Fashion

Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality. Common items int this era included miniskirts,
bell-bottoms popularized by hippies and the androgynous glam rock and disco styles that introduced
platform shoes, bright colors, glitter, and satin.

Hippie Look
Disco Style
Music
The decade saw the rise of disco, which became one of the biggest genres of the decade, especially in
the mid-to-late 1970s. Other subgenres of rock, particularly glam rock, hard rock, progressive, art rock
and heavy metal achieved various amounts of success.
Major historical Events
The Tech Revolution Began

This is the decade when companies that would change our lives were born. Apple and Microsoft got
their starts in the mid-70s.
Boeing 747 makes its first commercial passenger trip to London

The world's first jumbo-jet, the Boeing 747, has its first commercial flight on January 22nd of 1970. The
plane was operated by Pan-Am and the flight traveled from New York to London carrying 332 passengers
and 18 crew members. The Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel and the commercial airline business as
the jumbo jets could now carry up to 550 people during one flight. These planes reduced the amount of
flights needed to transport the same amount of people on smaller planes, helping to control an
ever-growing volume of air traffic.
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The People History. (n.d.). What Happened in 1970 Important News and Events, Key Technology and
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