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1970-2012 Annotated Timeline
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Computer Floppy Disks First introduced
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VCR introduced
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Ping Pong Diplomacy
The people's Republic of China invites the US table tennis team to BeiJing. International Event -
M.A.S.H TV show premiers
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Nixon travels to People's Republic of China
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US and Vietnam sign truce
US withdraws troops from Vietnam
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Abortion legalized in US
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Nixon resigns from Presidency
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Microsoft Founded by Bill Gates
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Refugees called "Boat People" begin fleeing Vietnam
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Jimmy Carter leads Presidential campaign against President Gerald Ford
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Elvis found Dead at age 42
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Star Wars released
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University of California vs. Bakke
Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke. It was a racism case where a white man couldn't get in but other minorities that had worse grades got in.
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John Paul II becomes Pope
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First Test Tube Baby
Test tube babies were scientific experiments that were attempts at parents unable to concieve to be able to concieve.
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President Carter Negotiates Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt
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Sony introduces first Walkmen
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Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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An Iranian molo seizes American Embassy in Tehran
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Soviet Union invades Afghanistan to enforce communist government
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Lech Walesa's solidarity trade union leads protests in Poland
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Pac-man video game released
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Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics
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MTV starts up
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New plague identified as A.I.D.S
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Personal computers first introduced by IBM
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Sandra Day O'Connor becomes 1st female US supreme court justice
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Deepest US recession since The Great Depression begins.
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E.T. Movie released
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Suicide Bombers attack US peace keepers in Lebanon, killing 241
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Michael Jackson releases song "Thriller"
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New type of Coca-Cola hits the market
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A hole in the ozone layer was discovered
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet in first of thier arms reduction summits
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Challenger space shuttle explodes
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DNA first used to convict criminals
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George H. W. Bush becomes President
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Colin Powell becomes first Black to serve as chairman of the Joints Cheifs of Staffs
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China crushes pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square
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Berlin Wall Falls
Berlin Wall falls as protests bring down communist regimes in Eastern Europe
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Nelson Mandela freed from prison
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Hubble Telescope launched into Space
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Copper Age man found frozen in Glacier
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Riots in Los Angeles break out after Rodney King verdict.
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Israel and the PHO sign the Oslo accords
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Bill Clinton becomes president
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World Trade Center bombed by terrorists, killing 6 and injuring 1000's
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OJ Simpson arrested for Double Murder
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UN forces land in Haiti to restore democracy
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Terrorist attack destroys US federal building in Oklahoma City, OK. Killing 168 people
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The Unabomber was arrested
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Pathfinder sends back images of Mars
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Scientists find a way to clone animals, Sheep are first cloned.
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Viagra, a male enhancement pill, comes on market
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Titanic awarded most succesful movie ever
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Serbian Leader, Sloboclan Milosevic, sends troops into Kosavo to drive ethnic Albanians from Region
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US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Clinton
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JFK Jr. Dies in plane accident
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Killing Spree at Columbine High School
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US and NATO forces stop ethnic 'cleansing" of Kosavo
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Aurul goldmine dam in Romania over flows releasing cyanide into Danube River
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Russian nuclear submarine, The Kursk, sinks off the coast of Minsk, Russia.
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Vladimir Putin elected as Russian President
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Metallica sues Napster
Napster sued for copy right infringements and unlawful use of digital audio interface.
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Beatles release #1 hit after 30 years of being broken up.
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Foreign terrorist attack World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
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Lead Guitarist and Vocals, George Harrison of the Beatles dies of lung cancer.
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Three Gorges Dam is 70% complete. relocating 1.13 million people.
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Toyota releases first ever hybrid car.
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President Bush orders invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from Power.
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China launches first space mission
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President George W. Bush wins re-election
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Iraqis approve a new constitution.
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North Korea conducts first ever Nuclear bomb test.
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Ornette Coleman wins Music Pulitzer Prize.
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US enters major financial crisis, Hits recession.
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Terrorist attacks in Instanbul.
2 bombs explode in a crowded neighborhood. 15 dead and 100+ wounded.
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Barack Obama elected as first African-American President of US.
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The Three Gorges Dam is completed.
Stability and economical effects are subjects of uncertainty. -
"King of Pop" Michael Jackson dies.
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