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beetels
The Beatles stopped touring in respect of JFK. The Beatles thought that JFK was murdered they thought their going to be next that going to murdered. Their safety was big for the Beatles. Since they took a break of touring John went to Italy to do a movie is called I Won The War. John came back from Italy and thought that he was about to go solo. So the Beatles broke up. -
kent state shooting
It was a massacre the guardsmen shot 67 rounds in 13 seconds killing 4 college students and wounding 9 others. -
abortion
abortion becomes legal in every state in the u.s after the roe vs wade roe decision -
vcr
The VCR introduced by Sony a Japanese company. It started out as a small video recorder known as the Betamax. The VCR completion is the VHS. The VCR was better than the VHS. Since the VCR was so popular in the time 70 percent of the American public owned the VCR. -
disney world
about 10,000 visitors went to disneyland at its grand opening.It was 107 acres, and it featured attractions such as Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, and Tomorrowland. It took 7 years of planning for the big day.The price of admission was $4.95! -
MASH
the tv show mash came out. it was about medics in the vietnam war. this was a very popular show and actually still plays on tv now sometimes -
endangered species
Through federal action and by encouraging the establishment of state programs, the 1973 Endangered Species Act provided for the conservation of ecosystems upon which threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife, and plants depend. -
nixon resigns
Richard Nixon resigns as president. His term was from January 20 , 1969 - August 9, 1974. He served 2 Terms and Resigned during second term because of the Watergate cover-up. Some major events that happened while he was in office were, he expanded vietnamese war, ended the military draft, he bacame the first president to visit china, taking the us dollar off the gold standard, etc. -
apple launches
Apple was established by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 and was market-priced at $666.66. In order to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. They were hand-built by Wozniak and first shown to the public at the Homebrew Computer Club. The Apple I was sold as a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips)—less than what is today considered a complete personal computer. -
new york city blackouts
It was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City. It lasted from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977. The aftermath of the black out resulted in looting and other disorder, including arson. The cause of this blackout was because of a lightining strike at Buchanan South.