The Cold War was raging, but the summers were heating up.
By Daniel Bonfiglio
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The Cold War might have threatened mutually assured destruction, but it also sparked the world's two most powerful nations to push technology forward at an unprecedented pace.
With conflicts like the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movement came fantastic music from Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Hendrix and more.
We've already shown you many photos of what the world looked like in 1973, but here are some more.
For the first time ever, the computer snaked its way into the high school classroom.
What good is "timeless," when those bridesmaids gowns could only be from the late '70s?
In December of 1941, the United States entered World War II.
1945 saw the end of World War II, and the return of America's young men after four brutal years of fighting abroad.
Folks were rocking, and social norms were toppling.
Italians are built for having fun in the Sun.
The 1970s was a transformative decade, and needed a fun year to close it out.
Were the '70s the height of human existence? Your rose colored glasses say they were.
Between Watergate, a divided Berlin World Cup, and the Vietnam war, 1974 wasn't exactly a stable year.
Hippie communes took their philosophies to the logical extreme.
With the Vietnam War finally coming to an end, 1975 was a time relax, see the world, and spend time with family.
Can you imagine taking a photo, and being able to look at it almost immediately? Crazy stuff.
Important figures from throughout history have been repeatedly betrayed, killed on the battlefield, or assassinated.
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The '70s was one of the first decades that took fitness seriously. Maybe too seriously.
One feature of global conflicts is that the generals who cause them get far more recognition than the people who fight them.
They say that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately there's quite a lot of history to learn.
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While fans lined up outside of movie theaters for the release of Star Wars, they did so dressed in the brightest colors fashion has ever seen.
Being a dad in the 1970s looked largely the same as it does now, just with more color, and fewer iPad breaks.
With the Vietnam War finally over, 1976 was a year to relax, rejoice, and celebrate America's Bicentennial.
Nintendos, PlayStations, Nerf guns and the lot; if you wanted it, you were getting it.
While we're not short on extreme weather events these days, the blizzard seems to have exited stage left.