Wars
The most notable wars and/or other conflicts of the decade include:
• The Cold War (1945–1991)
• The Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974)

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Natural disasters
• On January 5, 1970, the 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensityof

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Superpower tensions had cooled by the 1970s, with the bellicose US–Soviet confrontations of the 1950s–60s giving way to the policy of "détente", which promoted the idea that the world's problems could be resolved at the negotiating table. Détente

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The 1970s were perhaps the worst decade of most industrialized countries' economic performance since the Great Depression. Although there was no severe economic depressionas witnessed in the 1930s, economic growth rates were considerably lower than previous

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Science
The 1970s witnessed an explosion in the understanding of solid-state physics, driven by the development of the integrated circuit,

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Role of women in society
The role of women in society was profoundly altered with growing feminismacross the world and with the presence and rise of a significant

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Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:
• King of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is assassinated on March 25, 1975, by his half-brother's son, Faisal bin Musaid.

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