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1970's
• 1970s events
• Beatles Break Up they broke up the band on April in 1970s. In a press meeting.
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Kent State Shooting
• Kent State Shooting on May 4,1970s the Kent state shooting
• Happened. It was in Ohio. Four students were killed.
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18yearold have the right to vote
• 18 year olds given the vote in 1970s on June 22, 1970 twenty sixth amendments gave people that were 18 years old the 18 year old had the right to vote.
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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
D.B.Cooper
• D. B. Cooper
• He was part of the FBI. He hijacked a Being 727 airspace and air craft. He did this between Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and Washington
• http://www1.assumption.edu/ahc/raceriots/default.html
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cigrarettes
• Cigarette ads are banned on T
• In 1970 cigarettes ads were banned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Health_Cigarette_Smoking_Act -
china goes communist
• China joins the UN
• Communist china was tried to spread communist around the country.
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Pong
• First successful video game (Pong) launched
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Nixon
• Nixon visits China and tries to be friend with china.
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KKK
• KKK riots in NYC 3 people died.
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Paul Getty Kidnapped
• Paul Getty Kidnapped
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III
• He kidnapped people in Rome, England.
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OPEC doubles price of oil
• OPEC doubles price of oil
• Some people couldn’t afforded http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2003/issue4/jv7n4a1.html
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• The Supreme Court m
• The Supreme Court made it illegal in 30 states.
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Nixon
• U.S. President Nixon Resigns
He was president only for one term. Then he resigned in 1974.that is when he became president 1953 to 1961
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• Girls
• Girls allowed to play in Little League Baseball
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Freedom of Information act g
Freedom of Information act government subservience to the individual, some and they thought it was necessary for government information to be available to the public.
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President Ford assassination attempts
President Ford assassination attempts
He is the only president that did have any Electoral College votes.
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Francisco Franco
• Francisco Franco dies
• November 20, 1975, Madrid
• He was general1970. Franco Spanish name
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• Jimmy Hoffa disappears
• Jimmy Hoffa disappears
• He disappears after 2:45 p.m. in 1975
• He also was in prison until 1980.
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Mao Testing dies
• Mao Testing dies
• He tried to spare communist around china. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
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• Bet Amax VCR’s released
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Apple Computer launched
• Apple Computer launched
• Apple computers launched in 1978-1981
• Didn’t go in the music business. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer • Apple computers launched in 1978-1981
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Alaskan Pipeline completed
• Alaskan Pipeline completed
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Based on Alex Haley’s novel
• Miniseries Roots Airs
• Based on Alex Haley’s novel TVs could be in American Family homes.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(TV miniseries)
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• New York City blackout
• New York City blackout
• The city didn’t have that day. People that live in New York City were most affected .In other cities they still had power. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977
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• Jonestown Massacre
• Jonestown Massacre
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First Test-Tube Baby Born
• First Test-Tube Baby Born
• They take the baby out of the mother and keep in a test tub that isfertilized egg. Then they give it back to the mother and the mother gives the baby what it needs.
• http://history1900s.about.com/od/1970s/qt/testtube.htm
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The Atlantic
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• Atlantic City permits gambling
• The Atlantic City population is 39,558. There were 274,549 people living in Atlantic City.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey
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Sony Introduces the Walkman
• Sony Introduces the Walkman
• It was a mobile phones and it had head phones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman
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• ESPN starts broadcasting
• ESPN starts broadcasting
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Jerry Farwell begins Moral Majority
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• Jerry Farwell begins Moral Majority
• He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell
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