1970-2012 Annotated Timeline

1970-2012 Annotated Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Jan 19, 2012

Computer Floppy Disks First introduced

May 20, 1970

Science, Discovery, and Innovation

VCR introduced

Jan 1, 1971

Science, Discovery, Innovation

Ping Pong Diplomacy

Jun 1, 1971

The people's Republic of China invites the US table tennis team to BeiJing. International Event

M.A.S.H TV show premiers

Jan 1, 1972

Arts and Entertainment

Nixon travels to People's Republic of China

Feb 1, 1972

National event

US and Vietnam sign truce

Jan 1, 1973

US withdraws troops from Vietnam
International event

Abortion legalized in US

Jan 1, 1973

Arts and Entertainment

Nixon resigns from Presidency

Aug 1, 1974

National Event

Microsoft Founded by Bill Gates

Jan 1, 1975

Science, Discovery, Innovation

Refugees called "Boat People" begin fleeing Vietnam

Jan 20, 1975

international event

Jimmy Carter leads Presidential campaign against President Gerald Ford

Jan 1, 1976

national event

Elvis found Dead at age 42

Jan 1, 1977

arts and Entertainment

Star Wars released

Jan 1, 1977

arts and entertainment

University of California vs. Bakke

Jan 1, 1978

Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke. It was a racism case where a white man couldn't get in but other minorities that had worse grades got in.
national event

John Paul II becomes Pope

Jan 1, 1978

Arts and Entertainment

First Test Tube Baby

Jul 27, 1978

Test tube babies were scientific experiments that were attempts at parents unable to concieve to be able to concieve.
Science, Discovery, Innovation

President Carter Negotiates Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt

Sep 1, 1978

National Event

Sony introduces first Walkmen

Jan 1, 1979

Science, Discovery, Innovation

Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Jan 1, 1979

arts and entertainment

An Iranian molo seizes American Embassy in Tehran

Nov 20, 1979

international event

Soviet Union invades Afghanistan to enforce communist government

Dec 1, 1979

international event

Lech Walesa's solidarity trade union leads protests in Poland

Jan 1, 1980

international event

Pac-man video game released

Jan 1, 1980

arts and entertainment

Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics

Mar 20, 1980

International event

MTV starts up

Mar 20, 1981

arts and entertainment

New plague identified as A.I.D.S

Mar 20, 1981

science, discovery, innovation

Personal computers first introduced by IBM

Jun 23, 1981

science discovery innovation

Sandra Day O'Connor becomes 1st female US supreme court justice

Sep 20, 1981

national events

Deepest US recession since The Great Depression begins.

Jan 1, 1982

national events

E.T. Movie released

Jan 20, 1982

arts and entertainment

Suicide Bombers attack US peace keepers in Lebanon, killing 241

Jan 1, 1983

International Event

Michael Jackson releases song "Thriller"

Jan 1, 1984

arts and entertainment

New type of Coca-Cola hits the market

Jan 1, 1985

arts and entertainment

A hole in the ozone layer was discovered

May 20, 1985

science discovery innovation

Reagan and Gorbachev meet in first of thier arms reduction summits

Nov 20, 1985

national events

Challenger space shuttle explodes

Jan 23, 1986

science, discovery, innovation

DNA first used to convict criminals

Jan 1, 1987

science, discovery, innovation

George H. W. Bush becomes President

Jan 1, 1989

national event

Colin Powell becomes first Black to serve as chairman of the Joints Cheifs of Staffs

Jan 20, 1989

national event

China crushes pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square

Jun 20, 1989

international event

Berlin Wall Falls

Nov 20, 1989

Berlin Wall falls as protests bring down communist regimes in Eastern Europe
international event

Nelson Mandela freed from prison

Jan 1, 1990

international events

Hubble Telescope launched into Space

Jan 1, 1990

science, discovery, innovation

Copper Age man found frozen in Glacier

Jan 1, 1991

science, discovery, innovation

Riots in Los Angeles break out after Rodney King verdict.

Jan 4, 1992

arts and entertainment

Israel and the PHO sign the Oslo accords

Jan 1, 1993

international events

Bill Clinton becomes president

Jan 1, 1993

national events

World Trade Center bombed by terrorists, killing 6 and injuring 1000's

Feb 26, 1993

national event

OJ Simpson arrested for Double Murder

Jan 1, 1994

arts and entertainment

UN forces land in Haiti to restore democracy

Apr 28, 1994

international events

Terrorist attack destroys US federal building in Oklahoma City, OK. Killing 168 people

Apr 1, 1995

national event

The Unabomber was arrested

Jan 1, 1996

arts and entertainment

Pathfinder sends back images of Mars

Jan 1, 1997

science, discovery, innovation

Scientists find a way to clone animals, Sheep are first cloned.

Oct 20, 1997

science, discovery, innovation

Viagra, a male enhancement pill, comes on market

Jan 1, 1998

science, discovery, innovation

Titanic awarded most succesful movie ever

Jan 1, 1998

arts and entertainment

Serbian Leader, Sloboclan Milosevic, sends troops into Kosavo to drive ethnic Albanians from Region

Jan 20, 1998

interntaional events

US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Clinton

Dec 1, 1998

national event

JFK Jr. Dies in plane accident

Jan 1, 1999

national event

Killing Spree at Columbine High School

Jan 1, 1999

arts and entertainment

US and NATO forces stop ethnic 'cleansing" of Kosavo

Jan 20, 1999

international event

Aurul goldmine dam in Romania over flows releasing cyanide into Danube River

Jan 20, 2000

science, discovery, innovation

Russian nuclear submarine, The Kursk, sinks off the coast of Minsk, Russia.

Jan 20, 2000

science, discovery, innovation

Vladimir Putin elected as Russian President

May 6, 2000

international event

Metallica sues Napster

Jul 20, 2000

Napster sued for copy right infringements and unlawful use of digital audio interface.
arts and entertainment

Beatles release #1 hit after 30 years of being broken up.

Nov 20, 2000

arts and entertainment

Foreign terrorist attack World Trade Center and The Pentagon.

Sep 11, 2001

national events

Lead Guitarist and Vocals, George Harrison of the Beatles dies of lung cancer.

Nov 20, 2001

arts and entertainment

Three Gorges Dam is 70% complete. relocating 1.13 million people.

Jan 20, 2002

science, discovery, innovation

Toyota releases first ever hybrid car.

Jan 20, 2003

science, discovery, innovation

President Bush orders invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from Power.

Mar 20, 2003

national events

China launches first space mission

Oct 20, 2003

international event

President George W. Bush wins re-election

Nov 9, 2004

national events

Iraqis approve a new constitution.

Oct 20, 2005

international events

North Korea conducts first ever Nuclear bomb test.

Oct 20, 2006

international event

Ornette Coleman wins Music Pulitzer Prize.

Apr 20, 2007

arts and entertainment

US enters major financial crisis, Hits recession.

Jan 1, 2008

national event

Terrorist attacks in Instanbul.

Jul 1, 2008

2 bombs explode in a crowded neighborhood. 15 dead and 100+ wounded.
international event

Barack Obama elected as first African-American President of US.

Nov 9, 2008

national event

The Three Gorges Dam is completed.

Jan 20, 2009

Stability and economical effects are subjects of uncertainty.

"King of Pop" Michael Jackson dies.

Jun 16, 2009

arts and entertainment