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The Beatles Break Up
"The break-up of The Beatles, one of the most popular and influential musical groups in history, has become almost as much of a legend as the band itself or the music they created while together. The Beatles were active from their formation in 1960 to the disintegration of the group in 1970." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_break-up -
The Floppy Disk is distributed comercially
"A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk -
The 1970 World Series
"The 1970 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with the Orioles winning in five games."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_World_Series
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The Eagles are formed
"The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. With five number one singles, six Grammys, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s."
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The microprocessor is introduced
"During the 1960s, computer processors were constructed out of small and medium-scale ICs each containing from tens to a few hundred transistors.The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using binary-coded decimal (BCD) arithmetic on 4-bit words."
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The World series of 1971
"The 1971 World Series matched the defending champion Baltimore Orioles against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the Pirates winning in seven games. Game 4, played in Pittsburgh, was the first-ever World Series game scheduled to be played at night."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series
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Van Halen Started to appear in the Music Industry
"Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. Van Halen is the 19th best-selling band/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the United States alone,"
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First successful video game (Pong) launched
"Pong was the first game developed by Atari Inc., incorporated in June 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Pong is a two-dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong
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1972 World Series
"The 1972 World Series matched the American League champion Oakland Athletics against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with the A's winning in seven games. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_World_Series
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The Band Quiet Riot started the music carrer
"Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band. They are best known for their hit singles "Metal Health" and "Cum On Feel the Noize". They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly."
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The F-100 is put out of service in the US military
"U.S. Air Force jet fighter aircraft, the first operational fighter to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. It was operational from 1953 to 1973. It was made by North American Aviation, Inc., and it became the principal tactical fighter of the U.S. Tactical Air Command and was adopted by various NATO countries."
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1973 World Series
"The 1973 World Series matched the defending champion Oakland Athletics against the New York Mets, with the A's winning in seven games to repeat as World Champions."
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1974 Super Bowl
"Super Bowl VIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference champion Minnesota Vikings and the American Football Conference champion Miami Dolphins to decide the NFL champion for the 1973 season. The Dolphins defeated the Vikings by the score of 24–7 to win their second consecutive Super Bowl."
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Girls are annouced into Little League
"Girls are formally permitted to play in the Little League Baseball program, and a Little League Softball program for both boys and girls is created. Bunny Taylor becomes the first girl to pitch a no-hitter."
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AC-DC Has first official Concert
"In 1976, the band signed an international deal with Atlantic Records and toured extensively throughout Europe including their first UK tour with 'Sounds' Magazine called The 'Lock up your Daughters Summer Tour'. They gained invaluable experience of the stadium circuit, supporting leading rock acts such as Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Kiss, Styx, UFO, and Blue Öyster Cult, and co-headlined with Cheap Trick."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC
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Microsoft Is created
"Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems."
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The Band Motörhead is formed
"Motörhead are an English rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister, known mainly by his stage name Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band is often considered a precursor to or one of the earliest members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s."
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1975 World Series
"The 1975 World Series was played between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. It has been ranked by ESPN as the second-greatest World Series ever played. Cincinnati won the series four games to three."
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United States Celebrates Bicentennial
"The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to the historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic. The Bicentennial culminated on Sunday, July 4, 1976, with the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence."
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The Band U2 is established
"U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr.. U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music."
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World series 1976
"The 1976 World Series matched the defending champion Cincinnati Reds of the National League against the New York Yankees of the American League, with the Reds sweeping the Series to repeat."
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Song "Hotel California" Becomes Number 1 On the records
"Hotel California" is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era."
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The New York Blackout Happens
"The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977. The only neighborhoods in New York City that were not affected were in southern Queens, and neighborhoods of the Rockaways, which are part of the Long Island Lighting Company System."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_blackout
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World Series 1977
"The 1977 World Series was the 83rd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to two, to win the franchise's 21st World Series championship, their first since 1962, and the first under the ownership of George Steinbr."
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Elton John is seen without his trademark glasses
"Elton John appears on this week's People Magazine without his trademark glasses. John would still wear glasses occasionally for the next ten years until wearing them permanently again."
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First Cellular of Southern Illinois
"First Cellular of Southern Illinois was a telecommunications company in Illinois, United States.
Services included:
The largest digital network in the region
Extensive nationwide network by partnering with multiple companies across the United States
Sponsorship of local arts and education programs as well as wireless phone donations to area shelters."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Cellular_of_Southern_Illinois
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1978 World Series
"The 1978 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rematch of the 1977 Series, with the Yankees winning in six games to repeat as champions."
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The song "I Will Survive" Made top Second on the billboards
"It is one of the most famous disco songs of all time and remains Gaynor's biggest hit. It received heavy airplay in 1979, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart on consecutive weeks."
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Three Mile Island Accident
"The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States on March 28, 1979. It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history, and resulted in the release of small amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment."
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1979 World Series
"The 1979 World Series matched the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates against the American League's Baltimore Orioles, with the Pirates coming back from a three games to one deficit to win the Series in seven games. The Pirates were famous for adopting Sister Sledge's hit anthem "We Are Family" as their theme song."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_World_Series
