Title: 1970s Content: File:1970s decade montage.png| Clockwise from top left: U.S. President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory after he resigned because of the Watergate scandal in 1974; refugees on a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; the 1973 oil crisis causes economic damage throughout the developed world; both the leaders of Israel and Egypt shake hands after the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978; the 1970 Bhola cyclone kills around 500,000 people in the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (which would become independent as Bangladesh in 1971) in November 1970; the Iranian Revolution of 1979 causes Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi to be removed, who is later replaced by an Islamic theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeini; disco music becomes more popular.|420px|thumb rect 301 4 592 200 Fall of Saigon rect 2 2 297 200 Watergate scandal rect 390 202 611 424 1973 oil crisis rect 192 203 386 423 Disco rect 0 203 184 424 Iranian Revolution rect 309 426 600 621 Camp David Accords rect 0 427 305 621 1970 Bhola cyclone The 1970s was the decade that started on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979. == Events == * Throughout the decade: decolonization continued: Angola, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Oman, the Bahamas, and many other countries gained independence. Also, metrication in many English speaking countries. * 1970, December 15 – spaceship Venera 7 lands on Venus. * 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 * December 16 – Partition of Pakistan of East and West Pakistans into Bangladesh and Pakistan. * 1972, March 2 – Pioneer 10 is launched (sent into space). It becomes the first spaceship to fly near Jupiter and the asteroid belt. * 1972 – Munich massacre * 1973, April 6 – Pioneer 11 is launched. It becomes the first the first spaceship to fly near Saturn. * 1974 – August 9 Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States due to the Watergate scandal. * 1973 – 1973 Arab-Israeli War * 1975 – end of the Vietnam War * 1975 – communists take power in Cambodia. * 1976, July 20 – spaceship Viking 1 lands on Mars. * 1977, August 20 – Voyager 2 is launched. It becomes the first spaceship to fly near Uranus and Neptune. * 1977, September 5 – Voyager 1 is launched. It is now the farthest spaceship from the Earth. * 1977: The last cases of smallpox of the world. * 1978 – year with three popes * 1978, October 1 – Vietnam invades Cambodia. * 1979 – the World Health Organization says it has eliminated smallpox. == People == === Actor === * John Travolta, American actor === Actress === === Footballer === * Pelé, Brazilian football player === World Leader === * Edward Heath, Prime Minister of United Kingdom * Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom * James Callaghan, Prime Minister of United Kingdom * Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of United Kingdom * Fidel Castro, President of Cuba * Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile * Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany (until 1974) * Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union beginning in 1964 *Richard Nixon, President of the United States (until 1974) *Gerald Ford, President of the United States (until 1977) * Jimmy Carter, President of the United States * Elizabeth II, British queen since 1952 * Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel until 1977 * Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India until 1977 * Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (until 1974) * Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader * Hirohito, Emperor of Japan * Pope John Paul I, pope * Pope John Paul II, pope * Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (until 1975) * Deng Xiaoping, leader in China * Mao Zedong, leader in China (until 1976) * Pope Paul VI, pope (until 1978) * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran until 1979 * Ayatollah Khomeini * Juan Perón, President of Argentina (until 1974) * Jorge Rafael Videla, dictator of Argentina * Muammar al-Gaddafi, dictator Libyan * Pol Pot, Prime Minister of Cambodia * Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt * Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany * Georges Pompidou, President of France * Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand * Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France * Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (until 1979)