Hisorian's Craft Eclipse Timeline

By mborelli8

  • Voting Age Changed

    The United States Constitution's 26th Amendment, which lowers the voting age from 21 to 18, is signed by President Richard Nixon.

  • Womens right to vote

    Women are granted the right to vote in the US by a vote of 278–124 in the House of Representatives.

  • NPR is founded

  • Eclipse Visible In The Southeast of the U.S.

  • First Earth Day

    In the United States, the inaugural Earth Day is observed, commemorating the start of the contemporary environmental movement.

  • Kent State Shooting

    During a protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University, Ohio National Guardsmen shoot and murder four students, injuring nine more. This incident is known as the Kent State shootings.

  • Voting Age Changed

    The United States Constitution's 26th Amendment, which lowers the voting age from 21 to 18, is signed by President Richard Nixon.

  • New Supreme Court Justice

    The United States Senate confirms Harry Blackmun as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

  • Wisconsin Bomb

    At the Army Mathematics Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a bomb planted by anti-war radicals detonates, killing one researcher and wounding three more.