Significant Events 1970-2000 By funnytimeline Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1970 Energy Crisis May 4, 1970 Kent State Shooting Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Jan 22, 1973 Roe VS Wade Period: Jan 1, 1976 to Dec 31, 1976 Steve Jobs (PC) Sep 17, 1978 Camp David Accords Mar 28, 1979 Three Mile Island Accident Feb 22, 1980 Miracle on Ice Jan 20, 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis Jun 18, 1983 First Women in Space: Sally Ride Jan 28, 1986 Challenger Disaster Apr 26, 1986 Chernobyl Jun 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Aug 19, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Feb 2, 1990 Nelson Mandela Freed Apr 25, 1990 Hubble Space Telescope Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991 Desert Storm Period: Apr 29, 1992 to May 4, 1992 LA Riots Apr 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombings Aug 31, 1997 Death of Princess Diana Jan 1, 2000 Y2K Nov 7, 2000 2000 Election Sep 11, 2001 September 11th Feb 1, 2003 Columbia Disaster Dec 13, 2003 Capture of Saddam Hussein Aug 23, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Nov 4, 2008 2008 Election Jan 12, 2010 Haiti Earthquake