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The Beatles Break up was an ouitcome of several events not just in one day but over a period of time starting in 1966. In 1966 the Beatles tour was cancelled. just a year later their manager died leaving them involved with finacial and legal issues. The members all had their differant stlyes and were solo artists on the side. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_break-up
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The take off of the Apollo 13 went as planned initially, 56 hours into the flight things began to change when the crew heard a big bang. That starling noise was the oxygen vent not workingAn electrical short circuit was caused by the oxygen 2 fans which blew up the oxygen tank. The escaped and blew an access panel off which in turn hit the high gain antenna and also damaged tank one.http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13.html
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Earth Day is intented to raise awareness and appreciation of the earths natural environments. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_earthday_1.html
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In April 1970 passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act banning the advertising of cigarettes on television and radio but the starting date of the act was January 2nd of the next year. The act is an united states federal law designed to limit the smoking due to health risks by requiring all packs to say "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health". http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-legislation-banning-cigarette-ads-on-
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The Attica Prison riot occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States in 1971. The riots were started by the inmates for better living conditions. The attack was a response to the death of George Jackson. On August 21, about 1,000 of the Attica prison's approximately 2,200 inmates rebelled and took control of the prison, taking 33 staff hostage. During the next three days they negotiated and agreed to their demands. The state regained control of the prison, but a
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HBO started on November 8th, 1972 and was owned by Time Life (now Time Warner). The first show aired on HBO was “Sometimes a Great Notion”HBO used to be called “Green Channel” and used to be limited to Manhattan but has expanded into one of the biggest premium networks in the United States.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO#Development_and_launching
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The terrorist attacks on the 1972 Olympic Games also known as the Munich massacre occurred in the city of Munich in West Germany. The attack was by Palestinian group Black September and geared towards the Israelis’’ they kidnapped and held hostage several Israeli athletes and were requesting the freedom of 234 Palestinians from an Israeli prison. There we eleven people killed including athletes, coaches and officers. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov -
The M*A*S*H show premiered on September 17th 1972 and was developed by Larry Gelbart. The series was inspired by the recent movie called mash which was itself based of a book. The show followed a team of doctors in their lives as army surgeons in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War. The series ended February 28, 1983, with the finale becoming the most watched television episode in U.S. television history at the time, with a record breaking 125 million
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In 1973, 744,600 abortion, American women have the legal right to get an abortion in all 50 states, through all nine months of pregnancy. There was Supreme Court case called Roe vs. Wade. The case was about abortion being illegal; Jane Roe was fighting to make it legal and Wade was fighting to keep it illegal.http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/history_abortion.html
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July 3rd, 1973, 16 year old Paul Getty was kidnapped from Rome, Italy.he was kiddnepped as a bribe trying to get money from his weathly grandpa.
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Willis Tower or sears tower is a 108-story, 1451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.[4] At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002846/b_sears.htm
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In response to the oil crisis in 1973, the US Congress enforced the National Maxumum Speed Law, saying that the national speed limit be 55 mph to reduce gas prices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law
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President Nixon is acused of breaking laws involving watergate. In order avoid trials he resigns and is soon pardoned by Ford.
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Girls are formally permitted to play in the Little League Baseball program; and a Little League Softball program for both boys and girls softball is created.
http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/06_2003/03_30thgirls.htm
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On April 4, 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft.It was first created from BASIC interpretations for the Altair 8800 but has largely evolved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
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James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was born February 14, 1913 and disappeared July 30, 1975. He declared legally dead July 30, 1982. formally he worked as an American labor union leader and author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Riddle
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Francisco Franco was the leader of the rebel forces in the Spanish Civil War and dictator of Spain. Franco died just after midnight on November 20, 1975, at the age of 82
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On February 2nd 1976 Azo dye used to be used as a food dye and to color cosmetics, but in 1976 it was banned in the United States by the FDA because it was a suspected carcinogen.
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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple on April 1, 1976. It started when Wozniak was examining computers and realized that the parts were cheap, and he could buy them to build his own computer with his partners. Then in July at $666.66 the Apple I was first sold.
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Legionnaire’s disease is a form of pneumonia . The American Legion had a convention in Philadelphia and the US veterans caught the disease. This epidemic occurred from July 21st - 24th
http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5706.
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On July 13, 1977 to July 14 1977 in New York City there was an electricity blackout that occured through most of the city. The only places that had electricity were the neighborhoods of southern Queens, and the neighborhoods of Rockaways
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On July 16, 1977, Janelle Commissiong wonTrinidad and Tobago its first miss universe crown,which made her the first black miss universe. It occured at the National Theater, in Santo Domingo.
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After being found on the bathroom floor, Elvis was rushed to the hospital. Elvis Aaron Presley was pronounced dead by his personal physician, Dr. George Nichopoulos. This was a tradgic time for America, many moarned.
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The love cannal was a town in niagra falls. Hooker chemicle disposed there waste around the town and when rain storms accurred and released the chemical waste, leading to a public health emergency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal
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A strange occurance led to the deaths of more than 900 people. Said massacre was actualy discovered to be a mass suicide of a cult un strange conditions.
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Walkman is a Sony brand trade name originally used for portable audio cassette, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits by allowing people to carry music with them and listen to music through lightweight headphones.
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ESPN, AKA Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, premeired on September 7, 1979. The channel showed pre-recorded and live events, sports talk shows, and other sports related shows. It was founded by Bill and Scot Rasmussen.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ESPN
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