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18 year olds given the right to vote
It was a big deal because now 18 thought that it was unfair that they could die for our country therefore we are not old enough to vote -
Palestinian Group hijacks five planes
February 21: A P.F.L.P. splinter group detonates altitude bombs in two airplanes, causing one to crash while the other lands safely. Forty-seven people are killed, and both the P.F.L.P. and other Palestinian guerrilla organizations condemn the attacks -
Aswan high dam completed
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apollo 13 mission suffers huge setback
there was an explosion in the spaceship maing them lose oxygen -
First earth day
Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22 -
Kent State shootings
also known as the May 4 massacre or Kent State massacre occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard -
Beatles break up
It was not a single event but a long transition,[3] including the cessation of touring in 1966, and the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, in 1967, meaning the Beatles were personally involved in financial and legal conflicts -
EPA is created
Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors in downtown Washington, D.C., on December 2, 1970. -
World trade center is completed
Ground was broken Aug. 5, 1966, and steel construction began in August 1968. The North Tower topped out at 1,368 feet (some sources say 1,353 feet) Dec. 23, 1970. Ribbon-cutting took place April 4, 1973 -
Amtrak created
government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States -
china joins the UN
Because it’s a problem because they couldn’t talk to them without them being in the UN but since they joined that changed -
First benefit concert
playing to 40,000 people at madison square garden for the relief of refugees from east pakistan -
attica state prison riots
about 1,000 of the prison's approximately 2,200 prisoners rioted and seized control of the prison, taking 33 staff hostage -
Disney world opens
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D.B. Cooper
d.b. cooper hijacked a boeing 727 aircraft and parachuted to an uncertain fate -
M*A*S*H T.V.
one of the most famous TV show programs premieres -
Nixon visits china
president Nixon visits china -
Nixon visits Soviet union
nixon visits the soviet union -
watergate scandal begins
the watergate scandal caused president nixon to resign out of office. -
title IX signed into law by nixon
President Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 -
Mark spitz wins seven gold medals
he was a swimmer who won 7 gold medals in the 1972 olypmics -
pong is released
the very first succesful video game is released -
last man on moon
apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon -
abortionlegalized in US
Abortion in the United States has been legal in every state since the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, on January 22, 1973 -
US pulls out of vietnam
america starts leaving vietnam but not all Us personel left untl 1975 -
paul getty kidnapped
paul getty was kidnapped on this day and they demanded 17 million dollars over the phone -
OPEC doubles price of oil
. This is the day that OPEC decided that they were not making enough money off of the gasoline that people were buying. This triggered the outbreak of the Iranian Revolution. -
sears tower built
after the construction was complete the world had a new tallestt building -
US vice president resigns
, following months of pressure and scandal, Vice President Spiro Agnew turned in his letter of resignation to President -
the wars power act
is a U.S. federal law intended to restrict the power of the President to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress -
U.S. president Nixon resigns
Richard Nixon became the first U.S. President to resign his office rather than become the first to be removed via impeachment -
national speed limit 55
the national speed linit of america is made 55 miles an hour -
Gerald Fored pardons
gerald ford pardons nixon -
freedom of information act passed over ford's veto
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microsoft founded
is an American public multinational corporation -
saigon falls to communism
South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh surrenders to the Communist party on April 30, 1975 -
arthur ashe ffirst black man to win wimbeldon
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Jimmy hoffa disapears
was an American labor union leader and author -
Francisco Franco dies
was a Spanish military general and head of state of Spain from October 1936 -
appleComputer launched
the famous apple corporation was launched -
antebbe air raid
on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and supporters and flown to Entebbe, near Kampala, the capital of Uganda. -
Mao Tse-tung dies
the communist leader of japan dies -
Karen Ann Quinlan
she was left in a vegetable state and her family wanted to pull the plug but the hospital wouldnt let them wich started the right to die movment -
star wars movie released
Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars -
alaskan pipeline completed
• The Trans Alaska Pipeline System was designed and constructed to move oil from the North Slope of Alaska to the northern most ice-free port in Valdez, Alaska. It was 800 miles long -
Neutron bomb funding began
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New York city blackout
• The New York City Blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977. The blackout was caused by a series of lightning strikes -
First black miss universe
• Miss Universe 1977, the 26th annual Miss Universe pageant was held at the National Theater, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 16, 1977 -
elvis dies
Elvis Aaron Presley was pronounced dead by his personal physician -
first test- tube baby born
Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. -
Camp davids accords for middle east peace
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following thirteen days of secret negotiations at Camp David. -
John paul 2 becomes pope
after the death of john paul 1 john paul 2 became pope -
Jonestown Massacre
918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown, Guyana's capital. -
AYTOLLAH KHOMEINI RETURNS AS LEADER OF IRAN
the leader of the Iranian revolution. After the revolution he became Iran’s supreme leader. -
NUCLEAR ACCIDENT AT 3 MILE ISLAND
it was located in Pennsylvania. It relesad 13 million cures of radioactive gasses. -
MARGARET THATCHER FIRST WOMEN PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
was the prime minister of Britain from 1979 to 1990 -
SONY INTRODUCES THE WALKMAN
was a portable CD player that you could bring whatever you want. -
ESPN STARTS BROADCASTING
the famous sports show started broadcasting in 1979 -
THE GREENSBORO MASSACRE
Five protest marchers were shot and killed by members of the ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi party. -
IRAN TAKES AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN TEHRAN
66 Americans were taken hostage. They were held hostage for 444 days.