[https://youtu.be/KliWHCzE16c] (YouTube link)Imagi...  ...k)Imagine a GPS (or SatNav, if you're British) in 1971 . There was such an idea, but since the satellite...

The name "crooked cottage" conjures up images of f...  ...her father living in it, but the old man died in 1971 and the old woman was taken to live in hospice in...

David Bowie was a consummate showman, and he was s...  ...rote a song for him- Kooks, which appeared on the 1971 album Hunky Dory:Will you stay in our lovers&rsqu...

Frank Zappa had strong opinions about all kinds of...  ...terviewed by Howard Smith of The Village Voice in 1971 he did what Zappa often did best- he talked trash...

M.C. Escher was an uniquely gifted artist who had...  ...trands of mathematical and scientific research.In 1971 Dutch filmmaker Han Van Gelder asked Escher to de...

The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 resulted in the creation of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, and the new train on the scene came in full steam ahead.Amtrak wanted their company...

The 70s were a rather shaggy time in the world of...  ...hey actually sprang from someone’s loins.In 1971 LIFE Magazine photographer John Olson was tasked...

(YouTube Link) This retro video shows a demonstration of the animation software Key Frame, which was created by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk from the National Research Council of Canada. The program, and the compu...