1969- Richard M. Nixon innagurated as 37th President of the United States
1969- George Smith and Willard Boyle create charged coupled device (CCD) 1969- Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., take first walk on the Moon
1970- Beatles break up
1970- George Smith and Williard Boyle built the first solid-state camera
1972- A Texas Instrument employee, Willis Adcock, patented a film-less camera; however, the technology was still not available to make it a viable concept.
1972- M*A*S*H premiers on CBS
1973- American involvement in Vietnam War is ended.
1973- Fairchild Imaging produced the first commercial CCD imager. This 10,000 pixel sensor (100 x 100 pixels) would become the foundation for the rapidly developing world of digital imaging
1973- Nixon claims responsibility for Watergate
1975- Bell Laboratories demonstrated the first CCD video camera with enough resolution to use for broadcast television. The CCD technology first developed by Bell Labs is found in all kinds of digital imaging devices today, including High-Definition television and video cameras.
1975- Jaws premieres
1975- Aage Bohr is awarded Nobel Prize for Bohr model of atom, proving that an atomic nucleus is asymmetircal.
1975- Bryce Bayer invented the Bayer Color Filter Array that enabled a single CCD or CMOS image sensor to capture color images.
1975- Eastman Kodak engineer Steven Sasson patented a prototype digital camera using the recently invented Fairchild CCD image sensor and a lens from a Kodak movie camera
1977- Star Wars opens in theaters
1978- Walkman is introduced by Sony
1978- Leica demonstrates the first SLR with fully operational autofocus at the Photokina photography show.
1979- Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's Prime Minister