1970
1970s Era
Act I
The World Stage
1970
3.7B
people on Earth when this year began
Today
8.2B
+4.5B more people since
🇺🇸
US President
Richard Nixon
🇬🇧
UK Prime Minister
Edward Heath
🇺🇳
UN Secretary-General
U Thant
Defining Moments
Kent State shootings
First Earth Day
Beatles break up
Boeing 747 first commercial flight
Act II
Culture & Entertainment
#1 Song
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
- ♪ Led Zeppelin III
- ♪ The Beatles - Let It Be
#1 Movie
Love Story
Oscar Best Picture: Patton
- 🎥 Love Story
- 🎥 Airport
- 🎥 M*A*S*H
Top TV Shows
- 📺 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- 📺 Gunsmoke
- 📺 Bonanza
Notable Books
- 📚 Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
Act III
Technology & Science
Floppy disk invented
First ATM in US
Fiber optics for communication
Space
Apollo 13 mission • Venera 7 lands on Venus
Nobel Peace Prize
Norman Borlaug
Nobel Physics
Hannes Alfvén & Louis Néel
Act IV
Cost of Living
Gas / Gallon
$0.36
Today: $3.50
Milk / Gallon
$1.32
Today: $4.15
Movie Ticket
$1.55
Today: $11.75
Average Home
$23,400
Today: $420,000
New Car
$3,900
Today: $49,500
Postage Stamp
$0.06
Today: $0.73
Average Salary
$7,564 / year (min wage: $1.6/hr)
Act V
Sports Champions
World Series
Baltimore Orioles
NBA Finals
New York Knicks
Super Bowl
Kansas City Chiefs (SB IV)
FIFA World Cup
Brazil (1970 WC)
Act VI
Our Planet
CO₂ Levels
0
parts per million
Today: 422 ppm
Temperature Anomaly
+0.04°C
vs. pre-industrial average
Today: +1.45°C
Life Expectancy
70.8 years