It Happened in 1970

Popular Films

  • M*A*S*H,
  • Patton
  • Woodstock
  • Hello, Dolly!
  • Catch-22
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service

 

Popular Music and songs 

  • The Beatles with " Let it Be "
  • The Jackson 5 with " ABC and I want you back "
  • Edwin Starr with " War "  

Cost of Living 1970

  • Yearly Inflation Rate USA 5.84%
  • Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 838
  • Average Cost of new house $23,450.00
  • Average Income per year $9,400.00
  • Average Monthly Rent $140.00
  • Cost of a gallon of Gas 36 cents
  • Shaefer Pen $9.95
  • United States postage Stamp 6 cents
  • Sports Illustrated 15 cents
  • Mans Westclox Watch $18.00
  • AMC Gremlin $1879

Sports

  • Super Bowl: Kansas City d. Minnesota (23-7)
  • World Series: Baltimore d. Cincinnati (4-1)
  • NBA Championship: New York d. LA Lakers (4-3)
  • Stanley Cup: Boston d. St. Louis (4-0)
  • Wimbledon: Women: Margaret Court d. B.J. King (14-12 11-9)
    Men: John Newcombe d. K. Rosewall (5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1) Kentucky Derby Champion: Dust Commander
  • NCAA Basketball Championship: UCLA d. Jacksonville (80-69)
  • NCAA Football Champions: Nebraska (AP, FW) (11-0-1); Texas (UPI, NFF-tie), (10-1-0) & Ohio St. (NFF-tie), (9-1-0)
  • World Cup: Brazil d. Italy (4-1)

 

Popular Culture

  • The Isle of Wight Festival takes place . 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Jethro Tull.
  • Jimi Hendrix dies of barbiturate overdose in London
  • Janis Joplin dies in a cheap motel from a heroin overdose
  • The first New York marathon is run in New York
  • Simon and Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Technology 1970

  • First Jumbo Jet goes into service
  • Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 mph/1127 km/h).
  • The Soviet Moon Rover becomes the first remote-controlled robot to travel on the moon's surface
  • The First Computer Chess Tournament takes Place
  • IBM announces the successors to the IBM System/360 family the IBM System/370 with improved multi processor support.
  • After many years of court battles damages awarded to Thalidomide victims