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1970s
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"chicago 7"
Five members of the "Chicago 7" are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago. -
The First Earth Day
The first Earth Day celebration is held with millions of American participating in anti-pollution demonstrations. These demonstrations included school children walking to school instead of riding the bus. -
Kent State U
Four students from Kent State University in Ohio were killed and nine wounded by National Guardsmen during a protest against the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia. -
Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is made independent in a postal reform measure for the first time in almost two centuries. -
Stop Smoking
A ban on the television advertisement of cigarettes goes into affect in the United States. -
Forty-Four Days
A forty-four day raid into Laos by South Vietnamese soldiers is begun with the aid of United States air and artillery. -
Voting
The Senate approves a Constitutional Amendment, the 26th. This would lower the voting age from 21 to 18. House approval came on March 23. It was approved by the states by June 30 and received certification by President Richard M. Nixon on July 5. -
DISNEY!
Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, expanding the Disney empire to the east coast of the United States. -
Journey for Peace
The "journey for peace" trip of the U.S. President to Peking, China begins. -
Watergate Crisis
The Watergate crisis begins when four men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. on the same day that Okinawa is returned from U.S. control back to Japan. -
Abortion Issues
The United States Supreme Court ruled in Roe vs. Wade that a woman can not be prevented by a state in having an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy. -
Vietnam Peace
Four part Vietnam peace pacts, the Paris Peace Accords, were signed in Paris, France. The announcement of the military draft ending also occurred on that date. The last U.S. military troops would leave the war zone on March 29. -
Secretariat
Secretariat, wins the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, winning the Triple Crown of United States Thoroughbred Racing for the first time since 1948. -
Oil Problems
The Arab Oil Embargo: Oil imports from Arab oil-producing nations are banned to the United States after the start of the Arab-Israeli war, creating the 1973 energy crisis. -
Impeachment Worries
Impeachment speackes have begun against presedent Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee. -
Ovoiding Impeachment
President Richard M. Nixon resigns the office of the presidency, avoiding the impeachment process and admitting his role in the Watergate affair. He was replaced by Vice President Gerald R. Ford, who, on September 8, 1974, pardoned Nixon for his role. Nixon was the first president to ever resign from office. -
Bicentennial
The Bicentennial of the United States is celebrated throughout the nation. The 200th anniversary included Operation Sail in New York City, as well as a Bicentennial Wagon Train that traversed the nation during the year. -
Viking 1 and 2
The Viking 1 space probe successfully lands on Mars. It would be followed by a second unmanned Viking II on the Utopia Plains on September 3. The first color photos of the surface of Mars are taken on these flights. -
Elections
Challenger Jimmy Carter, a relatively unknown former Democratic governor from Georgia, bests Gerald Ford in a closely contested election. Carter received a slight majority of the popular vote, as well as an Electoral College win of 297 to 240. -
Slowing Nuclear Spread
Fifteen nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a nuclear-proliferation pact, slowing the spread of nuclear weapons around the world. -
Extreme Balooning?
The first balloon, Double Eagle II, to cross the Atlantic Ocean comes to rest in Miserey, France, after one hundred and thirty-seven hours of flight from Presque Isle, Maine. -
Three Mile Island
An accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania occurs. when a partial core meltdown is recorded. A tense situation ensued for five days until the reactor was confurmed under control. It is the largest accident in U.S. nuclear power history and considered the worst until the Soviet Chernobyl accident seven years later. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis begins when sixty-three Americans are among ninety hostages taken at the American embassy in Tehran by three thousand militant student followers of Ayatollah Khomeini.
