The 1970s represented an era of unprecedented technological optimism when experts confidently predicted that Americans ...

Over half of UK banks still rely on computer code written in or before the 1970s which is understood by only a few of their ...

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so ...

Usually placed between 1964 and 1971, the golden muscle car era spawned quite a few iconic automobiles and engines. The 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Hemi V8 is among the most celebrated, and Mopars ...

1970s country artists such as Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker have gained relative fame, despite being once obscure. Are they still obscure? In the broader scope of ...

But like most cultural phenomenons, it didn’t just appear out of thin air. The sound, the swagger, and even the spectacle had been long since brewing throughout the duration of the 1970s and was ...

This was the No. 2 top-grossing movie of 1970, with an all-star cast that included Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Jean Seberg and Jacqueline Bisset. It earned more than $106 ...

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WCHS) — Police launched an investigation after dive teams made a peculiar discovery at the bottom of the Kanawha River. During a scheduled shift training Tuesday, divers found a ...

Collecting baseball cards in the 1970s was a very different enterprise than today's Hobby. For one thing, rookie cards were among the least exciting cards in the pack, right on par with checklists and ...

What Is a Mustang Twister Special? 1970 Twister Special Mustangs were sold by 96 dealers in the Kansas Ordering District. This area covers Kansas, Northwest Arkansas, and Western Missouri and is an ...

When he was a teenager, Joe Willis recalled, he started doing odd jobs for his Philadelphia landlord. He'd paint an apartment, wash a car, empty trash cans. But the work wasn't frequent enough to make ...

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