The Seventies

On October 2, 1973, a press conference was held in Chicago to announce the formation of the the World Football League (WFL). It kicked off in July of 1974 as a rival to the established National Football League (NFL). At first, it seemed like...

Introduced in 1973, the Marathon bar was advertised with the slogans, "lasts a good longtime" and "nobody eats a Marathon fast." Indeed, its eight inches of chocolate covered caramel could not be consumed quickly, It went out of production in 1981.

Fruit Pie the Magician was the official mascot for Hostess fruit pies from 1973 until early 2006 when the brand removed the character from their labels. The Magician appeared on fruit pie product labels as a pie dressed in a cape, top hat and...

The original Jets were charter members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972. They caused quite a stir when they signed superstar Bobby Hull to a million dollar contract. They were runners-up in the league's first championship final, but won in 1975 and...

WTAM 1100 began broadcasting in 1923 from Cleveland. Over the years the station would also be known as KYW, WKYC, and from 1972 to 1996, WWWE, or 3WE. It was during the 3WE years that the station broadcast the Cleveland Cavaliers Miracle at Richfield, season...

The original Houston Aeros played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from its inception in 1972. The league and the Aeros gained instant credibility with the signing of hockey legend Gordie Howe. The team won two championships but folded in 1978, a year before...

The Dallas-Ft. Worth Spurs were members of the AA Texas League from 1965 until 1971, when the Washington Senators moved to the Lone Star State. The Spurs played their home games at Turnpike Stadium. Named after a nearby freeway, the capacity of the ballpark...

WQXI first went on the air in 1948 and played the pop standards of the day. In the 1960s it moved to a top-40/rock & roll format, before switching to oldies in the 1970s. The station is most famous for being the inspiration for...

The Battle of the Network Stars was a series of TV programs that featured stars from the three major broadcast networks of the 1970s, pitted against each other in various athletic events. A total of 19 episodes were produced from 1976 to 1988. OS15000...

Known as simply The Longhorn to loyal patrons and music fans, Jay's Longhorn was one of the most important rock clubs in America in the 1970s and 1980s. Many national and international acts played their early in their careers as did many well known...

The Buffalo Central Terminal was Western New York's main train station from the time it opened in 1923 until 1979. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building is currently being redeveloped. *A portion of proceeds benefits the??Central...

The Pennsylvania Stoners played in the American Soccer League (ASL) from 1979 until 1983. They were based in Allentown, PA and in 1980 they won the ASL championship. The team went out of business shortly before the entire league ceased operations.

The Philadelphia Fever were charter members of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1978. They played their home matches at the old Spectrum before moving to Los Angeles in 1982 to become the Lazers.

Offering higher quality video and audio than its rivals, VHS and Betamax, LaserDisc was the first commercial optical disc storage when it was introduced in 1978. The format, however, never gained traction and was replaced by the smaller Digital Video Disc (DVD) in 2001.

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

The original Los Angeles Blades played in the Western Hockey League (WHL), a minor league circuit based on the West Coast,?? from 1961 to 1967. The team began as the Victoria (B.C.) Cougars in 1949. They were sold and moved to Los Angeles in...

Did you survive the Blizzard of '78? Known throughout the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region as the Great Blizzard of 1978 and the White Hurricane, the storm blasted the area from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. The cities of Milwaukee,...

Stewart's was a Baltimore department store chain that was founded in 1901. Its parent company, ADG, converted the chain's locations to sibling brand Caldor stores in 1978.

The Maine Mariners was actually two separate professional ice hockey teams in the American Hockey League. They both played in Portland, Maine, at the Cumberland County Civic Center from 1977 to 1987, as the first franchise, and 1987 to 1992, as the second franchise....

Robert Hall Clothes, better known as simply Robert Hall, was a warehouse-style clothing store foined in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1937. It eventually grew to over 350 locations in 36 states. Founder Jacob Schwab is reported to have pulled the name out of thin air....

The Minnesota Norseman were members of the??American Professional Slo-Pitch League??from 1977-1980. In their first season they were known as the Goofy's. A new owner changed the name to Norsemen for the 1978 season. Their home field was Midway Stadium in St. Paul.

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1977. Their home was Lockhart Stadium which is considered to be America's first-ever soccer-specific stadium. In 1984, the team moved to Minnesota. Two subsequent, but unrelated, soccer teams have used the Strikers...

When it was completed in 1976 it was "the biggest mall, in all the world." It thrived for years but started to decline at the beginning of the 2000s, finally succumbing to other area shopping centers as well as Internet retailers. The mall was...

The Pontiac Silverdome, better known as just the Silverdome, opened in 1975 in suburban Detroit. Its primary tenant was Detroit's pro football team. They left for a new downtown stadium in 2001. The city's pro basketball team played there for a decade (1978-1988). Other...

Aloha Stadium opened in 1975 as replacement for old Honolulu Stadium. The facility was home to U of H football, the World Football League's Hawaiians (1975), the minor league baseball Islanders (1976-1987), Team Hawaii of the NASL, the Pro Bowl for many years, as...

The Tidewater Sharks played in the Southern Hockey League from 1975 to 1977. Their home was the Norfolk Scope. The team folded before finishing the 1976-77 season.

The Front Row Theater opened in July of 1974 on Mayfield Road in Highland Heights, just off I-271. A theater in the round, it featured a rotating stage and seating for 3,200. It closed in 1993.

The??Los Angeles Aztecs??were a North American Soccer League??from 1974 to 1981 and were co-owned by??Elton John.

Circus World was a theme park in Haines City, FL that opened in 1974. Originally owned by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, it was intended to be the winter home of that company's circus operations as well as the site of its training...

The Charlotte Hornets began as the New York Stars, a charter member of the World Football League in 1974. Just before week 14 of that season, the team left the Big Apple and headed to North Carolina. Before arriving in Charlotte, though, they played a...