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Singer Led Zeplin
Led Zeppelin was a highly innovative band that created a new sound, which has come to be known as heavy metal or hard rock by combining three elements; acoustic folk, hippie mysticism, and power chords with high volume and distortion. They have earned their place as one of the best rock bands in rock history. -
NASA launch
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission, is successfully launched from cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A, John Swingers, and Fred Haise. The lunar landing mission was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) failed two days into the mission. The first thing being urgently radioed the famous line; “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” -
President Richard Nixon ordered the U.S. ground troops to invade Cambodia
The invasion was under the pretext of disrupting the North Vietnamese. They invaded in order to bomb and destroy the Viet Cong base camps, which were backing up other operations in South Vietnam calling it the policy of Vietnamization. -
Women Strike for Equality
Ten thousand women marched down New York's Fifth Avenue to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The Strike movement demanded free abortion on demand, free 24-hour community-controlled child care centers, and equal opportunity in jobs and education. Events over the course of the day gave additional weight to these demands. -
Michael Jackson
Known as the "King of Pop," Michael Jackson was a best-selling American singer, songwriter, and dancer. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family's popular Motown group, the Jackson 5. He went on to a solo career of astonishing worldwide success -
Bloody Sunday
British soldiers opened fire against protestors in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on January 30, 1972. The protesters were marching against British rule. On scene, thirteen people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. After this, three decades of violence known as the troubles followed, and about 3,000 people died. -
Watergate Scandal
Stemmed from the Nixon’s administration continual attempts to cover up its involvement in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington that was carried out under the direction of White House employees. Disclosure of the White House's involvement in the break-in and subsequent cover-up that forced President Nixon to resign in 1974 to avoid impeachment. -
Space Pong
Pong was the first commercially successful video game, and it helped to establish the video game industry along with the Magnavox Odyssey. Soon after its release, several companies began producing games that closely mimicked its gameplay table tennis–themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released in 1972. -
Elvis Presley
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis won three Grammy awards during his lifetime, all for gospel music. Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. He was an international sensation. He was known as the "king of rock and roll". -
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Oil/Energy Crisis
The oil crisis of the 1970s was brought about by two specific events occurring in the Middle-east, the Yom-Kippur War of 1973 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Both events resulted in disruptions of oil supplies from the region which created difficulties for the nations that relied on energy exports from the region. The crisis led to stagnant economic growth in many countries as oil prices surged. -
Roe V. Wade
Supreme court case where Jane Roe filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the district attorney of Dallas County. This court held that a woman's right to an abortion was implicit in the right to privacy protected by the 14th amendment. And in a 7-2 decision the court struck down the Texas law banning abortion, legalizing the procedure nationwide. -
Paris Peace Accords
Titled the agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam. The settlement included a cease-fire throughout Vietnam. In addition, the United States agreed to the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and advisors along with the dismantling of all U.S. bases within 60 days. In return, the North Vietnamese agreed to release all U.S. and other prisoners of war. -
handheld modern phone
Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher, and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr -
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are a British rock group, formed in the 1960s and 70s, that drew on Chicago blues stylings to create a unique vision of the dark side of post-1960s counterculture. The original members were Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. -
funk art
The movement's name was derived from the jazz musical term "funky", describing the passionate, sensuous, and quirky. During the 1920s, jazz was thought of as very basic, unsophisticated music, and many people believed Funk was an unrefined style of art as well. -
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Ted Bundy
(executed on January 24, 1989) Ted Bundy was a serial killer who killed lots of people. He confessed to 30 homicides across 7 states in America between 1974-78. He targeted young women and girls. Bundy committed kidnapping, rape, and murder, and the actual number of victims is still unknown today. It was hard for people to believe that Ted Bundy was a serial killer and this was because he had a charming personality, a handsome appearance, and he also had a law school background. -
Richard Nixon Resigns
President Richard Nixon made an address to the American public from the Oval Office on August 8, 1974, to announce his resignation from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal. -
Linda Thompson
Began her acting career as a "Hee Haw Honey" on the American television variety show, Hee Haw. She was an American songwriter, beauty pageant winner, and with Olympic winner Caitlyn Jenner. -
Son Of Sam( David Berkowitz)
After a series of shootings and murders, that police believe began in the summer of 1976. Son of Sam was arrested o August 10, 1977. He was convicted of killing six people and wounding seven during his crime spree. Known for targeting young women, and he sent mysterious, antagonizing letters to the New York police. -
The Jonestown Massacre
In Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978, Bodies lie around the compound of the people's Temple. These people were a part of a cult led by the rev. Jim Jones. More than 900 members of this cult died from cyanide poisoning. A third of those who perished were children. This was the largest mass- suicide in modern history. -
portable music player
The invention of the Sony Walkman. With the release of the first-gen Walkman (the Walkman TPS-L2), music lovers could enjoy tunes on cassettes wherever they wanted. For the first time, people didn’t have to stay home or stay in the car to listen to their music. -
Bell bottoms
The pants were typically flared from the knee down, with bottom leg openings of up to twenty-six inches. Made from denim, bright cotton, and satin polyester, they were so popular that they became a symbol of the outlandish and colorful style of the decade. -
Three Mile Island (nuclear accident)
In Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear accident in U.S history took place. Large amounts of reactor coolant and radioactive gases were released into the environment from the Three Mile Island Power Plant. No one died but within days of this accident, 140,000 people evacuated their homes within a 20-mile radius of the power plant, cleanup from this accident began in August 1979 and wasn't completed until December 1993.