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Beatles Break Up
Many people blame John's obsession with Yoko Ono or Paul's new love, Linda Eastman, as the reason for the band's break up. However, the band members had been growing apart for years. On August 20, 1969, the Beatles recorded together for the very last time and in 1970 the group officially dissolved. beatles break up -
Kent State Shootings
On May 4, l970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. H. R. Haldeman, a top kent state shooting -
Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
Alternatively referred to as a floppy or floppy disk, a floppy disk was originally created in 1967 by IBM to help have an alternative to buying hard drives that were extremely expensive at the time and were not thought of as something to be used with a standard computer. The first disk was introduced in 1971. The disk was 8" in diameter with a magnetic coating, enclosed in a cardboard case with the capacity of one megabyte. floppy -
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United Kingdom Changes to Decimal System for Currency
Under the old currency of pounds, shillings and pence, the pound was made up of 240 pence, with 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. On 15 February 1971, known as Decimal Day, the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalised their currencies. -
VCRs Introduced
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Watergate Scandal Begins
The scandal takes its name from the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., the site of a 17 June 1972 break-in into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Subsequently, five men were arrested for breaking and entering. watergate -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany on 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, who were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian group Black September. -
Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals
Perhaps no one athlete put more pressure on himself than American swimmer Mark Spitz. The athlete's bold predictions and cocky disposition made it almost impossible for him to live up to the standards he was setting for himself. Fortunately at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, his incredible talent in the pool turned out to be even bigger than all the hype that surrounded him. wins 7 -
Roe vs Wade Legalizes Abortion in the U.S.
jane roe Roe v. Wade is the historic Supreme Court decision overturning a Texas interpretation of abortion law and making abortion legal in the United States. The Roe v. Wade decision held that a woman, with her doctor, could choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without legal restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy. Later in life Jane Roe now tries to take back this law -
U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
The peace talks then resumed, and on January 27, 1973, the parties agreed to a cease-fire the following day, the withdrawal of all U.S. forces, the release of all prisoners of war, and the creation of an international force to keep the peace. The South Vietnamese were to have the right to determine their own future, but North Vietnamese troops stationed in the south could remain. By the end of 1973, almost all U.S. military personnel had left South Vietnam. -
Patty Hearst Kidnapped
Patty hearst was American newspaper, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber. Her kidnapping case is held by many as an example of Stockholm syndrome. he was subsequently observed participating in their illegal activities. Hearst later alleged that she had been held in close confinement, sexually assaulted and brainwashed. patty patty part 2 -
U.S. President Nixon Resigns
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Microsoft Founded
In the beginning, www.microsoft.com was just one computer tucked under a table at the end of a long hallway. It was designed to test Microsoft's first 32-bit Windows implementation of TCP/IP, the software plumbing in Windows that enables Internet communications. micro -
Cambodian Genocide Begins
In Cambodia, a genocide was carried out by the Communist Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot between 1975 and 1979 in which one and a half to three million people were killed. pol pot -
Tangshan Earthquake Kills Over 240,000
The number of deaths initially reported by the Chinese government was 655,000, but this number has since been stated to be around 240,000 to 255,000. Another report indicates that the actual death toll was much higher, at approximately 650,000 -
North and South Vietnam Join to Form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Following the Paris Peace actions on 27 January 1973, all American combat troops were withdrawn by 29 March 1973. In December 1974, North Vietnam captured the province of Phước Long and started a full-scale offensive, culminating in the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. South Vietnam was briefly ruled by a provisional government while under military occupation by North Vietnam. On 2 July 1976, North and South Vietnam were merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam -
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Elvis Found Dead
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42 at the time of death. He had been on the toilet, but fallen off onto the floor, where he lay in a pool of his own vomit Elvisl -
South African Anti-Apartheid Leader Steve Biko Tortured to Death
On 12 September 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko died in a prison cell in Pretoria. The announcement of Biko's death by the South African government the next day sparked international and national protest. -
John Paul II Becomes Pope
n 1978 became the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years. He was a vocal advocate for human rights and used his influence to effect political change. John paul -
First Test-Tube Baby Born
Louise Joy Brown is best known as the world's first "test-tube baby." Her birth by C section shortly before midnight on July 25, 1978, at Oldham General Hospital in England, made headlines around the world. testtube -
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
Within seconds of the shutdown, the pilot-operated relief valve on the reactor cooling system opened, as it was supposed to. About 10 seconds later it should have closed. But it remained open, leaking vital reactor coolant water to the reactor coolant drain tank bomb -
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days, after a group of Iranian students, belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who were supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the US Embassy in Tehran. it was also made into a movie in 2012 argo
