1970s

Clockwise from top left: U.S. President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory after he resigned because of the Watergate scandal in 1974; refugees on a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; the 1973 oil crisis causes economic damage throughout the developed world; both the leaders of Israel and Egypt shake hands after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978; the 1970 Bhola cyclone kills around 500,000 people in the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (which would become independent as Bangladesh in 1971) in November 1970; the Iranian Revolution of 1979 causes Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi to be removed, who is later replaced by an Islamic theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeini; disco music becomes more popular.

1970s Media

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  The world map of military alliances in 1970s: Western allies (blue), Non-aligned countries (green) and Soviet allies (red)

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  The Vietnam War (1955–1975)

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  Pakistan Army General A. A. K. Niazi signing surrender agreement before Sh. Jagjit Singh Aurora of Indian Army after getting defeated in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War against East Pakistan, which eventually liberated as Bangladesh later.

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  Egyptian military vehicles crossing the Suez Canal on October 7, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War.

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  1979 Iranian Revolution

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  Haile Selassie was overthrown from power in Ethiopia, ending one of the longest-lasting monarchies in world history.

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  Nixon displays the V-for-victory sign as he departs the White House after resigning

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  United States President Jimmy Carter and Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT II treaty, June 18, 1979, in Vienna, Austria

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  Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat shake hands, Camp David, 1978

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  Nixon and Zhou toast, 1972

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s – 1970s – 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1970s (also called the '70s) was the decade that began on January 1, 1970 and ended on December 31, 1979. It is distinct from the decade known as the 198th decade which began on January 1, 1971 and ended on December 31, 1980.

Events

• Throughout the decade: decolonization continued: Angola, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Oman, the Bahamas, and many other countries gained independence. Also, metrication in many English speaking countries.
• 1970, December 15 – spaceship Venera 7 lands on Venus.
• 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• December 16 – Partition of Pakistan of East and West Pakistans into Bangladesh and Pakistan.
• 1972, March 2 – Pioneer 10 is launched (sent into space). It becomes the first spaceship to fly near Jupiter and the asteroid belt.
• 1972 – Munich massacre
• 1973, April 6 – Pioneer 11 is launched. It becomes the first the first spaceship to fly near Saturn.
• 1974 – August 9 Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States due to the Watergate scandal.
• 1973 – 1973 Arab-Israeli War
• 1975 – end of the Vietnam War
• 1975 – communists take power in Cambodia.
• 1976, July 20 – spaceship Viking 1 lands on Mars.
• 1977, August 20 – Voyager 2 is launched. It becomes the first spaceship to fly near Uranus and Neptune.
• 1977, September 5 – Voyager 1 is launched. It is now the farthest spaceship from the Earth.
• 1977: The last cases of smallpox of the world.
• 1978 – year with three popes
• 1978, October 1 – Vietnam invades Cambodia.
• 1979 – the World Health Organization says it has eliminated smallpox.

Actor

• John Travolta, American actor
• P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor

Footballer

• Pelé, Brazilian football player

World Leader

• Edward Heath, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• James Callaghan, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of United Kingdom
• Fidel Castro, President of Cuba
• Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile
• Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany (until 1974)
• Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union beginning in 1964
• Richard Nixon, President of the United States (until 1974)
• Gerald Ford, President of the United States (until 1977)
• Jimmy Carter, President of the United States
• Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952
• Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel until 1977
• Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India until 1977
• Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (until 1974)
• Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader
• Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
• Pope John Paul I, pope
• Pope John Paul II, pope
• Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (until 1975)
• Deng Xiaoping, leader in China
• Mao Zedong, leader in China (until 1976)
• Pope Paul VI, pope (until 1978)
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran until 1979
• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Juan Perón, President of Argentina (until 1974)
• Jorge Rafael Videla, dictator of Argentina
• Muammar al-Gaddafi, dictator Libyan
• Pol Pot, Prime Minister of Cambodia
• Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt
• Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
• Georges Pompidou, President of France
• Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France
• Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (until 1979)