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A shooting at Kent State University kills four and wounds nine others.
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The south tower is complete, the north tower is almost complete.
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The main reason the Beatles broke up is because Paul McCartney filed a suit for the dissoultion of their contractual partnership.
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The NASA Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. Sadly, it didnt work for long.
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A man named Dan Cooper hijacks a plane and demands $200,000. Once he got the money he parachuted out the plane, never to be seen or heard again.
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Apollo 17 was launched to the moon at 12:33 a.m.
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It prevents the president from commitment of US forces abroad for more than 60 days without Congressional approval.
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The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was a terrorist group which ordered the wealthy Hearst family to distribute $2 million in free food to the area's poor. After the demands were met, they got a picture of their daughter with a machine gun that stated she was staying on to fight with the group. When she was caught a year later, it was argued that she had been brainwashed. She was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prision (later commuted by President Carter).
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Once the articles of impeachment had been drawn up, Nixon was required to release more tapes, which clearly tied him to the Watergate coverup.
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ESPN started as an alternative to standard television news broadcasts and the information found in "Sports" sections of newspapers.
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11 people were trampled to death outside the Riverfront Coliseum in Cicinnatti, OH. The city of Cicinnatti passed a by-law banning festival seating and general admission.
