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The Loft
The Loft housed the first underground dance party in New York City. This was organized by David Mancuso to provide an area for people to dance without being harassed. -
Crying Indian PSA
The nonprofit organization "Keep America Beautiful" aired an ad on Earth Day featuring an indian crying over how dirty the earth had become. The purpose was to move Americans to stop pollution. -
May Day Protests
These May Day Protests were the climax of the anti-war movement. 12,000 protesters were arrested in Washington DC. President Nixon actually walked out among the hippie protesters and talked with them. -
ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Originally drafted by Alice Paul in 1923, the amendment reads: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The amendment died in 1982 when it failed to achieve ratification by a minimum of 38 states. -
M*A*S*H* Premieres
M*A*S*H*, a show featuring Vietnam veterans, aired its first show. -
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act was passed by Congress to prohibit large amounts of toxic substances to be released into bodies of water. This was a big part of the environmental awareness push that was going on during this time. -
"He's Able"
[Listen to "He's Able"](vhttp://www.totalbozomagazine.com/2013/07/peoples-temple-choir-hes-able-1973.html) In 1973, Brotherhood Records produced a gospel album by the Temple's youth choir and orchestra. These large groups were highly interracial and featured songs such as "Hold on, Brother" a song that features Jim Jones's vision of an egalitarian society and "Simple Song of Freedom" which is where you can see some of Jones's "creeping insanity". -
Schoolhouse Rock! premiere
This is the day a wonderful series began. These were short, animated, educational films that aired on Saturday mornings that taught kids valuable lessons on grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and civics in a catchy way. -
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, after being on the docket since 1971, is finally decided on and overrides the states' abortion laws. -
Vietnam War Withdrawl
On this day, the last of the U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. -
Peoples Temple Editorial
On this day, an editorial ran in the Washington Post that depicted 660 Temple visitors as "hands down winners of anybody's tourists of the year awar" after they spent an hour cleaning up the Capitol grounds. -
Watergate
The quote "I am not a crook" is created on this day by Richard Nixon in a speech at Disney World in a televised press conference. -
Mood Ring Debut
In 1975, Josh Reynolds and Maris Ambats invented the infamous mood ring. Originally they selled them for $45 in silver and $250 for gold! -
Atari 2600
This beautiful video game counsel is released. It popularizes the idea of having a home counsel, microprocessor-based hardware, and cartridges containing gaming code, which led to NIntendo. -
Peoples Temple Agricultural Project
This event, in correlation with the Peoples Temple founded by Jim Jones in 1955, had 920 deaths in an organized mass suicide/killing. This was the greatest single loss of American civilian lives prior to 9/11.
