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Kent State massacre
The Kent State Massacre was also known as the May 4th Massacre. Four Kent State College students where unarmed and shot by US officals. They where really just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
Also known to be the Dawson's field hijackings. Five planes were hijacked by memebers of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson's_Field_hijackings -
US Soldiers found guilty of murder in My Lei Massacre
Most victims were women children and elderly people. 26 US soldiers were charged criminal offenes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre -
London Bridge Brought to the U.S.
It is in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, U.S. It is the remake of the 1831 London Bridge. The london bridge was dismantled in 1967. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City) -
Attica State Prison Riots
This roit was the response to the death of a prisoner. George Jackson was the name of the prisoner. He was a black radical actvisit prisoner who was shot the death by a corrections officer. -
Disney World Opens
It took 7 years of planning to make it happen. 10000 vistors came to the grand opening in Orlando, Florida. http://www.thisdayindisneyhistory.com/DisneyWorldGrandOpening.html -
Supreme Court rules against death penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court deciced to rule over the requirment for the consistency in the appliment of the death pently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia -
M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
M*A*S*H is an american tv series created by Larry Gelbart, it was created from the film MASH. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series) -
Last man on the moon
Apollo 17 was the last and the eleventh manned mission in AASP. It was luanched at 12:33am and it consisted of three crew-member. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17 -
Sears Tower Built
It is located on Wacker Dr. in Chicago, Illinois and is 1,454 feet tall. This was a very smart place to put is becuase people where in need of office space. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002846/b_sears.htm -
Paul Getty Kidnapped
paul Getty was kidnapped at 3 a.m. A ransom note was demanding $17 milion in exchange for Getty in all peices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III -
Endangered Species Act
It is one of a about 12 og\f the environmental laws in the U.S. It was passed by President Nixon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species_Act -
National speed limit 55
The EHECA or the Emergency Highway Energey Conservation Act was established in 1974 by President Richard Nixon. It prohibts people from going higher then or any speed limit to be higher then 55 miles per hour.
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Patty Hearst Kidnapped
Hearst was only 19 years-old when she was kidnapped. The SLA was going to give Hearst for jailed members of the SLA but it sadly failed. Then the demanded that the family donate $70 worth of food the the needy families. Another $6 million were donated. But then they refused to let Hearst go because they claimed that it was poor quailty food. -
Girls allowed to play in Little League Baseball
President Ford allowed girls to particapate in Little League Program by signing the lesislation. http://espn.go.com/classic/s/moment001226littleleague.html -
Jimmy Hoffa disappears
He was anounced disappear in the parking lot of the resruant. He told others was to meet there with two Mafia leaders. He has not been found since they then legally anounced him dead on July 30, 1982.
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President Ford assassination attempts
The attempts were both by women. The first one was by Lynette Fromme. She pointed a gun but did not fire she was to afraid. The second one was on September 22 by Sara Moore. She shot but a bystander deflected it. They were both sentenced for life.
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Francisco Franco dies
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was the dictator, leader and general of the Nationalist Military rebellion in the Spanish Civil War. He died of old age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco -
Apple Computer launched
Apple was established by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. They made the first Apple computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#1976.E2.80.931980:_The_early_years -
Red Dye #2 is banned
Red Dye #2 was banned from the shelves. The reason it was banned from the selves was because sceincist tested it on mice and the mice turned out to have cancer so they just wanted to make sure that it did not give people cancer .
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Legionnaire’s disease strikes 182, kills 29
About 1500 members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows attended a convention at the hotel, the same hotel involved in the 1976 epidemic. This disease orruced in Phillie -
New York City Blackout
The blackout was an electricity blackout that was from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977.Southern Queens, and the Rockaways were the only neighborhoods not affected. -
First Black Miss Universe
26th annual Miss Universe pageant was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 16, 1977. 24-year-old Janelle Commissiong one and was the frist black Miss Universe.
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Elvis Found Dead
Elvis Presley Was found died in his bathroom floor. They attempted to revive him but he was pronounced died at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley -
Love Canal in New York declared federal disaster
Potential health problems from the love canal were first raised by reporter Michael H. Brown on July 1978. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal -
First test tube baby born
At 11:47 p.m. Lesley Brown delivered a five-pound 12-ounce baby girl via Cesarean section. They baby girl was named Louise Joy Brown.
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Jonestown Massacre
It became internationally notorious when, 918 people died in the settlement. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations.
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ESPN starts broadcasting
ESPN founded Bill and Scott Rasmussen and Aetna Insurance Agent Ed Eagan. -
The Greensboro Massacre
Five protesters who were mostly black were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan. -
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
52 American soldiers were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 198. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis
