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1970 Timesspan
1970-1979 -
The first episode of US soap opera All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.
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Kansas City Wins the IV Super Bowl
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Bar codes introduced in the UK on retail products
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US Soldiers found guilty of murder in My Lei Massacre
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Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
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world trade center is created
The two identical 110-story towers of the World Trade Center opened in 1970 and went on to become New York City icons and key elements of Manhattan's famous skyline. Once home to almost 500 businesses and approximately 50,000 employees, the World Trade Center towers were tragically destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. -
The first earth day
Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. -
US troops invade Cambodia
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Kent State Shooting
• Four students at Kent State University in Ohio slain by National Guardsmen at demonstration protesting incursion into Cambodia. -
Apollo 13 mission suffers huge set back
Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third 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 -
EPA was created
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•Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution
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Floppy disks invented
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The beatles break up
The Beatles break up. By the end of the year, each member had released a solo album. -
Baltimore wins the world series
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Disney World opens
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Baltimore wins the super bowl
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Amtrak created
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London Bridge Brought to the U.S.
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• US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation
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Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed
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The microprocessor is introduced
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18 year olds given right to vote
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South Vietnam and US invade Laos
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Pentagon Papers published
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• First Benefit Concert organized for Bangladesh by George Harrison
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Attica State Prison Riots
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• First Benefit Concert organized for Bangladesh by George Harrison
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Cigarette ads are banned on TV
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Pittsburgh wins the world series
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Direct dial between New York and London
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• End of Gold Standard for US Currency
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VCRs Introduced
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China joins the UN
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Dallas wins the super bowl
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George Wallace shot while campaigning
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Supreme Court rules against death penalty
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Title IX signed into law by Nixon
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) introduced
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The Wars Act passed
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• Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at Laurel, Md., political rally
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Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
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HBO launched
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Nixon visits Soviet Union
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• Five men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.’s Watergate complex—start of the Watergate scandal
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M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
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First successful video game (Pong) launched
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Nixon visits China
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Last man in the moon
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KKK riots in NYC
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Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals
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Oakland wins the baseball world series
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Watergate Scandal Begins
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Pocket Calculators Introduced
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Miami wins the super bowl
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Paul Getty Kidnapped
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U.S. Vice President Resigns
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UPC Barcodes come to US
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U.S. President Nixon Resigns
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The War Powers Act
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new model of camaro is released, awsomeness :)
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OPEC doubles price of oil
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Sears Tower Built
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U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
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Oakland wins the world series again
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Abortion Legalized in U.S.
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Endangered Species Act
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Miami wins the super bowl twice in a row
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U.S. President Nixon Resigns
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Freedom of Information Act passed over Ford’s veto
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Girls allowed to play in Little League Baseball
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National speed limit 55
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Patty Hearst Kidnapped
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Gerald Ford pardons Nixon
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For the third time in a row Oakland wins the world series
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Francisco Franco dies
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Saigon falls to communism
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Arthur Ashe First Black Man to Win Wimbledon
