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1967
The OIL Embargo began on June 6, 1967, the second day of the six day war. -
1968
Martin Luther King is shot dead at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Riots erupt in major American cities, lasting for several days afterwards. -
1969
The Harvard University Administration Building is seized by close to 300 students, mostly members of the Students for a Democratic Society. Before the takeover ends, 45 will be injured and 184 arrested. -
1970
United States Postal Service workers in New York City go on strike; the strike spreads to the state of California and the cities of Akron, Ohio, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and Denver; 210,000 out of 750,000 U.S. postal employees walk out. President Nixon assigns military units to New York City post offices. The strike lasts 2 weeks. -
1971
A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. -
1972
The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). -
1973
The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). -
1974
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9). -
1975
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. -
1976
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. -
1977
The world's first all-in-one home computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. -
1978
The world's first all-in-one home computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. -
1979
U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. -
1980
U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. -
1981
U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; 2 police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded. -
1982
President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament. -
1983
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: At the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday on the third Monday of every January to honor American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. -
1984
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: At the White House Rose Garden, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday on the third Monday of every January to honor American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. -
1985
Back to the Future opens in American theatres and ends up being the highest-grossing film of 1985 in the United States and the first film in the successful franchise. -
1986
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was passed. -
1987
US Stock Market Crashes on Monday, October 19th , 1987 with a 508 point drop or 22.6% -
1988
A new drug Crack appears ( A derivative of Cocaine ) and is increasingly found in the US Cities. -
1989
The Galileo Spacecraft is launched by NASA on October 18th. -
1990
U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination. -
1991
The first anti-stalking law, passed in 1990, goes into effect in California.