Famous Fathers
Father of Antibiotics
Alexander Fleming
Father of English Literature
Geoffrey Chaucer
First Woman in Space
Valentina Tereshkova
This Olympic swimmer won seven gold medals during the 1972 Olympics.
Mark Spitz
This actor won in 1971 for the lead role in Patton.
George C. Scott
Father of Evolution
Charles Darwin
Father of Protestantism
Martin Luther
First person to break the sound barrier
Chuck Yeager
This politician moved from Vice President to President, following the resignation of Richard Nixon.
Gerald Ford
This actor won for his role as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit.
John Wayne
Father of India
Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi
Fathers of Science Fiction: One is French and One is British
Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
First Person to run a mile in under four minutes
Roger Bannister
This decade saw the conclusion of what disastrous war which took place Asia.
Vietnam
This actress won the Oscar for best actress in a leading role for the movie Cabaret.
Liza Minelli
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
Fathers of the A-bomb or H-bomb
Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller
First two women on the U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor(1981-2006) & Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993-2020)
1970 saw the disbanding of what popular pop rock band from England.
The Beatles
This actor won the Oscar for best actor in 1973 for his portrayal of Vito Corleone. He did not accept the Oscar himself, but asked a young Native American woman to accept on his behalf.
Marlon Brando
Father of Bacteriology
Louis Pasteur
Father of Antiseptics
Joseph Lister
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
Marie Curie
1970 saw the deaths of two iconic rock n roll stars of the 1960s counterculture. One is male and one is female.
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin
This bubbly blond actress, who got her start on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, won a supporting actress Oscar for the film Cactus Flower.
Goldie Hawn