A to Z by Decade: 1970s

Country invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979

1975 rock ballad by Queen

Stephen King’s first novel, written in 1974, which became a classic and was adapted to film two years later

US president Richard Nixon declared a “war” on these

Holiday first celebrated in 1970 to raise awareness for the environment

Event which ended the Vietnam War

Former Alabama governor and presidential candidate shot and paralyzed in a 1972 assassination attempt

Trail spanning across Europe, the Middle East, and India which many backpacked across from the 1950s to the 1970s

Event which saw 66 Americans taken captive in 1979, with the majority held until the start of Reagan’s presidency in 1981

Host of The Tonight Show regarded as the king of late-night television

Communist regime which killed a quarter of Cambodia’s population in a brutal genocide

Country which had over 2 million tons of bombs dropped onto it by the United States

Tech company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Region which saw violence between Protestants and Catholics in a period known as the Troubles

Crisis over this resource saw prices quadruple in the United States and other countries due to an embargo

Brazilian soccer legend who led Brazil to its third World Cup victory

State of Australia which saw massive shifts in infrastructure, natural disasters, and turbulence, and the nearly 20 year political dominance of Joh Bjelke-Petersen

1973 decision by the United States Supreme Court which protected abortion as a constitutional right

1977 sci-fi classic released by George Lucas

Site of an infamous 1979 nuclear accident in Pennsylvania

Country which celebrated its bicentennial anniversary in 1976

Iconic vehicle driven by hippies which became a symbol of 60s and 70s counterculture

Scandal which led to the resignation of US president Richard Nixon

Ship flown in S, named for its iconic shape

Wife of John Lennon who was accused of breaking up the Beatles

Country in which Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman for the undisputed heavyweight title in the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle