welcome to the 1970s
So here we are then... the decade that brought you disco, platform shoes, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Abba and Margaret Thatcher.
There's an overview of the whole decade on this page but to find out more about one particular year use the links below or to the right to take you straight to your favourite seventies year.
1970
The age of majority in the UK was reduced from 21 to 18
The first jumbo jet landed at Heathrow Airport
The Beatles went to court to dissolve their partnership
The Tories were back in power after a surprise election victory for Edward
Heath
Coronation Street's 1,000th episode was transmitted
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1971
Apollo 14 landed safely on the moon
Opportunity Knocks was Britain's most popular television show with an
audience of 6.6 million.
The Post Office Tower in Central London was bombed
The Government was planning the UK's first 60 commercial radio stations
Micro skirts were just coming into fashion
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1972
Power
cuts ended after 20 days of blackouts because of the miners' strike
Paul McCartney was fined for possessing cannabis
Access credit cards were introduced for the first time
Unemployment in the UK rose to more than a million
Leeds United beat Arsenal 1-0 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley
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1973
VAT was introduced for the first time in the UK
The Government imposed a compulsory 50mph speed limit on motorways
to save fuel as oil prices rose.
Britain, Ireland and Denmark became members of the EEC
Red Rum won the Grand National at Aintree
Elizabeth Taylor announced she'd left Richard Burton
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1974
Great
Train robber Ronnie Biggs was arrested in Brazil
President Nixon was named in the Watergate scandal
Harold Wilson began his third term as Prime Minister
Sir Alf Ramsey was sacked as England's football manager
The first-ever professional football matches were played on a Sunday
- because of a power shortage
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1975
Edward
Heath resigned as Tory leader, he was replaced by Margaret Thatcher
Mr Rubik introduced the world to a new toy - the Rubik cube
London had its hottest day for 35 years - temperatures reached 32°C
on August 7th
Charlie Chaplin and P.G. Wodehouse were knighted in the New Year
Honours
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1976
The
Queen opened the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham
MPs approved a Bill to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory
Actor Sid James collapsed on stage in Sunderland and died later
in hospital
The Coal Board got the go-ahead to build the world's largest pit
near Selby
The UK inflation rate dropped to 18.9%
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1977
Elvis
Presley was found dead at his Graceland home in Memphis
The Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee on February 6th
The average house price in London was £16,731
New smaller pound notes were introduced
Virginia Wade won the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon - the
last Britain to win the All England title
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1978
The
12" single was introduced for the first time
Geoffrey Boycott was sacked as captain of Yorkshire County Cricket
Club
Express Newspapers announced plans for a new national tabloid called The
Daily Star
Presidents Sadat and Carter called for a Palestinian role in the
Middle East Peace Process
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1979
There
was widespread disruption to food and petrol supplies during
the winter of discontent
Trevor Francis became Britain's first million pound footballer
The mortgage rate increased by 3.5% to a record 15%
James Callaghan called an election for May 3rd which was won by
Margaret Thatcher
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