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1970 - Census counted over 200 million people living in the United States. The 13.4% increase since the last census indicated that a 203,302,031 population now called the U.S.A. home.
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In 1971, the VCR was first invented by Sony.
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Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, expanding the Disney empire to the east coast of the United States.
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Abortion in the United States has been legal in every state since the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade.
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Members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC (consisting of the Arab members of OPEC, plus Egypt, Syria and Tunisia) proclaimed an oil embargo. This was "in response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military" during the Yom Kippur war. It lasted until March 1974.
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President Nixon resigns from office
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Fifteen nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a nuclear-proliferation pact, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons around the world.
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Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
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The Chrysler Bailout is approved by the federal government. A $1.5 billion loan-guarantee plan is floated to assist the third largest car maker in the United States.
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Mt. Saint Helens Erupts
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New plague identified as AIDS emerges
