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It was a time when California could still call Ronald Reagan its own. On TV, Wonder Woman lassoed imaginations (and libidos) in her sexy superhero gear while Robert Blake was still on the other side of the law as Baretta. A naked man made waves at the Oscars, the Queen Mary settled into her forever port, and Joe Namath was passing the pigskin for the L.A. Rams—you know, when L.A. had a football team.
We took a look through some archival photos and found some highlights of headline-making moments from Los Angeles in the 1970s.