Events of 1969- 1977

1969- 1977

Period: Jan 1, 1969 to Dec 31, 1977

First "Earth Day"

Apr 22, 1970

Shooting at Kent State University

May 4, 1970

Four students killed when National Guardsmen opened fire during anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio

First Gay Pride

Jun 28, 1970

Gay Pride march held in New York City commermorating the first anniversity of the Stonewall Rebellion, considered to be the beginning of the morden GLBT movement.

Daniel Ellsberg leaks the Pentagon Papers

Mar 18, 1971

Pentagon Papers, massive collection of top-secert government documents, Daniel's publication helps to discredit the Vietnam War policies of the Nixon administration.

Anti-war March

Apr 24, 1971

Huge anti-war march in Washington, D.C.

Republican agents burglarize Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex

May 17, 1972

SALTI signed by United States and the Soviets

May 29, 1972

Nineteen killed in terrorist siege at Munich Olympic Games

Sep 5, 1972

Roe V. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion

Jan 22, 1973

Amid charges of corruption and scandal, VP Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to income tax evasion and resigns from office

Oct 10, 1973

Gerald Ford, congressman from Michigan, becomes the new vice president

Dec 6, 1973

Economy in worst recession in 40 years

Jan 1, 1974

Ford becomes the thirty-eighth president after Richard Nixon, facing impeachment charges, is forced to resign

Aug 9, 1974

South Vietnam falls to Communist forces of North Vietnam.

Apr 30, 1975

The country commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a spectacular bicentennial celebration

Jul 4, 1976