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National Guardsmen
In Kent , Ohio students in protest of the vietnam war were attacked by 28 national guardsmen sent by the goverment . They killed 4 students , wounding eight and permenently paralyzing another . -
U.S.A and Russia sign ''SALT"
The U.S was trying not to go to war, so on May 26 1972 U.S and Russia signed (strategig arms limitation treaty). SALT reduced the number of nuclear missiles. -
Three Mile Island
In the year of 1979 at a three Mile Island nucular power plant in the U.S a cooling malfunction caused part of the core to melt in the reactor . The reactor was destroyed . Fourtunatly there were no injuries or any adverse health effects . This accident happened at 4a.m on March 28 , 1979 . -
Watergate Scandal
A tragety happened at a Washington office complex and it was called the water scandal .The water scandal happened on June of the year 1972 . It grew into a wide - ranging political scandal. This caused the resignation of president Richard Nixon 2 years later . -
Altair
The Altair first introduced in the September 1975 the IBM'S first personal computer but it was to expensive that most people didnt consider buying it . The Altair in January of 1975 was the first computer to be produced in fairly high quality and was the first computer to run Microsoftware but they are still not sure if that was a good thing . -
The first space shuttle tested.
On February 18 1977 the first space shuttle was tested, and it was a sucsess. They did this because they needed something to replace old rockets.Also the space shuttle was re-flyable and it delivered satellite and retrieval research. -
Iran hostage crisis
On November 4 1979,66 U.S citizens where captured and held hostage by Ismalist students who took over the American Embassy in support of the Iranian Reveloution. They where later released on January 20 1981.