Bobby Orr Wolfgang Overath Arnold Palmer Jim Palmer Bernie Parent Pat Patterson Walter Payton Pelé Tony Pérez Richard Petty Roddy Piper Annemarie Moser-Pröll Harley Race Willis Reed Dusty Rhodes Rivellino Oscar Robertson Frank Robinson Larry Robinson Pete Rose Ken Rosewall Nolan Ryan Viktor Saneyev Randy Savage Mike Schmidt Arnold Schwarzenegger Tom Seaver Earnie Shavers O. J. Simpson Stan Smith Sócrates Leon Spinks Mark Spitz Ken Stabler Willie Stargell Roger Staubach Big John Studd Nate Thurmond Wes Unseld Guillermo Vilas Berti Vogts Bill Walton Arsène Wenger Jerry West Paul Westphal Jo Jo White Jamaal Wilkes Lenny Wilkens Mac Wilkins Carl Yastrzemski Dino Zoff Zico See also 1970s in music 1970s in fashion 1970s in television 1970s in literature Timeline The following articles contain brief timelines which list the most prominent events of the decade: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 References Further reading Borstelmann, Thomas. The 1970s: A New Global History From Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (Princeton University Press; 2012) 401 pages; looks at new right movements, and the global impact of economic deregulation. excerpt; also online review Ferguson, Niall, and Charles S. Maier, eds. The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective (2011) essays by leading scholars; 448 pp La Barca, Giuseppe. International Trade in the 1970s: The U.S., the EC, and the Growing Pressure of Protectionism (London: Bloomsbury, 2013) 224 pp. Padva, Gilad. Sexing the Past: Communal Exposure and Self-Examination in Gay Sex in the 70s. In Padva, Gilad, Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture, pp. 58–71 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, ). Wheen, Francis. Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Days of Paranoia (2010) 352pp; looks at general irrationalism (such as UFOs, psychic phenomena, mad cults), and terror (IRA bombings; Black September massacre at the Munich Olympics; Baader-Meinhof Gang in Germany; Symbionese Liberation Army.) United States Berkowitz, Edward D. Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies (Columbia University Press, 2006). 283 pp., liberal perspective Carroll, Peter. It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: The Tragedy and Promise of America in the 1970s (1982) Cowie, Jefferson R. Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class (2010) excerpt, on U.S. Frum, David. How We Got Here: The 70s (2000), conservative perspective excerpt and text search Haberman, Clyde, ed. The New York Times: The Times of the Seventies The Culture, Politics,