What is 1970s?
<imagemap>File:1970s decade montage.png| [[Clockwise]] from top left: [[U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] doing the [[V sign|V for Victory]] after he resigned because of the [[Watergate scandal]] in 1974; [[refugee]]s on a [[U.S. Navy|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 Pahlavi|Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi]] to be removed, who is later replaced by an Islamic [[theocracy]] led by [[Ruhollah Khomeini|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]] </imagemap> {{decadebox|197}} The '''1970s''' (also called the '''<nowiki/>'70s''') was the decade that began on January 1, 1970 and ended on December 31, 1979. It is distinct from the decade known as the 198th decade which began on January 1, 1971 and ended on December 31, 1980. == 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 (planet)|Venus]]. * [[1971]] – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] * [[December 16]] – Partition of Pakistan of East and West Pakistans into [[Bangladesh]] and [[Pakistan]]. * [[1972]],