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The gov’t felt the water pollution, air conditions, and land usage were all unhealthy for the environment so they created EPA and earth day is the conservation effort
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The ratification of the 26th amendment drops the voting age to 18.
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In 1971, The Times published articles on “the Pentagon Papers", a secret study of the Vietnam War by the Defense Department that covered the years 1945 to 1968. The study showed that over the years the federal government had misled the public about the reasons for the start of the war.
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Israeli athletes are murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
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The worlds strongest measured tornado touched down in Xenia, Ohio.
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Gerald R. Ford took office as the 38th president of America.
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Elvis Presley is pronounced dead at age 42. It was first determined to be a heart attack, but later discovered to be an overdose on prescription drugs.
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The Soviet Union invaded neighboring Afghanistan to rescue a Communist-leading gov’t under attack by Islamic rebels
