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US Soldiers found guilty of murder in My Lei Massacre
- U.S soldiers of Charlie Company 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the American Division, 26 soldiers were charged with criminal offenses for their actions at My Lai, but only Second Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader of Charlie Company, was found guilty of killing 22 civilians and was sentenced to three and a half years on house arrest.
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The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles had their temporary break ups as both George and Ringo left the band from 1968-1969. But Paul made the break up official on 1970 -
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Cigarette ads are banned on TV
Tobacco ads were banned from T.V and cigarette makers defended their industries by denying that nicotine was addictive and that it caused cancer. They continued to put up ads on unregulated print Medias, eventually the tobacco companies lost the regulatory battle over T.V and radio. The last Tobacco ad ran at 11:50 p.m. -
U.S. and Southern Vietnamese invade Laos
U.S and the South Vietnamese invasion of Southern Laos had been underway since early Monday, but Washington was trying to keep it a secret. About 4000 to 5000 Vietnamese troops parachuted down into Southern Laos; Northern Vietnamese sent supplies to Laos but the U.S b-52 bombers to destroy the supply trails. -
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Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
The Munich Massacre is the informal name give to the events that happened in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Bavaria. Black September (the Palestinian group who took hostage members of the Israeli Olympic team and eventually killed them).After the Palestinians demanded the release of 234 prisoners. 5 out of the 8 members of Black September were killed by police officers and the rest were captured. -
Pong is created
Pongwas maed by Bushnell and Dabney, used the same television set up design as Computer Space, and was not released until 1972, a year after Computer Space. -
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Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species ActThe 1973 Act implemented the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed by the United States on March 3, 1973, and the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the West signed by the United States on October 12, 1940. Through federal action and by encouraging the establishment of state programs, the 1973 Endangered Species Act provided for the conservation o -
Abortion was legalized in 1973
Abortion was legalized in 1973 when the U.S.Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that a woman has the right to decide what happens to her own body. This decision rested on the "right to privacy" which was introduced in 1965. In addition, the Court ruled that the state could intervene and could ban abortions. However, a central issue, which the Court declined to address, is whether human life begins at conception, at birth, or at a point in between. -
Patty Hearst kidnapped
Patty Hearst is an American newspaper heiress. Her kidnapping case is considered to be an example of Stockholm Syndrome. In 1974 she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army after taking part in a bank robbery was put injail for to years and was pardoned by Bill Clinton in his last act in office. -
Girls allowed to play in Little League Baseball
in 1974, Little League Softball for girls was created, and the baseball rules and regulations were made for both gender. In 1974, nearly 30,000 girls signed up for the softball program. One in 57 Little Leaguers that year was a girl. -
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Francisco Franco dies
General Francisco Franco who ruled Spain with an iron fist for 39 years died at the age of 82. -
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Mao Tse Tung Dies
Mao Tse Tung died in 1976 at age 82. The cause of death was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, (Stephen Hawking has it too) as well as breathing problem from smoking. -
Elvis Aaron Presley Dies
Baptist Hospital, Memphis at 3:30 P.M. on August 16, 1977.
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Jonestown Massacre
Jonestown was the name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project an intentional community in northwestern Guyana by the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious when on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and Guyana's capital. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. -
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
On March 28, 1979, there was a cooling system malfunction that caused a partial meltdown of the reactor core. This loss of coolant accident resulted in the release of a high amount of radioactivity, estimated at 43,000 curies of radioactive krypton85 gas, but less than 20 curies of the hazardous iodine131, into the environment.The nuclear power industry claims that there were no deaths, injuries or adverse health effects from the accidents.
