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1st Earth Day celebrated
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Ohio national Guard opened fire on the kent state demonstrators
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he Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC)
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Munich Games Massacre
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Peace is made
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Nixon resigns from office
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Assasination attempt
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Roots is a television miniseries in the USA based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family; the series first aired, on ABC-TV, in 1977. Roots received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It won also a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award.
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Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas.
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Elvis died
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Pope John Paul II made history in 1978 by becoming the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Sixty-six American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981)
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The Three Mile Island nuclear power plan
