Category Archives: 1970s

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ wins Best Picture at 48th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Mar 29 1976)

1970s, Movies 1970s, Popular Music 1970s


Video: '1976 Oscars' (26 videos)

(Monday, March 29, 1976, 7:00 p.m.-10:12 p.m. PDT) — One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a comedy-drama film about a small-time criminal who fakes insanity in hopes of doing easy time in a mental hospital, won five Oscars tonight at the 48th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Miloš Forman for Best Director, Jack Nicholson for Best Actor and Louise Fletcher for Best Actress Continue reading ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ wins Best Picture at 48th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Mar 29 1976) →

Paul Simon wins two Grammys 40 years ago this hour (Feb 28 1976)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Janis Ian - At Seventeen (1976 GRAMMY Awards)'

(Saturday, February 28, 1976, 10:00-11:30 p.m. EST) — Paul Simon, who won seven Grammy awards during his years with his singing partner, Art Garfunkel, garnered two more as a soloist tonight for his hit album Still Crazy After All These Years during the 18th Annual Grammy Awards tonight at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles (click here to watch Paul Simon win Album of the Year and click here for several more clips). Continue reading Paul Simon wins two Grammys 40 years ago this hour (Feb 28 1976) →

Paul McCartney enjoys time off in Palm Beach, Australia 40 years ago today (Nov 9 1975)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Wings Over The World Behind the Scenes' (Nov. 9, 1975, at 6:05-6:19)

(Sunday, November 9, 1975) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his family enjoy a day off from the Australian leg of his Wings Over the World tour today in Palm Beach, a northern beach-side suburb of Sydney.

Paul McCartney and Wings perform in Sydney, Australia 40 years ago tonight (Nov 8 1975)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


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(Saturday, November 8, 1975) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings performed the fifth of nine shows tonight on the Australian leg of their Wings Over the World tour at Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.

‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ big winners at Emmy Awards 40 years ago this hour (May 19 1975)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Sue Ann Nivens rants about snow' (Nov. 9, 1974, clip)

(Monday, May 19, 1975, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Mary Tyler Moore dominated the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards tonight, winning five awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series (for the first of three consecutive years). Continue reading ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ big winners at Emmy Awards 40 years ago this hour (May 19 1975) →

‘The Godfather Part II’ wins Best Picture at 47th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Apr 8 1975)

1970s, Movies 1970s, Television 1970s


Video: '1975 Oscars' (25 videos)

(Tuesday, April 8, 1975, 7:00 p.m.-9:50 p.m. PDT) — The Godfather Part II, an American musical about a phonetics instructor who bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady, won eight Oscars tonight at the 47th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director. Continue reading ‘The Godfather Part II’ wins Best Picture at 47th Academy Awards 40 years ago this hour (Apr 8 1975) →

Final ‘Gunsmoke’ episode airs on CBS-TV 40 years ago this hour (Mar 31 1975)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Gunsmoke S20 E24 The Sharecroppers'

(Monday, March 31, 1975, 8:00 p.m. EST) — A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers as the television Western drama series Gunsmoke closed out 20 seasons on CBS with its final first-run episode, “The Sharecroppers.”

Communist forces occupy Da Nang 40 years ago today (Mar 30 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Mar. 30, 1975, at 31:50)

(Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — A speedy North Vietnamese force moved into chaotic Da Nang today, sweeping across the vast air base where the first U.S. ground forces had landed in 1965.

Last American flight out of Da Nang captured on camera 40 years ago today (Mar 29 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 11' (Mar. 29, 1975, at 30:24)

(Saturday, March 29, 1975; during the The Hue–Da Nang Campaign of the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — Against official American advice, a World Airways jet with company president Ed Daley aboard made a perilous landing today at Da Nang for one last rescue mission.

Daley wanted to save women and children first, but desperate South Vietnamese soldiers jammed into the airplane. They scrambled into the baggage compartment and clung to the stairway as the plane took off.

Ali stops Wepner in 15th and retains title, decking challenger with right-hand punch 40 years ago tonight (Mar 24 1975)

1970s


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(Monday, March 24, 1975, evening) — Muhammad Ali registered a knockout over Chuck Wepner with only 19 seconds remaining in the 15th round of a brawling bout tonight and retained his world heavyweight title before 14,847 spectators at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, south of Cleveland.

Wepner, a journeyman known as the “Bayonne Bleeder,” inspired Sly Stallone to make his Rocky films.