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Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
A P.F.L.P splinter group blew up two airplanes, which causied one to crash and luckly, the other plane landed saftly. Forty-seven people were killed and both the P.F.L.P. and other Palestinian guerrilla organizations condemn the attacks.
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Beatles Brakeup
The Beatles broke up in April 1970 (I don't know exact day in April). They broke up because of the death of their manager Brian Epstein, the cessation of touring in 1966, but mostly it was because each Beatle was personally involved in financial and legal conflicts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_break-up -
Kent State Shootings
The gaurdsmen shot 67 rounds of bullets in only 13 seconds, which killed 4 students and injuring 9 others who became paralyzed forever. Some of the students that were shot were protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which Nixon announced on T.V on April 30. The other students that were shot was just by standers and walked near by & observing the protest from a distance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_Shootings -
Cigarette ads are banned on TV
It was designed to limit the practice of smoking. It needed a stronger health warning on cigarette packages, saying for example "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health". -
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Attica State Prison Riots
Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York. It was about how the prisoners wanted better living condtions. September 13, 1971, a black prisoner was shot to death by corrections officers. About 2,200 inmates rebelled and seized control of the prison. 33 was took hostage. The following 4 days of negotiations, authorities agreed 28 of the prisoners' demands, but didn't agree to demands for complete a Amnesty from criminal prosecution for the prison takeover or for the removal of Attica's -
Disney World Opens
After 7 yearsof planning, 10,000 visitors went to Orlando, Florida to be apart of the special grand opening of Disney World, The Magic Kingdom is approximately 107 acres, which featured Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Tomorrowland, a Main Street USA, and about 5,500 Cast Members. http://www.thisdayindisneyhistory.com/DisneyWorldGrandOpening.html -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich (part 2)
following the hijacking by Black September of a Lufthansa airliner later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
Summer of 1972 during olympics in Munich(idk day). Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. After the Palestinians demanded to realese 234 prisoners in Israeli jails. The end of the ordeal, kidnappers had killed eleven Israeli athletes, coaches and a West German police officer.5/8 members of Black September were killed by police officers. The three surviving assassins were captured, but was released by West Germany -
KKK Riots in NYC
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George Wallace shot while campaigning
He was shot 5 times, One or more of the bullets hit him in the Spinal coloum and left him paralyzed. He was shot while campeigning in Wheaton, Maryland an it was at the time whem he was recieving high rates in the opion poll.
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Abortion Legalized in U.S.
The legality of abortion was decided by the states. It was illegal in 30 states and legal under certain cases in 20 states. Roe established that "the right of personal privacy includes the abortion decision, but that this right is not unqualified, and must be considered against important state interests in regulation." (Idk day&month)
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Sears Tower
It was built in May, 1973, (Idk day). This structure reaches 110 floors and a height of 1,450 feet (442 metres), NOT including broadcast antennas and their supports.
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Paul Getty Kidnapped (part 2)
the other ear will arrive. In other words, he will arrive in little bits." Getty Sr. payed a ransom, he only paid $2.2 million because that was the highest amount tax would deduct. Getty III was found alive in southern Italy, 15 December 1973, after the ransom was paid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III -
Paul Getty Kidnapped
At 3 a.m, he was kidnapped in the Piazza Farnese, Rome. A ransom note was sent & demanded $17 million so he would return safely. When it arrived, family members thought the kidnapping was a joke from a kid that has already joked about it before. Another letter was sent, but came late. November 1973, an envelope held a lock of hair and a human ear was sent to a daily newspaper, threatning of Paul, unless $3.2 million was paid: "This is Paul's ear. If we don't get some money within 10 days, then -
National Speed Limit 55
By doing this, people thought that this would make gasoline consumption would deccrease by 2.2%, and savings would be 0.5% or 1%. Most states were against the law. But in the end was changed and went up to 65 mph in 1987 and 1988.
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Patty Hearst Kidnapped
The 19 year old, Patty Hearst, was kidnapped from Berkely, California Her kidnappers forced her to go outside of a bank and I think protest or threaten them of some sort.
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Girls allowed to play in Little League
President Gareld Ford signed a legislation that allowed girls to participate in Little League. And instead of Little League saying that it allows specifially boys, it now says allowed for the "young people". The new law also takes away the saying or referance "manhood" with Little League.
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Jimmy Hoffa dissapears
Jimmy dissapeared at 2:45 p.m at the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant. He was told to meet with 2 Mafia leaders. That evening, his wife reported him missing. His car was found at the restuarant but not him. An investigation was sent out for him and lasted a couple of years and even the FBI looked for him. Later on, the 2 Mafia leaders, Giacalone and Provenzano, were found and they both said that they didn't schedueling a meeting with him. Hoffa was declared dead on 1982. -
President Ford Assassination
At California State Capital, Lynnette Fromme took out a Colt M1911 .45 caliber pistol and put it on President Ford when he reached out to her to skale her hand. There were 4 chargers and the gun's magazine, but what was empty was the firing chamber.
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President Ford Assassination 2#
In San Framsisco, Sara Jane Moore shot at Ford with a revolver from 40 feet away. Oliver Sipple, a bystander, grabbed Sara's arm and caused the bullet to change it's direction and didn't hit President Gerald Ford. -
Francisco Franco dies
On October 30th, Fransico Franco went into a coma, and then was put onto life support. After midnight passed on November 2oth, he had passed away at the age of 82. He died two week before his birthday. When King Juan Carlos found out, he wanted Fransico's body buired at Valle de los Caídos.
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Legionnaire Dease
At first, the dease hit the people that where tourists or visitors towards philidelphia. When it hit a spreaded, every known cure or medicine, most of them time it didn't work. Erythromycin seemed to work just a bit. Most of the victims were male, member of the American Legion but a certain age. Scientists tested peoples blood and studied this disease http://www.philadelphia-reflections.com/blog/618.htm -
Entebbe Air Raid
A plane named Air France 139 took off from Greece. Not to long later after the deprture, two member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two Germans that was a part of Revolutionary Cells hijacked the airplane. The hijackers landed & re-fueled the plane in Benghazi, Libya before they carried on to pro-Palestinian Uganda. When they landed in Entebbe, the hijackers were recruted with three more people (extremeists) & dictator Idi Amin greeted the terrorists. Once the hijackers -
Entebbe Air Raid (part 2)
got to the termanal at the airport, they let go most of the people go but still held onto the Jews and Islreals. The the terrorists demanded to let go 40 Palestinians held in Isreal and 13 others around the world. They threatened to kill hostages if that didn't happen by July 1. On July 1, Isreal nagotiated with them for some more time. The next day a rescue mission was accepted. The Entebbe Raid let go 100 hostages and only killed 3 of them. 6 terrorists were killed & 45 Uganded Soldiers. -
Entebbe Air Raid links
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1900s/p/entebbe.htm
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/Entebbe.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.blackpast.org/%3Fq%3Dgah/entebbe-raid-june-28-1976&usg=__AXJK1ew-gf0EPuc27yQT-FmV0uY=&h=200&w=300&sz=36&hl=en&start=3&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=CbZ_QyvqExJPDM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=116&prev=/search%3Fq%3DEntebbe%2BAir%2BRaid%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D664%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&ei=j6KDT6-SB4bS2AWkxd2SCQ -
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Mao Tse-tung dies
On Septemeber 9, Mao was already in the hospital, but was taken off of his life support, before his death, On September 8, Jiang Qing she keep kept on insisting and demanding that he had to change his sleeping position and had to sleep on his left side. The doctor said that his left side kept him breathing, still, Jiang Qing made him sleep on his left side. Mao stopped breathing and his face turned blue. Later, he died. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong#Death:_Mao.27s_final_week_and_days -
Star Wars Movie Released
The 1st movie released was the 4th movie out of the whole series. The movie,series became known as a 20th Century Fox film. It became a phennomenon of pop culture all around the world. Three installments later, the next two movies of the series came out. The final film out of all 6 movies in the series, was released in May 19, 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars -
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New York City Blackout
This blackout lasted from July 13 to July 14. This was the first blackout ever in New York. The only neighbor hood that didn't get a blackout was in the southern part in Queens and in the neighbors hoods of Rockeyways. They are apart of the Long Island Lighting Componey System. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977 -
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Elvis Found Dead
Elvis was found in the Gracland Mansion knocked out and was taken to the hospital. At the hospital, he was pronounced dead. For the last couple years of his life he wouldn't get and didn't want to get physical nor' menta help. He also started to abuse perscription drugs. All he would eat was junk food and added many pouds to his weight. Once he died, they burned his body and where it was burned and buried at, became a popular sight.
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First Test-Tube Baby
Louise Joy Brown was the first test-tube baby ever and was bron in Great Britian. This birth was announced with much power and triumph in the science and medicine section. Louise being born in the test-tube procesess, this made other fear of her haveing any kind of future illnis or ill-use.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6945645/image/64771506-louise-joy-brown http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/testtubebaby.htm -
Jonestown Massacre
909 Americans were killed because Rev. Jim Jones gave an order for them to die and wanted them to die. Rev. Jones actually tried to create a socialist paradise. But the survivors of the socialist "paradise" called it something else. They remembered and it called it a slave camp.
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11 12/us/jonestown.factsheet_1_jonestown-airport-ambush-leo-ryan?_s=PM:US -
