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The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade.
The United States, which had become an influential global power, experienced much of the transition. While the sixties saw social activism, society became more self-absorbed in the seventies. Analyst and writer Tom Wolfe epitomized this feeling in 1976, calling the seventies th ...
See also: 1974 in music, other events of 1975, 1976 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music'
1975 in music - Events.
January 2 - New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case.
January 5 - The Wiz, a new version of the classic The Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City
January 6 ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar).
1975 - Events.
1975 - January.
January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up
January 2 - The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by Congress
January 5 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. ...
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S.
Rail Transport - Science - Sports
Births - Deaths
1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar.
1872 - Events.
1872 - January - April.
January 2 - Brigham Young is arrested for bigamy (25 wives).
January 12 - Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ...
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century.
1274 - Events.
1274 - Europe.
May 7 - The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the conquest of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism with the Byzantine church. The Council eventually approves a tithe to support efforts to conquer the Holy Land from Muslims, and reaches apparent resolution of the schism which ultimately proves unsucc ...
Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions of people, rather than to impartially provide information. In some cultures the term is neutral or even positive, while in others the term has acquired a strong negative connotation.
The most common use of the term (historically) is in political contexts; in particular to refer to certain efforts sponsored by governments, political groups, and other often covert interests. Some propaganda includes significant and deliberate falsehoo ...
N is the fourteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is en.
Semitic Nûn was probably the picture of a snake; the sound value of the letter was /n/ - as in Greek, Etruscan, Latin and all modern languages. Greek name: Nυ, Ny.
N - Usage.
N serves as an alveolar nasal in virtually all languages that use the Latin alphabet. A common digraph with N is NG, which produces a velar nasal in a variety of languages, usually final in English. Aspirated forms NH and NGH are sometim ...
Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. It is caused by two virus variants called Variola major and Variola minor. V. major is the more deadly form, with a typical mortality of 20-40 percent of those infected. The other type, V. minor, only kills 1% of its victims. Many survivors are left blind in one or both eyes from corneal ulcerations, and persistent skin scarring - pockmarks - is nearly universal. Smallpox was respo ...
Wheel of Fortune is a television game show originally devised by Merv Griffin which runs in local editions around the world. It involves 3 contestants competing against each other to solve a word puzzle similar to Hangman. The name of the show comes from the large wheel that determines the dollar amounts and prizes won (or lost) by the contestants.
The highly-successful format has been seen daily in one form or another since its NBC debut in 1975. The current U.S. version, distributed by King World since 1983, is the lon ...
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships. This article, however, focuses on Zeppelins in the narrower sense of the word. For a broader discussion of this type of aircraft, see airship.
These giant aircraft were used for passenger transport as well as for military purpose ...
Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. It is the season with the shortest days and the lowest temperatures. In areas further from the equator, winter is often marked by snow.
Depending on place and culture, what is considered to be the start and end of winter vary. Contemporary meteorology takes winter to be the months of December, January, and February in the Northern Hemisphere and June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. However, many cultures in Europe consider winter to begin in Novem ...
Amazing Stories magazine, sometimes retitled Amazing Science Fiction, was first published in April 1926, thereby becoming the first magazine devoted exclusively to publishing stories in the genre presently known as science fiction and one of the pioneers of science fiction in the English-speaking world.
Created by Hugo Gernsback, many today would regard it as a classic pulp magazine, since it was printed on cheap pulp paper with sometimes lurid cover art (much of it by the legendary Frank R. Paul), and a mu ...
Amir Peretz (Hebrew: עמיר פרץ; born March 9, 1952) is an Israeli politician and the current leader of the Labour Party of Israel. He is the former chairman of the Histadrut trade union federation and defeated Shimon Peres in the primary elections for the Labour leadership in November 9, 2005. He is the biggest opponent to incumbent Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the upcoming March 2006 elections.
Amir Peretz - Early life.
Amir Peretz was born as Armand Peretz in the town of Boujad, Morocco. Hi ...
This article is about the term as used in media and computing; for more specific uses, see Black and White.
b/w is also commonly used with old 45 and 78 RPM records and stands for "backed with" and thus refers to the flip side (commonly called "B side") of the record.
Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of forms of visual technology. Most forms of visual technology start out in black and white, t ...
The Blót was the pagan Germanic sacrifice to Norse gods and Elves. The word is related to the English word bless and they are derived from blood, an important component in the rites.
Blót - Rites and beliefs.
The verb blóta meant to "strengthen" and the intention was to strengthen the powers (gods and Elves). The most powerful means was the sacrificed object or being. It was usually animals and in particular pigs and horses. The meat was boiled in large cooking pits with heated stone ...
The Biya River (Бия in Russian) is a river in the Altai Krai in Russia. It forms the Ob River as it joins the Katun River. The Biya River is 301 km long, the area of its basin is 37,000 sq km. It flows out of the Teletskoye Lake. The river freezes up in the mid- or late November - early December (some parts of the river freeze over on a year-to-year basis). It breaks up in the early or mid-April. The Biya River is floatable and navigable up to the town of Biysk.
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Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae band probably best known for their hits "Shine Eye Gal", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Sinsemilla," "Solidarity," and "What Is Life?". They were the first group to win a Grammy in the reggae category when it was introduced in 1985.
Originally formed as Uhuru (the Swahili word for freedom) and consisting of Garth Dennis, Don Carlos, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, the group has undergone several lineup changes: Carlos left, replaced by Michael Rose; then Dennis left to play with The Waili ...
