Sunday, August, 11th, 1974 was U.S. President Gerald Ford’s second day on the job (a working weekend it appears). Rather fascinatingly, one can simply hop over to the Gerald Ford Library online and uncover the man’s comings and goings and … Continue reading
Category Archives: 70s Events
40 years ago this week NASA launched the Apollo 15 mission from Cape Canaveral (July 26, 1971.) Astronauts James Irwin, David Scott, and Alfred Worden conducted the first mission utilizing a “Moon Buggy” and two of them spent three long … Continue reading
A while back we took a look at a choice selection of Time Magazine covers from the year 1970. Let us now have a look at a gathering of eye-catching covers from 1971. Of particular interest is a cover featuring … Continue reading
Happy 4th of July, folks! From 1974 throughout 1976 America was gripped with a “Bicentennial fever” of sorts. It started with the government unveiling the official Bicentennial logo (above) and went on to encompass TV commercials featuring Ben Franklin and … Continue reading
On Thursday evening, July 1st, 1976 a somewhat rotund Elvis Presley performed at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. The King strode onstage to a dramatic rendition of the 2001: A Space Odyssey theme before launching into a rollicking version of … Continue reading
Venerable news weekly Time Magazine provides us all with a “time” capsule of history stretching from 1923 to the present day. We here at Bionic Disco are concerned with all things 70s, so let’s take a look at a choice … Continue reading