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1970 Dodge Challenger Trans Am, an example of a muscle car in the earlier part of the decade. The 1970s was an era of fuel price increases, rising insurance rates, safety concerns, and emissions controls. The 1973 oil crisis caused a move towards smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles. Attempts were made to produce electric cars, but they were ...
1970 – The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) begins operations, succeeding National Educational Television (NET). 1970 – Singer-songwriter-guitarist-musician Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at the age 27. 1970 – Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency is created.
June 22 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, a measure lowering the voting age to 18. June 23 – Kelly's Heroes is released in the US. June 24 – The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution .
Irregular employment was also a problem, with 20% of workers in 1969 unemployed for some period of time, a figure that rose to 23% in 1970. [58] Many people also had little or no savings by the end of the Sixties, with a fifth of the population in 1969 having no liquid assets, and nearly half the population having less than $500. [59]
American singer and cultural figure known as the King of Rock and Roll [204] Sonny Bono: 1935-1998 One half of the pop duo Sonny & Cher [205] Jerry Lee Lewis: 1935-2022 Piano-based singer-songwriter and pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music [206] Charlie Daniels: 1936-2020 Southern rock pioneer and country rock musician [207] Jerry Reed ...
Republican political figure, and a prominent advocate for civil rights. [3] José do Patrocínio: 1854 1905 Brazil: Journalist, one of the main leaders of the abolitionist movement in Brazil. Eleanor Roosevelt: 1884 1962 United States: women's rights and human rights activist both in the United States and in the United Nations: Alice Paul: 1885 ...
1970 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade.
The 70s was a decade that ran from January 1, AD 70, to December 31, AD 79.. As the decade began, the First Jewish–Roman War continued: In AD 70, the Romans besieged and sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple.