How many years ago was 1970?

How long ago was 1970?

To put into perspective how long ago 1970 was:

• A person who turned 21 in 1970 is now 75 years of age.
• The teenagers that existed in 1970 are now 67–73 years old.
• Five decades have passed since then.
• Movies came on VHS tapes.
• The United States was still embroiled in the Vietnam War.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 80 inches since 1970.
• There have been roughly 2,808 weekends since then.
• Names such as Aerosmith, Al Pacino, Bill Murray, Joe Biden, and Robert De Niro were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "I Want You Back" by The Jackson Five, "Venus" by Shocking Blue, "Thank You " by Sly & Family Stone, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel, "Let It Be" by The Beatles, and "ABC" by The Jackson Five.
• Films such as "Love Story", "Scrooge", "Lovers and Other Strangers", "Five Easy Pieces", "Sunflower", and "Trog" were playing at movie theaters in 1970.
• The Earth has travelled 243 billion miles through space since 1970.
• Video game consoles did not exist in 1970.
• Post-it notes did not exist at the time.
• Pocket calculators didn't exist.
• Although microwave ovens existed, they were still too expensive for most homes.
• The term "serial killer" hadn't been coined yet.
• Jim Morrison was still alive.
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 135 centimeters since 1970.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 108–162 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 216 seasons of weather.
• The hippie subculture was still popular.
• The Sony Walkman didn't exist in 1970.
• Camcorders weren't a thing yet. Video cameras were heavy and often had to be mounted on special supports.
• People didn't have answering machines.
• The afro hairstyle was popular at the time.
• "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Odd Couple", "McCloud", "The Flip Wilson Show", "The Partridge Family", and "Nanny and the Professor" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.