The Seventies
Remember When.....
The Watergate scandal broke out and President Nixon
resigned.
Sarah Jane Moore shot at Ford and he escaped.
Jimmy
Carter was the first president elected from the south since the Civil War....
The Vietnam War finally came to an end. The United States celebrated its 200th
birthday--the bicentennial. Apollo 14
landed on the moon. The
King of Rock and Roll died.....
Abba, the Village People, the Bee
Gees, the Doobie Brothers, and Rod Stewart were crowding the air waves. The YMCA
became the new dance craze. Everyone was doing the disco....
Everybody was tripping over each other to see John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in Grease. Actually Star Wars was the biggest money maker of all
time. Rocky and The Godfather hit the big screen. Jesus Christ Superstar
opened up on Broadway...
Remember playing the game Operation or freaking out making creepy crawlers? How about
talking to your friend with walkie talkies...
Remember when Sony invented the Walkman? IBM
invented the floppy disk and made it easier for people to use the computer. Remember
when you had to use a video disk because you didn't have a VCR? The pocket
calculator came out.
Microwave ovens and waterbeds were the "must have" in homes....
Dorothy Hamill and Farrah
Fawcett influenced the hairstyles. Bead necklaces, mood rings, and chains were the
newest fad. Everyone strutted around in bell bottoms, hip huggers, halter tops, and
platform shoes...
If you remember all that, you remember the seventies!
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