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1970
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Equal Pay Act
brought new rights to working women
Conservatives
led by Edward Heath came to power
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Margaret Thatcher
became Secretary of State for Education & Science |
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Jumbo Jet entered
service on the transatlantic route
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Floppy disks
introduced for computers |
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The Raleigh
Chopper bicycle; the dream of every child of the '70s
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1971
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was happening? |
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Britain changes
to decimal currency
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First British
soldier killed in Northern Ireland |
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was new? |
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Microprocessor
introduced by Intel Corporation in the USA
Space station
Salyut 1 launched by USSR
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Hot pants came
into fashion
The 411-meter
high World Trade Center was completed in New York
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The world's
first walkman, the Sony TPS-L2
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1972
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The
Design Council
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The Council
of Industrial Design changed its name to The Design Council.
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Israeli athletes
killed at Munich Olympics
Britain introduced
direct rule in Northern Ireland
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Two million
people visited the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum
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The first arcade
video game, Pong, was designed
Clive Sinclair
designed the world's first pocket calculator
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Dunlop developed
safety tyres
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The punk movement,
which emerged in the late 1970s, challenged accepted ideas of "good
taste"
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1973
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The
Design Council
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The Design
Council bought 'Engineering' magazine, originally published in 1866,
from IPC Magazines
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Oil producers
doubled their prices and the world moved into economic recession
Britain joined
the Common Market
Coal miners'
strike resulted in a state of emergency
Britain worked
a three-day week
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The Americans
withdrew from Vietnam
VAT was introduced
Cod War between
Britain and Iceland over fishing rights
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was new? |
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Sydney Opera
House opened
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Domestic video
recorders went on sale in Britain Teletext was introduced
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1974
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The
Design Council
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Design Council
offices were opened in Cardiff and Wolverhampton
The Design Council
Awards scheme was extended to include engineering products and components
and products of the British motor industry
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IRA bombings
escalated
Watergate scandal,
President Nixon resigned
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Labour came
to power under Harold Wilson
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was new? |
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First McDonald's
restaurant opened in London
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Sony SL-7300
Betamax video from 1975
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1975
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The
Design Council
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The Design Council
Awards scheme was extended again to include medical products
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was happening? |
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Referendum
on Britain in the Common Market
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First personal
computer, the Altair, was introduced in the United States
Mini television
developed
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First acknowledged
pop video was made for Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody
X-ray body scanner
developed
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1976
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The
Design Council
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Dr Alex Moulton
co-ordinated the writing of 'The Moulton Report on Engineering Design
Education' which recommended development of design skills for engineering
students
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Sex Discrimination
Act passed
Chairman Mao
died
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James Callaghan
became Labour prime minister
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was new? |
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Concorde cut
travel time from London to New York to just over three hours
Ink-jet printers
introduced
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BR introduced
high-speed trains which reached 143mph
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1977
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The
Design Council
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The Design Council
published a report on 'Industrial Design Education in the UK'
The Schools
Design Prize - a competition for secondary school pupils, was set
up
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was happening? |
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Queen's Silver
Jubilee celebrated
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was new? |
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Apple II personal
computer was developed
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Star Wars was
released
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British Rail's
high-speed train in 1978 and Concorde, also launched in the 1970s,
which cut transatlantic travel time
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1978
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The
Design Council
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The Design Council
opened an office in Belfast
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was happening? |
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'Winter of
discontent' in Britain
Amoco Cadiz
oil tanker disaster
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John Paul II
became the first Polish pope
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was new? |
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First personal
stereo, the Sony Walkman, was developed
First test-tube
baby was born The Pompidou Centre opened in Paris
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Saturday Night
Fever gripped the country |
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1979
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was happening? |
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Shah of Iran
overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini
Soviet troops
occupied Afghanistan
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Conservatives
came to power under Margaret Thatcher |
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| What
was new? |
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Prestel computer
information service was launched
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