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Earth Shoes
Were an unconventional style of shoe invented in the 1970s in Scandinavia by Danish shoe designer Anna Kalsø.[1] Unlike most other shoes, the soles were thick and the heels were thin (Negative Heel Technology), so wearing them one walked heel-downward. The advertisements said that it was like walking on the beach, where one's footprints are this way. Foot experts claimed the shoes were actually pretty bad for the wearer. One study found that the shoes caused severe pain and cramping and one expe -
Apollo 13
Was the third Apollo mission intended to land on the moon? The craft was successfully launched toward the Moon, but the landing had to be aborted after an oxygen tank ruptured, severely damaging the spacecraft's electrical system. The flight was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module pilot. Swigert was a late replacement for the original CM pilot Ken Mattingly, who was grounded by the flight surgeon after exposure to Ger -
Earth Day
Earth day was created to inspire awareness of the Earth’s beauty and its natural environment. It was first held on April 22, 1970 and was focused mainly in the United States. Denis Hayes was the main person that launched the earth day coordination. They picked April 22, because in April it is a time of spring and that is when the Earth is at its most beautiful. -
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Since the 1950s, the name commonly refers to the High Dam, which is larger and newer than the Aswan Low Dam, which was first completed in 1902. Following Egypt's independence from the United Kingdom, the High Dam was constructed between 1960 and 1970. It aimed to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing storage of water for agriculture, and later, to generate hydro -
Black Power
Black power- it’s a political slogan .A movement to emphasize racial pride, and social equality for black people, mainly in the United States. Black power is to show belief in anti-racism and racial consciousness among African Americans. The Black Power movement grew out of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT that had steadily gained momentum through the 1950s and 1960s. -
Kent State Massacre
Kent state shooting-Also known as May, 4 massacre or Kent state massacres. At Kent state university in Kent, Ohio on a Monday, May, 4 1970. The Ohio National Guard fired at unarmed college students of the university. The guards fired 67 bullets in 13 seconds killing four and wounded nine. The students that were fired at were protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia. Others that were shot had nothing to do with the protesting. -
Beatles Breakup
August 27, 1970, may be the most tragic and depressing days for many young and old Americans. The popular rock group The Beatles, had decided to split up and break the band up. This infamous quote by Paul McCartney was said April 10, 1970, when he decided to leave the musical group The Beatles, “I have no further plans to record or appear with The Beatles again.” That quote tore many Americans hearts apart; many people were devastated and concerned about what would happen next. The Beatles could -
Mood Rings
The mood rings went along with the pet rocks, they were on of the biggest knick knacks of the 70’s, and how did they work? They had a heat sensitive encased in quartz and as the body temperature changed the ring changed colors. How could u tell what it meant? Golden yellow: tense
Blue: you are happy, Purple: moody, Black: sad, Reddish brown: insecure, Clear: meant that your ring was a fake, Green: easily amused. Who was responsible for these amazing rings that everyone wanted? It was invented by -
EPA
EPA is created -In 1970 President Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) signed an executive order that created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an independent agency of the U.S. government. The creation of a federal agency by executive order rather than by an act of the legislative branch is somewhat uncommon. The EPA was established in response to public concern about unhealthy air, polluted rivers and groundwater, unsafe drinking water, endangered species, and hazardous waste disposal. Resp -
Top 20 Songs
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face , Roberta Flack
- Alone Again (Naturally) , Gilbert O'Sullivan
- American Pie , Don McLean
- Without You , Nilsson
- The Candy Man , Sammy Davis Jr.
- I Gotcha , Joe Tex
- Lean On Me , Bill Withers
- Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me , Mac Davis
- Brand New Key , Melanie
- Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton
- Let's Stay Together , Al Green
- Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) , Looking Glass
- Oh Girl , Chi-Lites
- Nice to Be With You , Gallery
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Sea Monkeys
Monkeys were originally marketed in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut as Instant Life, though Braunhut changed the name to "Sea-Monkeys" in May 1970. Braunhut also invented X-Ray glasses. Sea-Monkeys were known for their exaggerated advertisements and packaging, which featured smiling anthropomorphic creatures which were strictly for marketing (originally drawn by Joe Orlando) and bore little resemblance to their true appearance.[2] Sea-Monkeys were bred for their larger size and longer lifespan than -
Pet Rock
April 1970, Dahl was in a bar (which is now Beauregard Vineyards Tasting room in Bonny Doon) listening to his friends complain about their pets. This gave him the idea for the perfect "pet": a rock.[1] A rock would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, groomed and would not die, become sick, or be disobedient. He said they were to be the perfect pets, and joked about it with his friends.[2] However, he eventually took the idea seriously, and went home and drafted an "instruction manual" for a pet -
Smiley Face
A smiley or happy face, (☺/☻) is a stylized representation of a smiling human face. It is commonly represented as a yellow (many other colors are also used) circle (or sphere) with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth. “Smiley” is also sometimes used as a generic term for any emoticon. -
Streaking
Bellbottom pants Bell-bottoms became very fashionable for women in the mid 1960s in Europe and in North America by the late 1960s and much of the 1970s, both for men and women.[4] By 1967, they went from high-fashion to become part of the hippie counter-culture movement in the late 1960s, together with love beads, granny glasses, and tie-dye shirts, even getting mentioned in popular music, such as Bell Bottom Blues" by Blues-Rock super-group Derek and the Dominos in the 1970s, they moved into th -
Loon Pants
(shortened from "balloon pants") were one type of bell-bottomed trousers. They flared more from the knee than typical bell-bottoms, in which more of the entire leg was flared.They could be seen worn occasionally by the go-go dancers on the British TV music variety show Ready Steady Go! in 1966. They were a popular fashion, and could initially only be bought via catalog from a company in Britain which advertised in the back of the New Musical Express.[citation needed] They were usually worn with -
George Wallace Shot
Wallace was campaigning for presidency at the time. The assassination attempt on Wallace left him paralyzed and he had to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The man who attempted the assassination was Arthur Bremmer, Bremmer didn’t hate Wallace. Prior to the shooting he had stalked Nixon for several weeks but couldn’t get close enough to him. He just got desperate to do something to show the world his worth, and Wallace was approachable. -
Supplemental Security Income
Supplemental Security Income (or SSI) is a United States government program that provides stipends to low-income people who are either aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled. Although administered by the Social Security Administration SSI is funded from the U.S. Treasury general funds, not the Social Security trust fund. SSI was created in 1974 to replace federal-state adult assistance programs that served the same purpose. The restructuring of these programs was intended to standardize the elig -
Nixon Visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, who at that time considered the U.S. one of its staunchest foes. The visit has become a metaphor for an unexpected or uncharacteristic action by a politician -
Pocket Calculators
By 1970, a calculator could be made using just a few chips of low power consumption, allowing portable models powered from rechargeable batteries. The first portable calculators appeared in Japan in 1970, and were soon marketed around the world. These included the Sanyo ICC-0081 "Mini Calculator", the Canon Pocketronic, and the Sharp QT-8B "micro Compet". The Canon Pocketronic was a development of the "Cal-Tech" project which had been started at Texas Instruments in 1965 as a research project to -
Platform Shoes
Platform shoes-(also known as Disco Boots) are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles at least four inches in height, often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are technically also clogs ). They have been worn in various cultures since ancient times for fashion or for added height. -
Nixon Visits Russia
President Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union was the most epoch-making event since Soviet Premier Khrushchev's visit to the United States in 1959 in that it was the first visit ever made to the Soviet Union by an American President after the war. His visit was realized despite the fact that the U.S.-Soviet confrontation over the Vietnam problem had deepened because of the U.S. naval blockade of North Vietnam. It produced concrete results, including the agreement on basic documents ("The Basic Pri -
Hot Pants
Categorized as "short shorts", they commonly have an inseam length of two inches or less. These are short, tight shorts, usually made of cotton, nylon, or some other common material. They are meant to emphasize the buttocks and the legs. Launched by fashion designer Mary Quant during the "Swinging London" scene of the mid 1960s,[5] hot pants were very popular up to the early 1970s -
Spitz Wins 7 Gold Medals
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (West Germany), Spitz was back to maintain his bid for the six gold medals. He did even more, winning seven Olympic gold medals. Further, Spitz set a new world record in each of the seven events (the 100 m freestyle [00:51:22], 200 m freestyle [01:52:78], 100 m butterfly [00:54:27], 200 m butterfly [02:00:70], 4 x 100 m freestyle relay [03:26:42], 4 x 200 m freestyle relay [07:35:78] and the 4 x 100 m medley relay [03:48:16]). Originally Spitz was reluctant -
M*A*S*H Tv Show
It follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War. It was adapted from the Movie M*A*S*H* which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker -
HBO
This was the first form of cable TV so instead of having to use satellite or other ways of getting TV you get it through the use of underground cables (Known at the time as “Sterling Manhattan Cable” -
Pong
Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful video game, which led to the start of the video game industry. Soon after its release, several companies began producing games that copied Pong's gameplay, and eventually released new types of games. As a result, Atari encouraged its staff to produce more innovative games. The company released several sequels that built upon the original's gameplay by adding new features. During the 1975 Christmas season, Atari released a hom -
U.S pulled out of Vietnam
President Nixon had been elected on a promise to Vietnamese the war, meaning more fighting would be turned over to the South Vietnamese army, and to start bringing home American troops -
The War Powers Act
The War Powers Resolution, generally known as the War Powers Act, was passed by Congress over President Nixon's veto to increase congressional control over the executive branch in foreign policy matters, specifically in regard to military actions short of formally declared war. Its central provision prohibited the President from engaging in military actions for more than sixty days, unless Congress voted approval -
Superbowl Winner
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UPC Barcodes
UPC barcodes comes to US- UPC Barcodes are generally used to track products in the retail industry. The Universal Product Code (UPC) has been used in the US and Canada since 1973. PrecisionID's UPC Barcode Font Software can create UPC-A, UPC-E, UCC-12, EAN-8, EAN-13, ISBN, Bookland, and JAN barcodes. For EAN-14 Barcodes see PrecisionID's Interleaved 2 of 5 Barcode Software or Code 128 barcode software. For UCC128 or EAN128 barcodes, see the PrecisionID Code 128 Barcode solution. -
Sears Tower
The Sears Tower is 1,454 feet tall, The Sears Tower is located on Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois. This was a smart place to construct it, because many people in the area were in need of office space. The Sears Tower had a lot of space to offer. When the Sears Tower was finished being built, it was filled with about twelve thousand workers, designed by the architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill -
Abortion Legalized
Abortion legalized in US-Abortions performed prior to the third trimester are legal in the United States, although the issue has polarized mainstream political parties. Almost all state Democratic Party platforms support abortion while almost all state Republican Party platforms oppose it. -
Getty Kidnapped
In early 1971, he was expelled from St. George's English School (later St. George's British International School), in Rome, Italy. His father moved back to England, and at 3am on 10 July 1973, Getty was kidnapped in the Piazza Farnese in Rome.[1] A ransom note was received, demanding $17 million in exchange for his safe return. When that ransom message arrived, some family members suspected the kidnapping was merely a ploy by the rebellious youngster as he had frequently joked about staging his -
World Series Winners
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Endangered Animals Act
Through federal action and by encouraging the establishment of state programs, the 1973 Endangered Species Act provided for the conservation of ecosystems upon which threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife, and plants depend. The Act:
authorizes the determination and listing of species as endangered and threatened;
prohibits unauthorized taking, possession, sale, and transport of endangered species;
provides authority to acquire land for the conservation of listed species, using l -
OPEC
Since World War II, the oil-rich nations of the Persian Gulf have served as reliable reservoirs for the petroleum needs of much of the industrialized, non-communist world. By the early 1970s, this role had expanded dramatically in importance, particularly where the United States was concerned. In the early 1970s, Saudi Arabia and Iran both surpassed Venezuela to become the world’s two largest exporters, while the U.S.’s share of world oil production dropped from one-third to one-quarter between -
Top 20 (songs 1973)
1.Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
2.You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
3.D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
4.Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
5.No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
6.Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
7.Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
8.Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
9.Daniel - Elton John
10.Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
11.China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
12.Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
13.I Shot the She -
Patty Hearst Kidnapped
born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber. On February 4, 1974 the 19 year old were kidnapped. When the attempt to swap Hearst for jail the SLA members failed. -
National Speed Limit
the national max speed law was a provision of the 1974. The law was widely disregarded by motorists and most states subversively opposed the law. Actions ranged from proposing deals for exemption to minimizing speed limit enforcement. THe limit was put as 55mph. -
Girls In Little League
A ruling by Sylvia Pressler, hearing examiner for the New Jersey Civil Rights Division on Nov. 7, 1973, was later upheld in the Superior Court, leading to Little League Baseball's admittance of girls into its programs. -
President Resigns
Less than a year before Richard M. Nixon's resignation as president of the United States, Spiro Agnew becomes the first U.S. vice president to resign in disgrace. The same day, he pleaded no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion in exchange for the dropping of charges of political corruption. He was subsequently fined $10,000, sentenced to three years probation, and disbarred by the Maryland court of appeals. -
Freedom of Information Act
President Gerald R. Ford wanted to sign the Freedom of Information Act strengthening amendments passed by Congress 30 years ago, but concern about leaks (shared by his chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld and deputy Richard Cheney) and legal arguments that the bill was unconstitutional (marshaled by government lawyer Antonin Scalia, among others) persuaded Ford to veto the bill, according to declassified documents posted today by the National Security Archive to mark the 30th anniversary of the veto o -
Ford Pardons Nixon
On September 8, 1974, one month after President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency amid the Watergate scandal, his successor, President Gerald R. Ford, announced his decision to grant Nixon a full pardon for any crimes he may have committed while in office. -
Top 20 Songs (1974)
- Bad Company - Bad Company
- Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman
- Strutter - Kiss
- Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
- Deuce - Kiss
- No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
- Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Radar Love - Golden Earring
- Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
- The Real Me - The Who
- Tin Man - America
- Can't Get Enough of Your Love, B
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Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon
he was the first African American to win the tennis championship. He won against jimmy Conner in the four sets. He kept his cool and broke conners serve in the ninth inning. -
Saigon Falls
Saigon fell to communism in April 30 1975. This was the day South Vietnam lost the war against the north. The north won over by attacking the south capital, Saigon. North Vietnam had occupied the important points. -
Computerized Supermarket Checkouts
The system was invented by Dr. Howard Schneider. There is considerable technology, both electronic and software (artificial intelligence) involved in the operation of the machines. For example, the main reason the Optimal Robotics self-checkout system, based on Schneider's patents, did so well compared to the other model on the market at the time, e.g., the Check Robot model marketed by IBM in the 1990s -
Microsoft Founded
Microsoft was formed soon after the introduction of the Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems. In a letter to Alan Bill Gates uses the Microsoft name from their partnership. They both signed an agreement. Over the years the pc has changed from a hobbyist’s toy to an indispensable tool that can change the world. -
Jimmy Hoffa disappears
Today in 1975; James Riddle Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan restaurant. Hoffa was born in February, 1913 in Brazil, Indiana, a small farming town in west-central Indiana. He dropped out of school early and became the family's breadwinner after the death of his father. He found work in Lake Orion, Michigan in a tough warehouse, the place where he would first earn his reputation as street fighter and a man willing to stand up to management. -
A President Ford assassination attempt (2)
president ford was the 38th president of the United States. He served president in august 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. He lived longer than any other president and died at the age of 93. Two of his assassination was three weeks of each other. One in Sacramento, California on September 5, 1975. A colt 45. Hand gun was pointed at him. The second attempt happened when he was leaving St. Francis hotel in downtown, San Francisco. A lady with a 38. Caliber revolver pointed the gun at him, just before -
Catalytic convertors introduced on cars
he catalytic converter was invented by Eugene houdry French mechanical engineer and expert in catalytic oil refining. Who lived in the U.S. Around 1950, when the results of early studies of smog in Los Angeles were published, Houdry became concerned about the role of automobile exhaust in air pollution and founded a special company, Oxy-Catalyst, to develop catalytic converters for gasoline engines — an idea ahead of its time for which he was awarded a patent. -
Francisco Franco dies
he was the son of a naval postmaster. He was born in Spain. He graduated to the Toledo military.franco supported the dictator ship. Franco announced in 1969 that on his death he would be replaced by Juan Carlos, the grandson of Spain's last ruling king. Francisco Franco died on 20th November 1975 and within two years almost every vestige of his dictatorship had disappeared.
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Top 20 Songs (1975)
- Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
- Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
- Sister Golden Hair - America
- Only Women Bleed - Alice Cooper
- Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Killer Queen - Queen
- Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
- Man on the Silver Mountain - Rainbow
- Amie - Pure Prairie League
- Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
- Lady - Styx
- Young Americans - David Bowie
- Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
- Stranglehold - Ted
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Red Dye #2 Banned
Red Dye Amaranth, Red Dye #2 is a dark red to purple azo dye once used as a food dye and to color cosmetics, but since 1976 it has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it is a suspected carcinogen. It usually comes as a trisodium salt. Scientists said that it was known to cause cancer. -
Sony Betamax VCR
The first stand-alone Sony Betamax VCR in the United States, the SL-7200, came on the market in February 1976 priced at $1295. This unit sold much better than the previous TV/VCR combo LV-1901. The external clock to turn the unit on and off at preset times was an optional accessory. -
Karen Ann Quinlan
When she was 21, Quinlan became unconscious after arriving home from a party. She had consumed diazepam, dextropropoxyphene, and alcohol. After she collapsed and stopped breathing twice for 15 minutes or more, the paramedics arrived and took Karen Ann to the hospital, where she lapsed into a persistent vegetative state. After she was kept alive on a ventilator for several months without improvement, her parents requested the hospital discontinue active care and allow her to die. The hospital ref -
North and south Vietnam join to form the socialist republic of Vietnam
On April 23, 1976, President Gerald Ford told the American people: "Today Americans can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished." Two days later. President Thieu, accusing the United States of betrayal, resigned and left the country. He was quickly followed by other South Vietnamese leaders and the remaining American advisers. -
Legionnaire’s disease
Legionnaire’s disease strikes 182, kills 19- Legionnaires' disease was first recognized as a distinct entity during an epidemic of pneumonia that occurred in Philadelphia, in the summer of 1976. About 4,000 members of the Pennsylvania -
Entebbe Air Raid
Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, 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. Shortly after landing, all non-Jewish passengers were released.
West Point admits women- On October 8, 1975 , the President of the United -
First Apple Computer
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66, because Wozniak liked repeating digits and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 and added a one-third markup. About 200 units were produced. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 60+ chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply transformers, power switch, ASCII keyboard, and co -
Nadia Comaneci given seven perfect tens
Nadia Elena Comăneci (Romanian pronunciation: ; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world . In 2000 Comăneci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy. -
Mao Tse-tung dies
December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976: Age 82, have a Russian-made coffin created for Sun Yat-sen in 1925 but never used (Sun was entombed in a more traditional manner in Nanjing), but it was too small for Mao's 1.8-meter height. Chinese Embassy employees in Moscow were sent to covertly photograph Lenin's remains and fax the picture back to Beijing. Several different factories were secretly charged with designing and building a suitable casket of crystal. -
West Point admits women
On October 8, 1975 , the President of the United States signed into law a bill directing that women would be admitted to America ’s service academies. The law stated that:
“. . . the Secretaries of the military departments concerned shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that (1) female individuals shall be eligible for appointment and admission to the service academy concerned, beginning in calendar year 1976, and (2) “the academic and other relevant standards req -
Top 20 Songs (1976)
- Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols
- More Than a Feeling - Boston
- (Don’t Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
- Detroit Rock City - Kiss
- Beth - Kiss
- The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
- T.N.T. - AC/DC
- Hurricane - Bob Dylan
- Crazy on You - Heart
- Shout it Out Loud - Kiss
- Dream On - Aerosmith
- Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- It's a Long Way to the Top - AC/DC
- Love Hurts - Nazareth
- Slow Ride - Foghat
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Miniseries Roots Airs
Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Roots received 36 Emmy Award nominations, winning nine; it also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings with the finale still standing as the third-highest rated U.S. television program ever. It was shot on a budget of $6 million. A sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, was broadcast in 1979, and a second sequel, Roots: The Gift, was produced a -
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. It crosses three mountain ranges and over 800 rivers and streams. It cost to $8 billion to make in 1977, largest privately funded construction project at that time. Construction began on March 27, 1975 and was completed on May 31, 1977. Over 15 billion barrels have moved through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. -
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, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year intervals. Sixteen years after the release of the trilogy's final film, the first in a new prequel trilogy of films was released, again at three-year intervals, with the final film released on May 19, 2005 -
Neutron bomb funding began
On June 6, 1977 the Washington Post printed a story with the provocative title “Neutron Killer Warhead Buried in ERDA Budget.” Thus began a year-long controversy on the subject of what are technically called enhance-radiation weapons, but what the press, the public, and the diplomatic community came to know simply as the Neutron Bomb. The issue – whether or not the United States should produce and deploy in NATO and particularly in West Germany. -
NY 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. Looting and vandalism were widespread, especially in the African American and Puerto Rican communities, hitting 31 neighborhoods, including every poor neighborhood in the city. Thirty-five blocks of Broadway were destroyed: 134 stores looted, 45 of them set ablaze. -
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. 24-year-old Janelle Commissiong earned Trinidad & Tobago its first Miss Universe crown as well as becoming the first black woman to win the title. -
Elvis Found Dead
In Baptist Hospital, Memphis, on August 16, 1977.Elvis Aaron Presley was pronounced dead by his personal physician, Dr. George Nichopoulos. The pronouncement was final. Yet, for the thousands of yarning souls thronged outside the hospital it brought in shock and disbelief. The disbelief that is still being nurtured by many across the world. Not yet ready to believe that the death has brought such an abrupt end to their so beloved idol. Elvis had suffered irregular heartbeat which the medicos cal -
President Carter pardons Vietnam Draft Dodgers
U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. In total, some 100,000 young Americans went abroad in the late 1960s and early 70s to avoid serving in the war. Ninety percent went to Canada, where after some initial controversy they were eventually welcomed as immigrants. For its part, the U.S. government continued to prosecute draft evaders after the Vietnam War ended. If they returned home, those living in -
Top 20 Songs (1977)
- Come Sail Away - Styx
- Hard Luck Woman - Kiss
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
- Complete Control - The Clash
- Somebody to Love - Queen
- Piece of Mind - Boston
- Holidays in the Sun - The Sex Pistols
- Big Balls - AC/DC
- Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
- Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
- Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols
- White Riot - The Clash
- Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
- Barracuda - Heart
- Closer to the Heart - Rush
- Long Time - Bos
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Top 20 Songs (1978)
- Surrender - Cheap Trick
- (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
- We Are the Champions - Queen
- Dust in the Wind - Kansas
- Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
- Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones
- Don’t Look Back - Boston
- What Do I Get? - The Buzzcocks
- You Really Got Me - Van Halen
- Is This Love - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Rockaway Beach - Ramones
- Clash City Rockers - The Clash
- Stayin Alive - The Bee Gees
- Running on Empty - Jac
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Atlantic City permits gambling
In an effort at revitalizing the city, New Jersey voters in 1976 approved casino gambling for Atlantic City; this came after a 1974 referendum on legalized gambling failed to pass. Immediately after the legislation passed, the owners of the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel began converting it into the Resorts International. It was the first legal casino in the eastern United States when it opened on May 26, 1978. Other casinos were soon constructed along the Boardwalk and, later, in the marina distri -
First Test-Tube Baby
On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Though the technology that made her conception possible was heralded as a triumph in medicine and science, it also caused many to consider the possibilities of future ill-use -
Love Canal in New York declared federal disaster
The lack of public interest in Love Canal made matters worse for the homeowners' association, which now battled two organizations who were spending vast amounts of money to disprove negligence. Initially, members of the association had been frustrated by the lack of a public entity that could advise and defend them. Gibbs met with considerable public resistance from a number of residents within the community: the mostly middle-class families did not have the resources to protect themselves, and -
Camp David 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. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks, A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, and resulted in Sadat -
John Paul II Becomes Pope
n August 1978, following the death of Pope Paul VI, Cardinal Wojtyła voted in the Papal conclave that elected Pope John Paul I, who at 65 was considered young by papal standards. John Paul I died after only 33 days as Pope, thereby precipitating another conclave. The second conclave of 1978 commenced on 14 October, ten days after the funeral of Pope John Paul I. It was divided between two particularly strong candidates for the papacy: Giuseppe Cardinal Siri the conservative Archbishop of Genoa, -
Jonestown Massacre
Jonestown was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown, Guyana's capital. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. A total of 909 Temple members died in Jonestown, all but two from app -
Jerry Falwell begins Moral Majority
As I suggested last time, the Moral Majority was a precursor to the Christian Coalition. The Moral Majority had it's origins in the Thomas Roads Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia where Jerry Falwell was the pastor. Falwell first came to national attention through his television ministry "The Old Time Gospel Hour." Building on a base of support among conservative evangelicals, Falwell proposed to launch a Moral Majority "to take back" America and restore it to its Christian roots. In many way -
Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain
Europe’s first woman prime minister. The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and, at the time of her resignation, Britain’s longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827, she accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British political leader since Winston Churchill. -
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI‑2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., on March 28, 1979, was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, even though it led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community. But it brought about sweeping changes involving emergency response planning, reactor operator training, human factors engineering, radiation protection, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations. I -
Ayatollah Khomeini Returns as Leader of Iran
Religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini has made a triumphant return to Iran after 14 years in exile. Up to five million people lined the streets of the nation's capital, Tehran, to witness the homecoming of the Shia Muslim imam. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 78, was imprisoned by the Shah in 1963 for his opposition to reforms and was expelled the following year, to Iraq - via Turkey. The Ayatollah - a title meaning Sign of God - emerged from his chartered plane looking tired and tearful to meet the -
Sony Introduces the Walkman
The world took a big step towards the iPod generation when Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979. The device was not particularly advanced - portable tape recorders had existed for decades - but it was an advance in marketing. The Walkman was not promoted to professional journalists, like most portable tape recorders were at the time; it was promoted to ordinary consumers.It was a music player first and foremost; it had no record function.The concept was a winner. Since its introduction, Sony has -
ESPN Broadcasting
Founded by Bill Rasmussen,[1] his son Scott Rasmussen and Getty Oil executive Stuart Evey, it launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, the network's President and CEO (and later the United States Football League's first commissioner). Getty Oil Company provided the funding to begin the new venture. Geoff Bray of New Britain, CT was chosen as the architect. George Bodenheimer is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since November 19, 1998. Bodenheimer has al -
The Greensboro Massacre
On November 3, 1979, at the corner of Carver and Everett Streets, black and white demonstrators gather to march through Greensboro, North Carolina, a legal demonstration against the Ku Klux Klan. A caravan of Klansmen and Nazis pull up to the protesters and open fire “Eighty-eight seconds later, five demonstrators lie dead and ten others wounded from the gunfire, recorded on camera by four TV stations. Four women have lost their husbands; three children have lost their fathers."After two crimina -
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamic students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States in support of the Iranian Revolution. -
Top 20 Songs (1979
- Top 20 songs: London Calling - The Clash
- Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
- Highway to Hell - AC/DC
- Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
- I Was Made For Lovin' You - Kiss
- I Fought the Law - The Clash
- Babe - Styx
- Beautiful Girls - Van Halen
- Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
- Dream Police - Cheap Trick
- Renegade - Styx
- Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
- We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
- The Gambler