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On April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. Earth Day started because Senator Nelson thought it was horrible that our environment was not being tooken care of.
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On May 7, 1970 members Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd at Kent State University killing 4 and injuring 9.
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Robbers broke into the Watergate building to wiretap and steal documents for Nixon's campaign.
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The Munich Massacre was an attack during the 1972 Olympic games. 11 athletes were captured and killed eventually.
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America takes their troops out of Vietnam ending Amercian involvment in the war.
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Richard Nixon resigned because he was faced with almost certain impeachment and removal from office.
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On September 5 Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford.
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Roots was a miniseries on ABC that aired from January 23-30 based on a novel
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Star Wars came out and this was a the beginning of a big movie success
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Elvis died of an overdose of prescribed medications to pump him up on stage.
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John Paul || died suddenly shortly after his election
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The nuclear power plant melted causing serious after effects
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Margaret Thatcher was the first woman prime minister of Britain.
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Iranian students took over the U.S. embassy and kidnapped 60 people for 444 days.
