 1967 to 1987. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Barry John is considered by many experts to be the greatest fly-half in Rugby Union history. ... Rugby football, as a catch-all term, may refer to two related but separate team sports: rugby league and rugby union. ... Billie Jean King is a professional tennis player. ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ... Olga Valentinovna Korbut (Belarusian: Вольга Валянцінаўна Корбут, Volha Valyantsinawna Korbut; Russian: Ольга Валентиновна Корбут) (b. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... Guy Damien Lafleur, born September 20, 1951 in Thurso, Quebec, is one of the greatest and most popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949) is an Austrian racing driver. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Clive Hubert Lloyd, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket Portal. ... Pete Maravich (June 22, 1947 - January 5, 1988), known in the basketball world as Pistol Pete, was a legendary player who starred in college and for three NBA teams. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Leigh Matthews is the current coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League club. ... Australian Rules redirects here. ... Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Biography Baron Eddy Merckx (born June 17, 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium) is considered by many to be the greatest cyclist of the 20th Century. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Carlos Monzon (August 7, 1942- January 8, 1995) was an Argentinian boxer who held the world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he made a then-division record of 14 defenses. ... 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Gerhard Gerd Müller (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former German football player. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943) was an American football quarterback for the American Football Leagues New York Jets in the 1960s. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio), also known as The Golden Bear, was a major force in professional golf from the 1960s to the late 1990s, and is regarded by many as the greatest golfer of all time. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945 in New York, NY), best known as Jim Palmer and nicknamed Cakes, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1984). ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940), nicknamed Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player, considered by many to be the finest player of all time. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Richard Petty (second from left) pictured with his father Lee (to his left), son Kyle (to his right), and grandson Adam (far right), in 2000 before the deaths of Lee and Adam. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Peter Edward Rose, Sr. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri. ... For murder spelt backwards, see Redrum. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Secretariat (March 30, 1970 - October 4, 1989) was an American thoroughbred race horse (Sire: Bold Ruler; Dam: Somethingroyal), born at Meadow Farms Stables in Caroline County, Virginia. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Barry Sheene MBE (September 11, 1950 _ March 10, 2003) was a British and world motorcycling champion. ... The variety of sports involving racing motorcycles. ... O.J. Simpson at USC. Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), known by the initials O.J. (a common American abbreviation for orange juice) and nicknamed The Juice, is a Hall of Fame former college and professional football player and film actor. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is a Jewish American swimmer. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ... Roger Staubach (born February 5, 1942) is a businessman and former American professional football player. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in American basketball player and current television sportscaster. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ...

Writers

• Chinua Achebe
• Ai
• Edward Albee
• Kingsley Amis
• Mulk Raj Anand
• J. G. Ballard
• Saul Bellow
• Anthony Burgess
• A. S. Byatt
• Amy Clampitt
• Anita Desai
• E. L. Doctrow
• Margaret Drabble
• Janet Frame
• John Gardner
• Zulfikar Ghose
• William Golding
• Thom Gunn
• Alamgir Hashmi
• Seamus Heaney
• Ted Hughes
• Philip Larkin
• Robert Lowell
• Norman Mailer
• Kamala Markandaya
• Arthur Miller
• Iris Murdoch
• R. K. Narayan
• Harold Pinter
• Thomas Pynchon
• Salman Rushdie
• Anne Sexton
• Louis Simpson
• Gary Snyder
• Wole Soyinka
• William Stafford
• Anne Stevenson
• Tom Stoppard
• Mark Strand
• John Tranter
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Gore Vidal
• Alice Walker
• Judith Wright

Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian writer. ... Florence Anthony (born 1947) is an American poet. ... Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is a leading American playwright, for many the most important one alive. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... Mulk Raj Anand (December 12, 1905 - September 28, 2004) was an Indian English language author, who depicted the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. ... James Graham Ballard (born November 18, 1930 in Shanghai) is a British novelist. ... Saul Bellow (born June 10, 1915), acclaimed North American-Jewish writer, won the Nobel prize for literature in 1976 and is best known for writing novels which investigate isolation, spiritual dissociation and the possibilities of human awakening. ... John Anthony Burgess Wilson (February 25, 1917 – November 25, 1993), better known by his pen name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer. ... A. S. Byatt - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet and author. ... Anita Desai (b. ... Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York, New York) is a writer who has written several critically aclaimed novels that blend history and social criticism. ... Margaret Drabble (born June 5, 1939) is an English novelist. ... Janet Paterson Frame (August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004) was a New Zealand writer. ... John Champlin Gardner (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist and teacher. ... Zulfikar Ghose is a Pakistani-American English language writer. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 - June 19, 1993) is a Cornish novelist and poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1983) for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world... Thom Gunn (August 29, 1929 - April 25, 2004) was a British poet. ... Alamgir Hashmi [Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi] (born November 15, 1951) is a major English poet of the latter half of the 20th century. ... Seamus Heaney (b. ... Edward James Hughes (August 17, 1930 in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire - October 28, 1998) was an English poet. ... Philip Larkin (August 9, 1922 – December 2, 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... Robert Lowell Robert Lowell (March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, Jr. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and innovator of the nonfictional novel. ... Kamala Markandaya (? - May 16, 2004), born Kamala Purnaiya Taylor, was an Indian novelist and journalist. ... Arthur Miller in his later years Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and author. ... Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher, famed for her series of novels that combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ... R.K. Narayan - 1906 - 2001 Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan (October 10, 1906 - May 13, 2001) was an Indian novelist. ... Harold Pinter (born October 10, 1930) is an English playwright and theatre director. ... Thomas Pynchon pictured in his high school yearbook. ... Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928–October 4, 1974), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. ... Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (often associated with the Beat movement) and an environmental activist who is frequently described as the laureate of Deep Ecology; both reflecting his studies of Buddhist spirituality and nature. ... To Do: Larger Biography, links to works, general themes, political activism in Nigerian politics. ... William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 - August 28, 1993) was an American poet and noted pacifist, as well as the father of the poet and essayist Kim Stafford. ... Anne Stevenson is an American-British poet and writer. ... Sir Tom Stoppard OM (born July 3, 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright, famous for plays such as The Real Thing and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. ... Former Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Mark Strand is a professor at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Junior (born November 11, 1922) is an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. ... Gore Vidal, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Eugene Luther Vidal, better known as Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925), is a well-known American man of letters, a writer of novels, plays and essays, and a leading public figure for over fifty years. ... Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author whose most famous novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. ... Judith Wright (1915 - 2000) is regarded as one of the best Australian poets of the 20th century. ...

Music

• ABBA
• AC/DC
• Aerosmith
• Allman Brothers Band
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Black Sabbath
• Blue Öyster Cult
• David Bowie
• Jackson Browne
• Budgie
• Jimmy Buffett
• Carpenters
• Cat Stevens
• Johnny Cash
• Cher
• Chicago
• Eric Clapton
• The Clash
• Alice Cooper
• Elvis Costello
• Crass
• The Damned
• Deep Purple
• Neil Diamond
• The Eagles
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Fleetwood Mac
• Gloria Gaynor
• Genesis
• Gary Glitter
• Grateful Dead
• Merle Haggard
• Waylon Jennings
• Jethro Tull
• Billy Joel
• Elton John
• Journey
• Carole King
• King Crimson
• Kiss
• DJ Kool Herc
• Led Zeppelin
• John Lennon
• Loretta Lynn
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Barry Manilow
• Bob Marley & the Wailers
• Steve Miller Band
• Motörhead
• Willie Nelson
• P Funk (Parliament/Funkadelic)
• Pink Floyd
• Queen
• Rainbow
• The Ramones
• Linda Ronstadt
• Todd Rundgren
• Rush
• Sex Pistols
• Bruce Springsteen
• Styx
• Donna Summer
• James Taylor
• T. Rex
• Television (band)
• Triumph
• UFO
• Van Halen
• War
• Yes
• Neil Young
• Warren Zevon

See also: List of rock and roll albums in the 1970s ABBA on the cover of their album The Definitive Collection (2001) ABBA were a Swedish pop music group They remain the most successful Sweedish music group, and were one of the most popular groups of their era. ... From left to right: Singer Brian Johnson, Rhythm Guitarist Malcolm Young, Bass Guitarist Cliff Williams, Lead Guitarist Angus Young, Drummer Phil Rudd. ... Arrowsmith is a 1925 book by Sinclair Lewis. ... The original Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) is a Canadian rock band that enjoyed a string of hit albums and singles in the 1970s. ... From left to right, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... Blue Öyster Cult is a psychedelic/heavy metal band probably best known two songs: their 1976 single (Dont Fear) The Reaper from the album Agents Of Fortune and their 1981 single Burning For You from the album Fire of Unknown Origin. ... David Bowie David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. ... Jackson Browne Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an influential American singer-songwriter. ... Budgie is a rock and roll band from Cardiff, Wales. ... In License to Chill, Buffett paired with several famous country music stars on the albums songs. ... Karen and Richard Carpenter This article is about a musical group. ... Cat Stevenss birth name was Stephen Demetre Georgiou. ... Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country music singer and songwriter, known to his fans as The Man in Black, and a member of the outlaw country movement. ... Cher on the cover of her album Living Proof Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer. ... Chicago is a rock band that formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Eric Clapton Eric Clapton CBE (born Eric Patrick Clapp on March 30, 1945) is a British guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. ... Bandmembers from left: Joe Strummer, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, Mick Jones The Clash was a British punk rock group that existed from 1976 to 1985. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a heavy metal singer and musician. ... Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born August 25, 1954), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish descent. ... Crass was an influential English anarchist punk rock band. ... The Damned are a rock band originally from the suburbs of London, England, formed in 1976. ... Deep Purple is the name of a British rock group, and is also the name of a song composed by Peter De Rose, from which the band may have borrowed its name. ... Essential Neil Diamond album cover. ... The Eagles are an American rock music group that originally came together in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. ... Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a successful Birmingham rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s. ... ELP can also stand for Extra Long Play, a format for the VCR tape. ... Fleetwood Mac is a rock group led by Mick Fleetwood and John McVie (whose names partially form the groups name), who had their biggest hits in the 1970s. ... Gloria Gaynor (real name Gloria Fowles, born September 7, 1949) is a U.S. singer best-known for the disco hit songs I Will Survive (1979) and Never Can Say Goodbye (1973). ... Genesis is a progressive rock group that was formed in 1967 when founding members Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks were still students at Charterhouse School. ... Gary Glitter (born May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK) was a British rock and roll performer in the early 1970s, most notable for his hit song Rock and Roll, parts of which have become an almost ubiquitous anthem at many American professional sports events. ... Jerry Garcia later in life Grateful Dead was an American rock band, which was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the remnants of another band, Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions. ... Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter. ... Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 - February 13, 2002) was a popular American country music singer and guitarist, born in Littlefield, Texas. ... Jethro Tulls fourth album, Aqualung Jethro Tull is a progressive rock band that was formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s. ... Billy Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. ... Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born March 25, 1947) is a highly successful British pop singer, pianist, and songwriter. ... Journey is an American rock and roll band formed in 1973 in San Francisco. ... Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter, most active as a singer during the early to mid 1970s, but a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period. ... The cover of King Crimsons debut album In the Court of the Crimson King (1969). ... The original line-up of KISS; from left to right, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss. ... Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Hip hop DJs | 1955 births ... Led Zeppelin (clockwise from left: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones) Led Zeppelin was a British band noted for their innovative, influential approach to heavy blues-rock and as one of the most popular and influential bands of all time. ... John Lennon John Winston Lennon, later John Ono Lennon, (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), was best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American Southern rock band, described by All Music Guides Stephen Thomas Erlewine as the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious, Southern image and a hard rock swagger. ... Barry Manilow in 2004 doing that same move MJ did during his Copacabana song Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter. ... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, songwriter and Rastafarian from the ghettos of Jamaica. ... Steve Miller is a blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ... P-Funk is an abbreviated, compound name for two bands, Parliament and Funkadelic. ... The bands Parliament and Funkadelic are intrinsically linked and can not be easily separated. ... The bands Funkadelic and Parliament are intrinsically linked and can not be easily separated. ... Pink Floyd Pink Floyd is a British progressive rock band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style, striking album covers and elaborate live shows. ... Queen is a British rock band which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Rainbow is a British hard rock band that formed in 1974. ... The Ramones were a hugely influential punk rock band, formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in March 1974. ... Linda Ronstadt on the cover of her 2002 collection The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer. ... Todd Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is a musician, singer, songwriter and record producer born in Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia. ... The starman logo of Rush first appeared on the back cover of 2112. ... Left to right: Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, and Steve Jones, with drummer Paul Cook in the background. ... Bruce Springsteen on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. ... The cover for Styx first album Styx Styx was an American rock and roll band popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... Donna Summer on the cover of her 1993 collection The Donna Summer Anthology Donna Summer (born LaDonna Andrea Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American pop music singer best known for a string of disco music hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco. Summer... James Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Before finding teenybopper adulation as a 1970s pop group T. Rex began life as Tyrannosaurus Rex, darlings of the hippy/lighter weight end of the UK Underground scene in 1960s London. ... Television are an American rock and roll band of the 1970s. ... Triumph was a Canadian rock band popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Van Halen is a United States hard rock band named after the guitarist Eddie Van Halen and his brother drummer Alex Van Halen. ... War was an American funk band of the 1970s and early 1980s. ... Yes in concert in Indianapolis in 1977 (left to right, Steve Howe, Alan White, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman) The popular music group Yes is a progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. ... Neil Young with guitar (from the 1991 Weld tour) Neil Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian musician and filmmaker. ... Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003), born in Chicago, Illinois. ... This is a list of albums that are particularly notable or influential. ...

Film

• Woody Allen
• Peggy Ashcroft
• Alan Bates
• Ingmar Bergman
• Ingrid Bergman
• Jean-Paul Belmondo
• Humphrey Bogart
• Kenneth Branagh
• Richard Burton
• Claudia Cardinale
• Sean Connery
• Francis Ford Coppola
• Marlene Dietrich
• Greta Garbo
• Ava Gardner
• John Gielgud
• Gene Hackman
• Rex Harrison
• Audrey Hepburn
• Katharine Hepburn
• Dustin Hoffman
• William Holden
• Rock Hudson
• Diane Keaton
• David Niven
• Peter O'Toole
• Laurence Olivier
• Gregory Peck
• Anthony Quinn
• Robert Redford
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Diana Rigg
• George C. Scott
• Meryl Streep
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Liv Ullmann
• Peter Ustinov
• John Wayne
• Norman Wisdom
• Franco Zeffirelli

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• 70s memories and memorabilia (http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/)