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Timeline for the 1970s

By kotamornhinweg22
  • Seatbelts become standard in cars

    Seatbelts become standard in cars

  • Beatles Break Up

    Beatles Break Up

  • 4 students shot and killed while protesting the draft.

    4 students shot and killed while protesting the draft.

  • The Bhola Cyclone begins

    This is when it began, it ended on the 13th of November
  • UK switches to decimals for currency

    UK switches to decimals for currency

  • Intel 4004 produced

    Intel 4004 produced

    This was Intel's first processor.
  • VCR's are introduced

    VCR's are introduced

  • The London Bridge was brought to the US

    The London Bridge was brought to the US

  • Pocket Calculators Introduced

    Pocket Calculators Introduced

  • Watergate Scandal Begins

    Watergate Scandal Begins

  • The Munich Massacre

    The Munich Massacre

  • M.A.S.H. first aired

    M.A.S.H. first aired

  • US pulls out of Vietnam

    US pulls out of Vietnam

  • The Sears Tower opens

    The Sears Tower opens

  • Ethernet Concept Created

    Ethernet Concept Created

  • VP Agnew Resigns

    VP Agnew Resigns

  • 55mph becomes speed limit on highways

    55mph becomes speed limit on highways

  • Disposable Lighters Invented

    Disposable Lighters Invented

  • Ted Bundy's first recorded murder

    Ted Bundy's first recorded murder

  • Nixon Resigns

    Nixon Resigns

  • Microsoft founded

    Microsoft founded

  • "Jaws" released

    "Jaws" released

  • Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon

    Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon

    He becomes the first black man to do so.
  • First assasination attempt on Gerald Ford

    First assasination attempt on Gerald Ford

    The first out of two attempts.
  • Bank robbery in Beirut

    Bank robbery in Beirut

    Nets world-record $20-50 Million stolen
  • British pound falls below $2 for the first time

    British pound falls below $2 for the first time

  • Apple is founded

    Apple is founded

  • North and South Vietnam join together to form Vietnam

    North and South Vietnam join together to form Vietnam

  • Apple becomes incorporated

    Apple becomes incorporated

    Becomes Apple Computer, Inc.
  • Reproccesing of nuclear weapons stopped

    Reproccesing of nuclear weapons stopped

    Jimmy Carter tries to discourage the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
  • US Energy Crisis

    US Energy Crisis

    President Carter announces that the US in in an energy crisis due to war.
  • "Star Wars" is released

    "Star Wars" is released

  • First US females selected to be astronauts

    First US females selected to be astronauts

    Selected by NASA.
  • Production of Neutron bomb postponed by Jimmy Carter

    Production of Neutron bomb postponed by Jimmy Carter

  • Ted Bundy recaptured after escaping.

    Ted Bundy recaptured after escaping.

  • John Paul II becomes pope

    John Paul II becomes pope

  • Satellite Telephone System first developed

    Satellite Telephone System first developed

  • The Cambodian Genocide ends

    The Cambodian Genocide ends

  • A top secret Pentagon document titled "History of the Custody and Deployment of Nuclear Weapons" was completed.

    A top secret Pentagon document titled "History of the Custody and Deployment of Nuclear Weapons" was completed.

    *Just said February, didn't say exact date
  • The Nuclear Accident on Three-Mile Island

    The Nuclear Accident on Three-Mile Island