1970 IRA splits to form 'Provisionals' 1973 Britain joins EEC 1974 President Richard Nixon resigns after the Watergate hearings 1975 Cambodia falls to Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge 1979 Margaret Thatcher elected first woman Prime Minister 1971 Decimal currency introduced in the UK 1970 Boeing 747 introduced 1973 Prototype of the internet developed 1974 Intel introduce the microprocessor 1977 Fibre optics first used in telephone systems 1978 First 'test tube' baby born 1972 Francis Ford Coppola directs The Godfather 1976 National Theatre opens 1977 Sex Pistols release Anarchy in the UK 1977 Woody Allen directs Annie Hall 1973 LBC launched as first commercial radio station 1972 NPG establishes department of Film and Photography 1972 Polaroid introduces the SX-70 camera and one step instant photography 1978 Konica introduce first auto focus camera Richard Avedon Arnold Newman Mary Ellen Mark Terry O'Neill Helmut Newton
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