A temperature dip into the high 70s will not hurt them. I always do water changes with cooler water.
Did you add conditioner (if you have chlorine/chloramine)? Did you see a film on top of the water? WD-40 should leave a nasty, oily sheen on top of the water.
There's also the possibility that the water you added had no dissolved oxygen in it. Sometimes water out of the tap will be saturated with CO2 and your fish will basically suffocate. It's why a lot of people age and aerate their water before using it.
There's also the slim chance you had a pH crash which can happen with soft water that lacks strong buffering capacity. It's something else to check.