page_title: Timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario
section_title: 1970–1979
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario / 1970–1979
caption_attribution_description: Landmark Place,Historic Christ Church, Tiruchendur-Amalinagar India 628215
context_page_description: Below is a timeline of events in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
context_section_description: 1970s – Notable actors from Hamilton are Second City Television alumni Eugene Levy, Martin Short and Dave Thomas. All three Hamltonians attended McMaster University along with John Candy in the 1970s.
  1971 – The Capitol Theatre on King East closed.
  1971 – IBM Building office tower opened on Main West by the old library. Today (2007) known as the BDC Building.
  1971 – The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was a Canadian children's television series which was also produced by CHCH in 1971. It was syndicated to television stations across Canada and the United States, and occasionally still appears today in some TV markets. A quirky sketch comedy series, the show's cast included Billy Van, Fishka Rais, Guy Big, Mitch Markowitz, Vincent Price and Julius Sumner Miller. Van, in fact, played the vast majority of the characters. 130 episodes of the series were made, in one single nine-month span of time starting in 1971.
  1972 – Hamilton's largest theatre, the Palace, was demolished.
  1972 – Hamilton Hurricanes Football Club wins the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) National Championship: The Canadian Bowl.
  1972 – The Canadian Football Hall of Fame officially opened as a museum to dedicate football in Canada, (November 28, 1972) in Hamilton.
  1972 – Phase 1 of Jackson Square completed, including Stelco Tower and Bank of Montreal Pavilion. The old Bank of Montreal building at Main and James was used as the city reference library until 1980 and had been vacant or a nightclub site on and off for many years.
  1973 – The Birks Building at King and James, demolished to make room for a modernist law office, was once described by Oscar Wilde as "the most beautiful building in all of North America." 
  1973 – Stelco Tower is built in downtown Hamilton, 25-floors/ 103-metres. At the time of completion was the tallest building in Hamilton but that title only lasted for a year until Landmark Place (Century 21 building) was complete in 1974.
  1973 – The last day Tolls were charged on the Hamilton Harbour James N. Allan Skyway Bridge. (December 28)
  1973 – Hamilton Place auditorium opened.
  1973 – Wentworth County changes into the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. (Bill 155)
  1974 – Hamilton's tallest building; Landmark Place, (formerly known as the Century 21 building) is completed. 43 stories/ 127.0 metres in height. Also the tallest residential building in Canada outside of Toronto as of January 10, 2007.
  1974 – (January 1), The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth came into being.
  1974 – CHCH TV 11 was first in the world with the television premiere of The Godfather.
  1976 – the Hamilton Fincups captured the Memorial Cup trophy. The Hamilton team featured future NHL stars Willie Huber, Al Jensen, Dale McCourt, Al Secord and Ric Seiling. Hamilton defeated the New Westminster Bruins in the Finals.
  1976 – Hamilton's Mayor; Victor Kennedy Copps suffers a severe heart attack during the Around the Bay Road Race and leaves public office.
  1976 – First Place seniors high rise at King and Wellington opened on the site of First United Church, which burned in 1969.
  1976 – Widening of York Boulevard, which involved expropriating hundreds of homes and businesses, was completed.
  1976 – The Spectator, which had been downtown since its founding in 1846, moved out of its King East building to 44 Frid St.
  1977 – Second phase of Jackson Square completed with a six-storey office tower, but not the department store intended to be its major attraction.
  1977 – The Art Gallery of Hamilton opened beside the board of education.
  1977 – New police headquarters opened down the street from the old one on King William at Mary.
  1978 – Harold Ballard buys the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from Michael DeGroote for $1.2 million in January 1978.
  1978 – Teenage Head, in May 1978, they released their first single "Picture My Face" on Epic Records, and quickly became part of the scene exploding in Toronto.
  1978 – August 7: Hamilton held a round of the Formula Atlantic Championship. The insurance company demanded that the metal containers that formed part of the portable barrie
caption: Landmark Place
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