Fun Seventies Facts

-- The Sony Walkman of 1978 was the 1st portable cassette player  

-- The 1st digital watch went on sale in 1971  

-- The debut of Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta was in 1978  

-- The motion pictures Star Wars, Jaws, and Rocky became big hits in the '70's  

-- Skateboarding became a craze in the mid 1970's  

-- Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were the decade's presidents  

-- Roller Discos were what to do on a Friday night  

--The Rubik's Cube was a popular brain teaser game in 1977

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