1973
Watergate hearings began
1973 functions as a noun or adjective referring to that calendar year.
Like other year numbers, it identifies when events occurred or things were made: a 1973 Corvette, the class of 1973, back in 1973.
Year numbers rarely need definition—context usually supplies meaning.
Spoken: nineteen seventy-three.
1970s political crisis
- SkylabPioneering American orbital habitat
- PinochetChilean military autocrat
- SecretariatRecord-setting Triple Crown champion
Flared-leg trousers
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- discoSeventies dance music
- funkDepression or groove music
- soulInnermost animating essence
afro · tie-dye · macrame · eight-track · polaroid · paisley · psychedelic · beads
Sixties slang for cool
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- vintageQuality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
counterculture · free-love · communes · back-to-the-land · analog · drive-ins
Watergate
1970s political crisis
- SkylabPioneering American orbital habitat
- PinochetChilean military autocrat
- SecretariatRecord-setting Triple Crown champion
bell-bottoms
Flared-leg trousers
soul · afro · tie-dye · macrame · eight-track · polaroid · paisley · psychedelic · beads · waterbeds
groovy
Sixties slang for cool
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · counterculture · free-love · communes · back-to-the-land · analog · drive-ins
latchkey
Key to outer door