92nd congress (Jan. 3, 1971- Jan. 3, 1973)

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    92nd Congress (Jan. 3, 1971 - Jan. 3, 1973)

  • start of the 1st session

  • First Negro League player

    First Negro League player

    -Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali

    Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali

    -Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden
  • 22 murders

    22 murders

    -U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley was found guilty of 22 murders in the My Lai massacre and sentenced to life in prison
  • Revenue Act of 1971

    Revenue Act of 1971

    -Reduced individual and business taxes by a projected average of $8.6 billion over three years.

  • end of the 1st session

  • Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

    Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

    -signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on Dec.23, 1971
    -intended to resolve the long-standing issues surrounding aboriginal land claims in Alaska

  • start of the 2nd session

  • Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

    Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

    -limited the amount of money a canidate for president, vice president, or Congress could spend on political advertising.
  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal Rights Amendment

    -the equality of rights under the law shall not be denied on account of gender
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Act

    Equal Employment Opportunity Act

    -an independent federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination.
  • Title IX (9) of the Education Amendments of 1972

    Title IX (9) of the Education Amendments of 1972

    -the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics.
  • Furman v. Georgia

    Furman v. Georgia

    -Furman v. Georgia: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
  • F-86 fighter aircraft

    F-86 fighter aircraft

    -An F-86 fighter aircraft leaving an air show at Sacramento Executive Airport fails to become airborne and crashes into a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor, killing 12 children and 11 adults

  • Federal Advisory Committee Act

    -a US federal law, which governs behavior of federal advisory committees
    -required a database that may be accessed by all Federal agencies to manage advisory committees government-wide

  • end of the 2nd session

  • Clean Water Act

    Clean Water Act

    -primary federal law in the US governing water pollution
    -establised the goals of eliminationg releases of high amounts of toxic substances into water