I've put together a small list of things that were happening in the 1970s.
Fashion: Hotpants, sideburns, platform shoes, bell bottoms, Hawaiian shirts, iron-on t-shirt transfers, pin stripes, leisure suits, moon boots, t-shirt slogans, tie dye, ponchos, skinheads, tank tops, flares, army jackets, Bedazzled clothing, corduroy, clogs, birthstone jewelry, suspenders...
Pop Culture: Mood rings, roller skates, Pet Rocks, Atari, bean bags, black lights, groupies, skateboards, Studio 54, cassettes, waterbeds, Avon, chain letters, eight tracks, microwave ovens, teen magazines, pinball...
Music: Punk rock, glam rock, disco, one-hit wonders...
Bands/Singers: John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, KISS, Elvis Costello, Styx, David Bowie, Gary Glitter, Slade, The Sweet, ABBA, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra, The Grateful Dead, Guess Who, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Bee Gees, Aretha Franklin...
Television:
Are You Being Served?, M*A*S*H, The Six Million Dollar Man, Spiderman, Little House On The Prairie, The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, CHiPS, Dr. Who, Three's Company, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Columbo, Josie and the Pussycats...
Movies: Apocalypse Now, Dirty Harry, Jaws, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Saturday Night Fever, Annie Hall, The Exorcist, Rocky, The Godfather, Star Wars, Grease, Superman, Halloween, Harold & Maude, Alien, King Kong, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Meatballs, Cabaret, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange, Shaft, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Way We Were...
Popular Heros: Muhammad Ali, Woodward & Bernstein, Barbara Jordan, Ron Kovic, George Lucas, Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, George Moscone, Lois Gibbs, Dolores Huerta, Edgar Wayburn, James Earl Green, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, Dith Pran...