1970 Overview | Party Ideas | 1970 Movies | 1970 Film Stars | 1970 Pop Stars

Overview:

1970
American Soldiers Accused of Murdering Entire Town of Vietnamese Civilians
Aswan High Dam Completed
Beatles Break Up
Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
Protesting Students at Kent State Shot

1971
London Bridge Brought to the U.S.
United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
VCRs Introduced

1972
M*A*S*H T.V. Shows Premiers
Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals
Pocket Calculators Introduced
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
Watergate Scandal Begins

1973
Abortion Legalized in U.S.
Paul Getty Kidnapped
Sears Tower Built
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
U.S. Vice President Resigns

1974
Halie Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, Deposed
Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects
Patty Hearst Kidnapped
Terracotta Army Discovered in China
U.S. President Nixon Resigns

1975
Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon
Civil War in Lebanon
Microsoft Founded
Pol Pot Becomes the Communist Dictator of Cambodia

1976
Nadia Comaneci Given Seven Perfect Tens
North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000

1977
Elvis Found Dead
Miniseries Roots Airs
South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death
Star Wars Movie Released

1978
First Test-Tube Baby Born
John Paul II Becomes Pope
Jonestown Massacre

1979
Ayatollah Khomeini Returns as Leader of Iran
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain
Mother Theresa Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
Sony Introduces the Walkman

1970 Overview | Party Ideas | 1970 Movies | 1970 Film Stars | 1970 Pop Stars

Party Ideas:

This is one of the most popular themed disco's and certainly one of our favourites. We have a massive 70's archive with something for everyone.

Invitations:
One of the most important things about organising a party is the invitation. It’s the window to your party and sets the whole mood. It needs to be novel, eye catching and full of content relevant to your party.
For a fun and unique invitation idea, print your party information on the back of tie-dyed fabric.
Invite your guests to wear a fabulous blast from the past tie-dyed T-shirt, very cheap and great fun.
Alternatively make T-shirts yourself and personalize them for each guest asking them to accessorise.
Another really unique idea for an invite is to find old 45 records and replace the label with your invitation. Mail to guests and Voila! The challenge of course is to find them, try ebay, car boot sales and the like.
Be sure to have your guests come dressed in their 70s best, whether it is bell bottoms, polyester suits, big gold chains or polyester dresses!
Have them come as their favorite 70s TV characters! (Remember Starsky and Hutch)

Welcome:
Give each guest who enters a 70’s cocktail to get them in a funky mood.

Decorations:
There are multitudes of things that can be done to decorate your flashback from the 1970s. First of all, hang a beaded curtain at the entrance to welcome all of your guests in 70s style. Hang up famous scenes from the 70’s or use cutouts on the walls, along with vibrantly colored ribbon, crepe streamers, balloons and dress tables with lava lamps.

Centerpieces and Table Decoration:
Place a fondue pot in the middle of each table. Each pot serves your meal as well as a centerpiece. If you want to really get your guests mingling, put a different type of fondue at each table. If your food will be centered elsewhere, use tie-dyed table cloths and napkins.

1970 Overview | Party Ideas | 1970 Movies | 1970 Film Stars | 1970 Pop Stars

1970's Movies:

• The Goodbye Girl
• Annie Hall
• The Godfather
• A Special Day
• Saturday Night Fever
• Taxi Driver
• Seven Beauties
• Network
• Rocky
• One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
• The Sunshine Boys
• The Man in the Glass Booth
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Give Em Hell Harry
• Harry And Tonto
• Murder on The Orient Express
• Lenny
• Chinatown
• Save The Tiger
• Last Tango In Paris

1970 Overview | Party Ideas | 1970 Movies | 1970 Film Stars | 1970 Pop Stars

1970's Film Stars:

• Richard Dreyfuss
• Woody Allen
• Richard Burton
• Marcello Mastrantonio
• John Travolta
• Peter Finch
• Robert De Niro
• William Holden
• Sylvester Stallone
• Walter Matthau
• Al Pacino
• Maximillian Schell
• James Whitmore
• Art Carney
• Albert Finney
• Dustin Hoffman
• Jack Nicholson
• Al Pacino
• Jack Lemmon
• Marlon Brando

1970 Overview | Party Ideas | 1970 Movies | 1970 Film Stars | 1970 Pop Stars

1970's Pop Star:

• 10cc
• Abba
• Alice Copper
• Average White Band
• Barbra Streisand
• Barry Manilow
• Barry White
• Bay City Rollers
• Cat Stevens
• Donna Summer
• Elton John
• John Denver
• Neil Diamond
• Neil Sedaka
• Queen
• Rod Stewart
• Stevie Wonder
• T Rex
• The Bee Gees
• The Osmonds

Music:
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Novelties:
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