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Earth Day
On April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. Earth Day started because Senator Nelson thought it was horrible that our environment was not being tooken care of. -
Kent State
On May 7, 1970 members Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd at Kent State University killing 4 and injuring 9. -
Watergate Scandal
Robbers broke into the Watergate building to wiretap and steal documents for Nixon's campaign. -
Munich Massacre
The Munich Massacre was an attack during the 1972 Olympic games. 11 athletes were captured and killed eventually. -
Vietman 1973
America takes their troops out of Vietnam ending Amercian involvment in the war. -
Nixon Resigns
Richard Nixon resigned because he was faced with almost certain impeachment and removal from office. -
Gerald Ford
On September 5 Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate President Ford. -
Roots miniseries
Roots was a miniseries on ABC that aired from January 23-30 based on a novel -
Stars Wars
Star Wars came out and this was a the beginning of a big movie success -
Elvis's death
Elvis died of an overdose of prescribed medications to pump him up on stage. -
John Paul ||
John Paul || died suddenly shortly after his election -
3 mile island
The nuclear power plant melted causing serious after effects -
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was the first woman prime minister of Britain. -
Iran Hostages
Iranian students took over the U.S. embassy and kidnapped 60 people for 444 days.
