70's s Timeline

1'st Earth Day

Mar 21, 1970

It was created to make the importance of keeping earth clean.

Kent State Shooting

May 4, 1970

Us. National Guard fired into a crowd of dmenstraters killing 4 and wounding 9.

WaterGate

Jun 17, 1972

5 Men tried broke into a facility that goverment lived at and were carrying survelence devices and were trying to bug phones to spy on people but were caught. Nixon was later found guilty

Munich Games

Sep 11, 1972

11 Isariel Olmpic Team members were taken hostage and killed.

Vietnam Peace is made

Jan 27, 1973

North and south Korea decde to make peace and make two diffrent countries instead of one

Elvises Death

Aug 16, 1975

He died in his home larte at night some thing he overdosed on drugs.

Gerald Ford Assasination Attempt [sacramento]

Sep 5, 1975

Lynette Fromme attempted to assasinate Gerald Ford because she wanted to make a statement to people about eviremental care.

Roots Airs

Jan 27, 1977

Roots first comes to Tv and it end up winning 37 emmy awards.

Star Wars starts

May 25, 1977

The first Star Wars is released.

Pope John Paul II resigns

Aug 26, 1978

The Pope suddenly resigned and had a sudden death 33 days later.

Three Mile Island Accident

Mar 28, 1979

This event was a particual nucleur meltdown in one of the reacters in Pennsylvania,

Margret Thatcher

May 4, 1979

She was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970-1990 she was the longest in office and defeted many issues there.

Iran Hostage Crisis

Nov 4, 1979

66 American diplomats and citizens were held for 444 days after a group of Irananian Revalation took over U.S embacy in Tehran.