MOVEMENTS

Feminism started to change masculine personal pronouns such as ‘chairMAN’, ‘fireMAN’ to ‘chairPERSON’ and ‘fireFIGHTER’. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySfRXOfgbKU – till 1min 1.

Enviromentally friendly coined terms like ‘ecofreaks’, ‘green’ relating to the environment and the concept of ‘recycling’.

Decimal Day in 1971 the UK and Ireland decimalised their currencies.

INVENTIONS

Debit cards - Frenchman Roland Moreno in 1974

The microprossesor was invented in 1971.

Sony Walkman released in Japan in 1979 (released in UK a year later)

NEWS STORIES

The first Pan AM Boeing 747 jet landed at Heathrow

Concorde – 1976

Rise of Margaret Thatcher

Oil Crisis - 1973

Energy Crisis 1973-1971

First test tube baby - 1978

Decline and failure of British Car Industry

FASHION

Hot pants

Leg Warmers

Doc Martens

Bomber Jackets

Sideburns

Mohawks

Platform shoes

FILM, TV, MUSIC AND COMPUTER GAMES

Highest Grossing Films: Star Wars, Jaws, Grease

TV: Doctor Who, The Sweeney, The Morecombe & Wise show, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGb3HDulYgA – 7 minutes) Dad’s army,

Music: Disco (BeeGees, ABBA) Rock: (Queen, The Who, Led Zepplin)

The Beatles break up in 1970.

Computer Games: Space Invaders, Snake

BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Births: Mariah Carey (70), Gary Barlow (71), Cameron Diaz (72), Tyra Banks (73), Victoria Beckham (74), David Beckham (75), Reese Witherspoon (76), Kanye West (77), Rachel McAdams (78), Pink (79) AND MY MUM! (70)

Deaths: Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin,