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The Beatles' Break Up (Date Unkonwn)
The Beatles were the most iconic band of the 1960’s, and they sadly broke up in 1970. The cause of their breakup was not a single event but many events. There were differences between the artistic visions of each band member. George Harrison and Ringo Star temporarily left the group a few times. The band had all gone on to do their own work, resulting in it being impossible for the group to reform. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_break-up -
Apollo 13 mission suffers huge setback (Date Unknown)
Apollo 13 was intended to carry humans to the surface of the Moon for their third mission, but one of the oxygen tanks exploded, and that resulted in damage to other systems which resulted in the mission being stopped before the landing could take place. Cited Source- http://www.apolloexplorer.co.uk/apollo13.htm -
First Earth Day
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22,Earth Day is where there are events help worldwide to celebrate and raise awareness of the Earth’s natural environment and it is celebrated in 175 countries every year. At the time Earth Day was founded, there was a lot of pollution, and Earth Day was thought to make all this a little bit better. Cited Source- http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement -
VCR’s introduced (Date Unknown
VCR stands for video cassette recorder, and was introduced by Sony in 1971. A VCR is used for recording shows on TV and watching them in your own time, or watching movies. Cited Source- http://www.enotes.com/history/q-and-a/when-was-vcr-introduced-what-has-been-its-impact-286591 -
Disney World Opens
Disney World opened on October 1, 1971 and is the world’s most visited amusement park. In is in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and cover 30, 080 acres of land. There are many different types of parks within the resort, such as four theme parks, water parks, 23 Disney themed hotels, and a campground. It’s by far the best place on Earth.
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D.B Cooper
D.B Cooper is a name that is used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked an aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971. This man extorted 200 thousand dollars in ransom and parachuted to an unknown fate. Despite an ongoing FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or positively identified. The case is the only unsolved air piracy in American history.
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First successful video game (Pong) launched (Date Unknown)
Originally produced by Atari Incorporated, Pong is a simple tennis sports game, and it consists of two-dimensional graphics. Whilst other video games came out before Pong, this was the first video game to actually be successful and become famous.
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George Wallace shot while campaigning
George Wallace was Alabama’s 45th governor of Alabama and was an American politician. On May 15, Wallace was shot 5 times by Arthur Bremer while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland. This left him paralyzed from the waist down and bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
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Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
On September 5th, eight members of a group called Black September got into the Olympic Village and broke into 3 apartments and took some of the athletes and wrestlers hostage. They were taken to the coach’s room, tied up, shot, and killed. This was also know at the Munich massacre. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre -
Abortion Legalized in U.S
Abortion was legalized on January 22, 1973 by the US Supreme Court. Since abortion was legalized to 1998 there have been 38,010,378 abortions. Cited Source- http://nrlc.org/abortion/aboramt.html -
UPC Barcodes come to US (Date Unknown)
The UPC code came to the US in 1973. Used in North America, and in countries including the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, UPC barcodes are used to help keep track of trading items in stores. Each barcode consists of 12 numerical digits, and are assigned to each trade item. The UPC is the only barcode allowed for scanning trade items.
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Paul Getty Kidnapped (Part 2)
Paul’s family thought this note was a joke and a way to get some money from his wealthy grandfather. Then, he was taken to a mountain hideout and blindfolded. Later, another note was received with Paul’s ear and a lock of hair and another demand for money, this time 3.2 million dollars. Paul’s dad asked his dad for the money, but he refused to give it to him. Finally, Paul’s grandfather paid the money and Paul was found in Italy on December 15, 1973, with only one ear. -
Paul Getty Kidnapped(Part One)
Paul spent most of his childhood living with his dad in Rome. When Paul was expelled from school in early 1971, his father moved back to England and on July 10, 1973 in the Piazza Farnese, Paul was kidnapped. A note from an unknown author was received, asking for 17 million dollars in order for Paul to arrive back safely. and a way to get some money from his wealthy grandfather.
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Patty Hearst Kidnapped (Date Unknown) (Part One)
Patty is the granddaughter of William Randolph and great-granddaughter of George Hearst. She gained her fame in 1974 and she was kidnapped shortly after by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She took her kidnappers side’s to help their cause, which is often called Stockholm syndrome, which is where hostages are nice to their captors. Patty later helped the SLA with a bank robbery and was imprisoned for 2 years when her sentence was commuted by Jimmy Carter. -
Patty Hearst Kidnapped (Date Unknown)(Part Two)
Patty was granted a presidential pardon by President Bill Clinton in his last official act before leaving office. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Hearst http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Syndrome -
U.S. President Nixon Resigns
During a television broadcast on August 8, 1974 President Nixon announced that he was resigning as president. He resigned because he felt he was under too much pressure for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal. He became the first president ever to resign from office.
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Girls allowed to play in Little League Baseball
On November 7,1974 girls were finally admitted into playing little league baseball by a New Jersey hearing examiner Sylvia Pressler. But not only did girls get to play baseball, they made a softball program for only girls.
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Microsoft Founded
Microsoft was established on April 4, 1975 to develop and then sell Basic interprets for Altair 8800. Later, Microsoft rose to take over the market of home computer operating systems. Today, Microsoft develops manufactures, licenses and support lot of products throughout many divisions of products. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft -
Jimmy Hoffa disappears (Part One)
Jimmy Hoffa was an American labor union leader and he served as the General President thirteen years. His presidency ended because of his imprisonment in 1967 for jury tampering and bribery. After his release, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975. According to bystanders he was supposed to meet two Mafia leaders in the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township in Detroit. He disappeared around 2:45 on this day. -
Jimmy Hoffa disappears (Part Two)
After several years of searching for Hoffa, he was pronounce legally dead on the same day he disappeared in 1982. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa -
President Ford assassinated (First Attempt)
September 5, 1975 was Ford’s first attempted assassination. It happened on the grounds of the California State Capitol when a follower of Charles Manson, named Lynette Fromme, drew a gun on Ford. She was restrained by the Secret Service and sentence to a life in prison. -
President Ford assassinated (Second Attempt)
Ford’s second attempted assassination happened not long after on September 22, 1975 in San Francisco, California. A lady named Sarah Jane Moore fired at revolver at Ford from 40 feet away. Another lady named Olivia Sipple grabbed Sarah’s arm causing the shot to miss Ford, therefore saving his life.
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Legionnaire’s disease strike 182 kills 29 (Date Unknown)
Legionnaire’s disease is a form of pneumonia and comes from the American Legion which is a US military organization. This took place at the Philadelphia Hotel. 189 caught the disease and it killed 29 of them. This event didn’t only happen on one day, but over the course of a few days.
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Red Dye #2 is banned (Date Unknown)
Soviet scientists claimed a link between the dye and cancer in the 1970’s.The substance was banned from the US even though it was never linked to any deaths or illnesses. Consumers were so worried about Red Dye that they actually got the Mars candy company to take away l red M&Ms, even though they never contained any Red Dye No. 2 to begin with. It took 10 years for the Red Dye scare to end.
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Apple Computer Launched (Full Date Unknown)
The first ever Apple computer was launched in July of 1976. In total, 200 units were made. Each computer came with an 8K memory, which is way different from today’s Apple computers.
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Star Wars Movie Released
The first ever Star Wars movie was released on May 25, 1977. Star Wars was created by George Lucas and became a worldwide phenomenon. Currently, Star Wars has made 4.38 million dollars, and it is now the third highest grossing film. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars -
New York City Blackout
the New York City Blackout happened on July 13th and 14th as a result of the electricity going out. This blackout affected most of NYC, except the southern Queens and neighborhoods of the Rockaways. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 -
Elvis Found Dead
Elvis Presley was found dead by his girlfriend in his home in Graceland in Memphis on August 16, 1977. Dr. Francisco said Elvis died of an irregular heart beat caused by myocardial infarction called Coronary Arrhythmia. Cited Source- http://www.elvispresleynews.com/ElvisDeath.html -
John Paul II becomes Pope
Reigning from 1978 until 2005 when he died, John Paul was the second longest reigning Pope in history. He was also the first non-Italian since 1523. He was also acclaimed as one of the 20th century’s most influential leaders. Some say he was the reason communist party control ended. John also improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. Cited Sources- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II -
First Test Tube Baby-Born
Lesley Brown went through an experimental fertilization process called in vitro on November 10, 1977. The doctors put the fertilized egg into Lesley in a shorter time period than they had previously tried. The procedure worked, because on July 25, 1978, Lesley delivered a baby girl.
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Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
A nuclear meltdown which happened in a power plant in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979. It was the worst accident in United States power plant history, and ended up in the release of little amounts of radioactive gases and iodine into the atmosphere. The failures included the non-nuclear secondary system, accompanied by a stuck-open PORV in the primary system, which allowed big amounts of nuclear reactor coolant to get out. Cited Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident -
Margaret Thatcher First Woman Prime Minister of Great Britain (No Specific Date)
Margaret Thatcher, born on October 13th 1925, served as the British prime minister from 1979-1990. She was the only women to have ever held the post, and the longest serving politician of the 20th century. Her nickname the “Iron Lady” became associated with her policies later in her career. Margaret made polices that later became known as Thatcherism. Cited Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher -
The Greensboro Massacre
On November 3, 1979, five protest marchers, who were part of the Communist Workers Party, were shot and killed by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were protesting to organize mostly black industrial workers in the area. Cited Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_massacre
