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1970 |
A selection of publicationsMaya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
Historic and political eventsUK: Conservative government under Edward Heath. |
Social historyTechnology: Computer floppy disks invented. First jumbo jet. UK: Equal pay bill. Voting age reduced to 18. Oil found in North Sea. Gay liberation demonstration. New English Bible published. Start of Play for Today on TV. Popular music: Beatles split up. Jimi Hendrix dies. |
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1971 |
Maya Angelou: Just Give Me a Cool Glass of Water 'Fore I Die |
USA: Lieutenant Calley found guilty of Mylai massacre. Northern Ireland: First British soldier killed. Internment introduced. Provisionals break from Official IRA. |
UK: Immigration bill. Decimal currency introduced. Open University opened. Technology: Astronauts drive on moon. Intel develops microprocessor. Cinema: Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange. Luchino Visconti, Death in Venice. Joseph Losey, The Go-Between. |
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1972 |
Athol Fugard: Sizwe Banzi is Dead |
USA: Apr: Increased bombing of North Vietnam. Aug: Combat troops withdraw. Dec: Bombing halted. Watergate, charges against Nixon aides. |
UK: Miners' strike leads to state of emergency. Technology: Video cassette recorders introduced. Classical music: Harrison Birtwhistle, The Triumph of Time. Popular music: David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust. Cinema: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather. |
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1973 |
Martin Amis: The Rachel Papers |
UK: Britain joins European Community. IRA bombs in London. |
UK: Energy crisis, power cuts, three-day week. IRA car bomb in London. Popular music: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. Cinema: François Truffaut, Day for Night. Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris. Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets, Lindsay Anderson, O Lucky Man. |
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1974 |
W H Auden: Thank You, Fog: Last Poems |
UK: Labour Government under Harold Wilson. IRA bombs Westminster Hall. |
UK: Inflation at 20%. Disappearance of Lord Lucan. Science: Experiments towards genetic engineering. Warnings about damage to ozone layer. Cinema: Federico Fellini, Amarcord. Louis Malle, Lacombe Lucien |
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1975 |
Maya Angelou: Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well |
UK: Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of Conservative party. |
UK: One million unemployed. First 'bleepers'. Sex Discrimination Bill. North Sea oil on stream. Technology: First personal computer marketed in USA. Joint Russian-American space flight. Latin American influence: Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand. Popular music: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run. Cinema: Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon. Steven Spielberg, Jaws |
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1976 |
Samuel Beckett: Ghost Trio |
UK: Wilson retires, James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister. |
UK: Concorde begins service. National Theatre completed. Riots in Notting Hill. Technology: Viking spacecraft lands on Mars. Popular music: Sex Pistols on Bill Grundy show - the Punk era. Cinema: Derek Jarman, Sebastiane. Wim Wenders, Kings of the Road. Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver. |
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1977 |
Samuel Beckett: Collected Poems in English and French |
USA: James Earl Carter, Democrat, becomes President. |
UK: Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations. USA: Death of Elvis Presley. Execution of Gary Gilmour. Art: Opening of Pompidou Centre in Paris. Popular music: The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks. Cinema: George Lucas, Star Wars. Stephen Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. |
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1978 |
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise |
Vietnam: Vietnamese begin invasion of Cambodia to crush Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge. |
UK: 'Winter of discontent', strikes, bad weather. Technology: First 'test tube baby'. Popular music: Disco music popular, tracks from Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Cinema: Christopher Reeve in Superman. Elizabeth Taylor in A Little Night Music. |
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1979 |
Samuel Beckett: Company |
UK: Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher. |
UK: Airey Neave, and Lord Mountbatten, killed by IRA bombs. 'Yorkshire Ripper' murders. Anti-racist protestors clash with National front. Cinema: Monty Python's Life of Brian. Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now. Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter. |
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