1970-1979

This page contains a timeline of major events related to the Lost Generation between 1970 and 1979, with U.S. and world events to provide context.

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• 1970

  September 25 – Erich Maria Remarque dies in Locarno, Switzerland

  September 28 – John Dos Passos dies in Baltimore, Maryland

  September 29 – Gilbert Seldes dies

• 1972

  June 12 – Edmund Wilson dies in Talcottville, New York

  November 1 – Ezra Pound dies in Venice, Italy

• 1973

  February 8 – Robert Coates dies

  March 29 – Last of American forces leave Vietnam

  October 19 – Margaret Anderson dies in Le Cannet, France

  November 22 – Ramon Guthrie dies from an overdose of phenobarbital

• 1974

  August 8 – President Nixon resigns

  August 9 – Gerald Ford sworn in as 38th U.S. President

• 1975

  October 10 –Sara Murphy dies in Arlington, Virginia

  December 7 – Thornton Wilder dies in Hamden, Connecticut

• 1977

  January 20 – Jimmy Carter sworn in as 39th U.S. President

• 1978

  March 13 – Matthew Josephson dies in Santa Cruz, California

  November 7 – Janet Flanner dies in New York, New York

• 1979

  November 4 – Iranians seize the American Embassy in Tehran, hold 52 people hostage

See also: 1870s-80s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s