What was a big event in the 1970s?

Answer 1

There were many big events in the 1970's.

January, 1970 the first jumbo jet, a Boeing 747, landed at Heathrow Airport in London from New York. The jet weighed 392 tons.

In September of 1970, King Hussein of Jordan and Yassir Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, signed a truce to end the war in Jordan.

In October, 1971 Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.

On February 21, 1972 US President Richard Nixon arrived in China for a series of meetings with Chairman Mao Zedong and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. For 20 years, the two countries had been enemies. Nixon urged China to join the US in a "long march together" on different roads to achieve world peace. He also urged for trade agreements between the two countries.

On August 12, 1972 the last American ground combat unit left Vietnam.

At the Olympics in 1972, there was a terrorist attack. Palestinian guerrillas stormed the building housing the Israeli team, killing two team members and taking nine hostages. The terrorists demanded the release of 200 Palestinians held in Israili jails. An agreement was reached to fly the terrorists and their hostages to Cairo. In a failed rescue attempt, all nine hostages died, the five terrorists, and one policeman.

In 1973 the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois officially became the tallest skyscraper in the world with 110 stories.

In April of 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the record held for 39 years by Babe Ruth.

In August of 1974, President Nixon became the first American President to resign. He was facing impeachment over a scandal which involved bugging devices planted in the Democrats' election campaign headquarters in the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C.

On January 21, 1976 the Air France Concorde airliner made its first commercial flight from Paris to Brazil. The airliner has a cruising speed of 1,461 miles and can cross the Atlantic in just three hours.

In July of 1976 the US Viking 1 spacecraft landed on Mars and sent back the first pictures of the planet.

Elvis Presley passed away in August of 1977 at the age of 42.

The first "Test-Tube" baby was born in July of 1978.

In October of 1978, the Vatican announced that a Polish priest, Karol Wojtyla, would become Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years.

The worst nuclear accident in the United States happened in March of 1979 at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania.

In May of 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister.

In December of 1979, Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. The 69 year-old nun had founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950.

In December of 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

Answer 2

There were several events that took place in the year 1970. On January 25th, the hit sitcom MASH premiered.

Answer 3

The conference of he Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party in 1978,China

Answer 4

1970, The Beatles broke up.