2. SPACE EXPLORATION
Apollo 14 landed on the moon, 5
February 1971.
Apollo 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan
becomes the last man on the
moon, December 13, 1972.
3. NATURAL DISASTERS
1973:Bhola cyclone, considered the 20th
century's worst cyclone disaster, kills an
estimated 500,000 people in the densely
populated Ganges Delta region of East
Pakistan during November 1973.
4. WORLD WIDE TRENDS
The color orange was popular in the
1970s
People were influenced by the rapid
pace of societal change and the
aspiration for a more egalitarian
society in cultures that were long
colonized and have an even longer
history of hierarchical social
structure.
5. 1972 : were perhaps the worst decade of
most industrialized countries' economic
performance since the Great Depression.
Although there was no severe economic
depression as witnessed in the 1930s,
economic growth rates were
considerably lower than previous
decades. As a result, the 1970s adversely
distinguished itself from the prosperous
postwar period between 1945 and 1973.
6. MUSIC!!
The early 1970s saw the rise of popular soft
rock/pop rock music, with recording artists
such as:
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Fleetwood Mac
The Carpenters
Elton John
John Denver
The Eagles
Paul McCartney
7. Amajor event in music in the
early 70s, were the deaths of
popular rock stars Jimi Hendrix,
Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all
at the age of 27.
