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  Roots was a hit TV series that first aired on this date
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  On this day the everybody celebrates the worlds bright and peaceful sunshine by going around and cleaning up by picking up trash.
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  At Kent Univeristy four students were killed and nine injured because soldiers of the Ohio National Gaurd open fired while people were protesting from the Vietman War.
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  There was a major politicial scandal because of the break-in at the Deocratic National Commitee headquaters.
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  in Munich, Germany during the Olympic games 11 members of the Isreal team were taken hostae and eventually killed.
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  Richrd Nixon was the 37th president of the USA was the first president to resign from office.
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  The Vietnam War was known to be the longest wat in American history cause nearly 60,000 American deaths and over 2 million vietnameese deaths. But this day was marked as the end of the war.
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  On this sinificant day, a world wide event leaving people speechless. How you ask? A facebook hating, twitter tweeting, technoligy loving guy was born.
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  Gerald was the 38th president of the USA and in the 4 years he was in office, people had tried to assasinate him twice but failed both times.c
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  The very first movie of Star Wars came out.
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  Elvis Presley was known at the time as the King of Rock'n Roll, but sadly he had died because he had a difficulty of breathing.
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  Pope Paul ll was the first non-italian pope
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  One of the nucleaur reactors had lost water from the water pump.
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  Margerate was the first woman prime minister of England
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  60 americans taken hostige from a group of Iranians
