Timeline of the 1970s

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    1970s

  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13
    One of the oxygen tanks blew up and disabled the second one, thus making them turn around and go back to earth.

  • Kent State Riot

    Kent State Riot
    4 People die during this demonstration for peace.

  • Olympic Games Violence

    Olympic Games Violence
    Several Athletes were killed.

  • Nixon's Watergate Scandal

    Nixon's Watergate Scandal
    A hotel security guard accidentally discovered an enormous White House scandal.

  • Oil Crisis

    Oil Crisis
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised the price of oil nearly 200 percent.

  • Sears Tower was finished

    Sears Tower was finished
    110 stories, 1,454 feet high and spread across two street blocks.

  • Hank Aaron beats home run record

    Hank Aaron beats home run record
    His homeruns are counted at 755.

  • Vietnam War Ends

    Vietnam War Ends
    The war lasted 18 years 4 months 4 weeks and a day.

  • The first Star Wars movie

    The first Star Wars movie

  • Elvis Presley Dies

    Elvis Presley Dies
    Died at 42 from a heart attack.

  • Iranian Students take ninety Americans Hostage

    Iranian Students take ninety Americans Hostage
    In the U.S. Embassy, they released some and kept 52 of them so they could bargain for what they want.

  • Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident

    Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident