News
April 22, 1970 is the first time Earth Day is celebrated. The national day to teach and support environmental protection is founded by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. The annual event continues worldwide to this day under UNESCO sponsorship.
1970 Context: News, Entertainment, Lifestyle
News
US President Richard Nixon sends troops into neutral Cambodia threatening to widen the Vietnam War and causing widespread protests in the US. The troops are later withdrawn, but aerial bombing continues until 1973 with widespread civilian casualties.
News
Four students are killed at Kent State University in Ohio during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia. The deaths occur when national guard troops open fire on the crowd.
Television
CBS premieres a television sitcom whose main character (Mary Richards) is a working single woman. Richards is played by the show's namesake, actress Mary Tyler Moore. The popular show, with an ensemble cast based in a television newsroom, runs through 1977.
News
An explosion in a Greenwich Village, NYC townhouse kills three members of the radical anti-government group the Weather Underground. The three killed and two survivors were making bombs which they had intended to detonate at a Fort Dix, New Jersey military dance.
News
The Popular Front For The Liberation Of Palestine (PFLP) hijack four passenger planes in Sep. 1970. All 310 passengers are eventually released, but the hijackers blow up the planes at Dawson Field, an abandoned British airfield in Jordan.
Advertising
Detail from a 1970 advertisement for the Plymouth Barracuda.
Fashion
Detail from a 1970 fashion shoot.
Advertising
American Motors (AMC) introduces the Gremlin a compact car in production until 1978.
Advertising
1970 advertisement showing "earth tone" carpet. Earth tone colors like harvest gold, green, orange, brown and beige are popular in 1970. Deep pile carpeting known as "shag" carpeting is also big throughout the 70's.
Advertising
Clocks, televisions and stereo systems encased in simulated woodgrain are the norm in 1970 and well into the late 70's. Shown is an ad for a Panasonic 8-Track Tape recorder.
Advertising
Detail from a 1970 office furniture catalog.
Fashion
Detail from a 1970 advertisement in Seventeen magazine.
Fashion
Detail from a 1970 Sears Catalog.
Fashion
1970 advertisement for JC Penney.
Fashion
Detail from a 1970 advertisement for Hardwick men's blazer.
Fashion
Fashion shoot of model Marsha Hunt in 1970. Model and actress Hunt would have long term relationships with Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) and Marc Bolan (T.Rex).
Movies
The dramatic film Airport starring Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster and Jacqueline Bisset among others is a blockbuster hit in 1970. The film spawns the "disaster film" genre and earns over $100 million.
Movies
The film M.A.S.H. directed by Robert Altman and starring Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould and Sally Kellerman is released in 1970. The film take place in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) during the Korean War. In 1972 it would be turned into a long running TV sitcom with a different cast.
Movies
The 1970 film Love Story is a romantic drama and tragedy starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, the film is one of the highest grossing of all time.
Lifestyle
American high school girls in a 1970 yearbook photo.
Lifestyle
1970 photo of a street scene taken on New York City's Lower Eastside.
Lifestyle
Two boys in 1970, one on a bike, the other on a skateboard.
Lifestyle
A group of teenagers pose for the camera in New York City's South Bronx.