Década: Años 1940 - Años 1950 - Años 1960 - Años 1970 - Años 1980 - Años 1990 - Años 2000

Años: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 - 1976 - 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

Acontecimientos

• 20 de julio - Primer aterrizaje en Marte el Viking 1 (EE.UU)

• ? - Steve Lovato, rockero, MEST (1996-2000)
• 3 de enero - Jason Marsden, actor, A Goofy Movie (Max)
• 4 de febrero - Cam'ron, músico de rap
• 15 de febrero - Brandon Boyd, rockero, Incubus
• 18 de abril - Melissa Joan Hart, actriz, Clarissa Explains it All y Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• 6 de julio - 50 Cent, músico de rap
• 6 de octubre - Seann William Scott, actor, American Pie (Steve Stifler).
• 12 de diciembre - Michael Vermillion, rockero Vendetta Red.

• 4 de diciembre - Tommy Bolin, rockero, Deep Purple (1974-1977).
• 26 de marzo - Josef Albers, artista alemán.

Música

• AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
• AC/DC - High Voltage
• Aerosmith - Rocks
• Jeff Beck - Wired
• The Bee Gees - Children of the World
• Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstacy
• Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
• Tommy Bolin (ex-Deep Purple) - Private Eyes
• David Bowie - Station to Station
• Jimmy Cliff - Follow My Mind
• Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
• Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band
• The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It to the Streets
• The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
• The Eagles - Hotel California
• Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music
• Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
• Electric Light Orchestra - Ole ELO
• Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
• Marvin Gaye - I Want You
• Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
• Justin Hinds - Jezebel
• Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
• Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die
• Kansas - Leftoverture
• KC & the Sunshine Band - Part 3''
• Kiss - Destroyer
• Led Zeppelin - Presence
• Bob Marley - Rastman Vibration
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
• Parliament - Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
• Parliament - Mothership Connection
• Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• Queen - A Day at the Races
• Queen - A Night at the Opera
• The Ramones - The Ramones
• The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
• Roxy Music - Siren
• Rush - 2112
• Bob Seger - Night Moves
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
• Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
• T. Rex - Futuristic Dragon
• Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
• Peter Tosh - Legalize It
• UFO - No Heavy Petting
• Wild Cherry - Wild Cherry
• Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
• Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
• Gary Wright - That Was Only Yesterday
• Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures

• Física – Burton Richter y Samuel Chao Chung Ting
• Química – William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr.
• Medicina – Baruch S. Blumberg y D. Carleton Gajdusek
• Literatura – Saul Bellow
• Paz – Betty Williams y Mairead Corrigan
• Economía – Milton Friedman

• Jorge Guillén