The Major Events of 1970

By 16cwernmo

  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13
    Failed mission. Returned to Earth April 17
    Oxygen tanks exploded had to return early.
    Took of from Kennedy Space Center.

  • First Earth Day

    First Earth Day
    Earth day is held to demonstrate the support for environmental protection.

  • Disney World opens

    Disney World opens
    Disney world is located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The Founders of Disney world is Walt disney and his brother to co founder Roy O. Disney.

  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal
    Major political scandal that occurred as a result of the 1972 break-in at the Demographic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex and the Nixon administration’s attempted to cover-up its involvement.

  • Oli Crisis

    Oli Crisis
    Members of the OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo. By the end of the embargo oil prices had risen from $3 to about $12

  • Vietnam War Ending

    Vietnam War Ending
    The was lasted over 18 years. 60,000 Amercian deaths
    The Case-Church amendment pulled United States out of the War Fierce Close Combat

  • First Test Tube Baby

    First Test Tube Baby
    Was surgically removed from her mom in November 1977. Her sister was also a test tube baby, and was the first test tube baby to give natural birth. The procedure is called IVF, and the doctor who performed it, Robert Edwards, won the 2010 nobel peace prize. Louise Brown gave natural birth in 2006

  • Muhammed Ali vs. Joe Frazier: Thrilla in Manila

    Muhammed Ali vs. Joe Frazier: Thrilla in Manila
    It was the last and final time that the two of the boxed each other. It went into 14 rounds and and the end of the 14th round Frazier tranier wound not let him return to the ring. In that Ali won by TKO.

  • Jimmy Carter Election

    Jimmy Carter Election
    He was Democratic. Carter won the Perctile vote and Ford won the Electoral votes. Closet election since 1916.

  • Star Wars premiere

    Star Wars premiere
    Star wars is directed by George Lucas. The first star wars premiere was on May 25,1977

  • Alaskan Black Gold

    Alaskan Black Gold
    The first drop of crude oilwent through the pipe lines. It started at 300,000 barrels a day and went up to 2 million barrels a day.

  • Elvis Dies!

    Elvis Dies!
    He died at the age of 42. Elvis had many years of prescription drug abuse that deteriorated his health.

  • Three Mile Islands

    Three Mile Islands
    It was in two of the nuclear reactors at Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. There was a failure in the non-nuclear secondary system and a pilot-operated releif valve stuck open.