Views by Decade: 1970s (page 1)1970-1979:
Playing for the President |
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October 1970 | - FLQ crisis: Cross and Laporte kidnapped; War Measures invoked |
29 March 1973 | - last US troops leave Vietnam |
1974 | - pocket calculators first introduced |
1 April 1973 | - weather reported in Celsius; in September, road signs display metric |
3 October 1973 | - wage and price controls introduced |
17 July 1976 | - Olympic Games begin in Montreal |
1976 | - Parti Quebecois wins power in Quebec |
Books: | Robertson Davies, Fifth Business; Maria Campbell, Halfbreed; Margaret Laurence, The Diviners; Timothy Findley, The Wars. |
Movies: | "Patton;" "The Godfather;" "Annie Hall." |
Music: | The Ramones launch punk-rock; rap and hip-hop are invented. |
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