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The Beatles break up
The Beatles breaking up was a big thing in our world and was not only a single event but, many other things. It first started as the death of their manager as long as all four band members starting on their own solo career. The break-up was made official when Paul McCartney’s solo album. -
First Earth Day
We only have one earth, so we need to take care of her. That's what Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin believed. He was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was not addressed in politics or by the media, so he created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended festivities that day. It was a truly astonishing grassroots explosion. Earth Day became the first opportunity people had to join together to send a big message to public o -
18 year olds given the right to vote
On July 1, 1971, when the 26th Amendment was ratified, it became impermissible for states to deny citizens eighteen years of age or older the right to vote. However, Georgia (in 1943) and Kentucky (in 1955) had previously lowered the minimum voting age to 18. States are not prohibited by the 26th Amendment from lowering the voting age below 18. -
1970 Sources Cited
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDYQFjAC&url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_1_139/ai_n17215342/&ei=V-mHT5zyNYXWiAKTn7nYCw&usg=AFQjCNGzcnN0S6mWARejHwuvrq-ZC6-CZA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_break-up
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Cigarette ads are banned on TV
Cigarette ads were very popular throughout the 50’s and 60’s but, in 1970 cigarette ads were banned from TV and the last ad was shown at 11:59 p.m. on January 1 making all ads banned by 1971. -
London Bridge brought to the US
London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States, that is based on the 1831 London Bridge that spanned the River Thames in London, England until it was dismantled in 1967. The Arizona Bridge is a reinforced concrete structure clad in the original masonry of the 1830s bridge that was bought by Robert P. McCulloch from the City of London. McCulloch had exterior granite blocks from the original bridge numbered and transported to America. -
Disney World opens
On Friday October 1, 1971, after seven years of planning, about 10,000 visitors converged near Orlando, Florida, to witness the grand opening of Walt Disney World. The Magic Kingdom, the only park of the time was 107 acres and featured Adventureland, Fantasyland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Tomorrowland, a Main Street USA, and about 5,500 Cast Members. -
1971 Sources Cited
Disney World opens:
http://www.thisdayindisneyhistory.com/DisneyWorldGrandOpening.html London Bridge brought to the Us:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/havasu.htm Cigarette ads are banned on TV
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Pocket calculators introduced
Pocket sized devises became available in the 1970s, especially after the invention of the microprocessor developed serendipitously by Intel for a Busicom calculator. -
M*A*S*H T.V. Show Premiers
The series premiered in the US on September 17, 1972 and is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: a Novel about Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker). The series follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in South Korea, during the Korean War. -
First successful video game (Pong) launched
One of the earliest arcade games it is a two player tennis style game. Its popularity led itself into the creation of the video game industry, which we have today thanks to pong.
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U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam
January 27, 1973, they all agreed to a cease-fire the following day. ll U.S. forces, the release of all prisoners of war, and the creation of an international force to keep the peace. The South Vietnamese were to have the right to determine their own future, but North Vietnamese troops stationed in the south could remain. By the end of 1973, almost all U.S. military personnel had left South Vietnam. -
Sears Tower Built
The Sears tower, now known as the Willis Tower was built in 1973 and stood at 1,451 feet, making it the tallest building in the world. The building kept its title for 25 years and is currently the 7th tallest building in the world. The building is mostly used as an observation deck. -
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction. The ESA's primary goal is to prevent the extinction of imperiled plant and animal life, and secondly, to recover and maintain those populations by removing threats to their survival. -
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Gerald Ford pardons Nixon
Gerald Ford became president of the United States after the Watergate scandal forced Richard Nixon from office in 1974. Though he served as president for only 29 months, Ford is now widely credited with restoring public faith in the office of the president after the scandals of the Nixon years. Ford graduated from the University of Michigan (1935) and the Yale University law school (1941) before serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was then a U.S. Congressman from Michigan from 1948 -
Patty Hearst kidnapped
On February 4, 1974, the 19-year-old Hearst was kidnapped from the Berkeley, California apartment she shared with her fiancé Steven Weed by a left-wing urban guerrilla group called the Symbionese Liberation Army. When the attempt to swap Hearst for jailed SLA members failed, the SLA demanded that the captive's family distribute $70 worth of food to every needy Californian – an operation that would cost an estimated $400 million. -
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James Hoffa disappears
On July 31, 1775 James Hoffa disappeared in Detroit, Michigan. He was most famous for being an influential American labor leader. Some believe Hoffia was a victim of a Mafia attack and his disappearance remains a mystery to this day. -
President Ford assassination attempts (2)
On September 5, 1975, in Sacramento, California, a woman named Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme had attempted to shoot Ford. Sarah Jane Moore pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford as he leaves the Saint Francis Hotel. The attempt on the president's life came only 17 days after the first. -
Microsoft Founded
Microsoft was founded in 1975 and started off in New Mexico. Starting off the company only had three employees but, now there are hundreds of thousands. The company was first introduced after the first personal computer was released. -
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Red Dye #2 banned
For centuries most foods has been chemically died to make it look “edible.” Red Dye #2 was commonly found in most food product but, in the seventies they found cancer cells in the dye. Studies showed that low dosages of the Dye caused cancer in most subjects. Red Dye #2 was banned soon after. -
Apple Computer launched
Apple was first established April 1, 1976 and consisted of three employees. The company was established so they could sell the Apple 1 Personal Computer kit. The computer consisted of a CPU, RAM, and a basic textual-video-chip. The computer sold for what would be $2,723 today. -
Legionnaire’s disease strikes 182, kills 29
In the late June American Legionnaires returning from a convention become ill with pneumonia and high, high, fevers. By August several men had died and many had already been hospitalized. The disease was found to be a more severe form of Pontiac fever. -
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Star Wars movie realeased
Star Wars is a sy-fy franchise conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide phenomenon, followed by two sequels. Sixteen years after the release of the trilogy's final film, the first in a new prequel trilogy of films was released with the final film released on May 19, 2005. -
New York City blackout
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 the Southern Queens, and neighborhoods of the Rockaway’s, which are part of the Long Island Lighting Company System. Unlike other blackouts that affected the region, namely the Northeast Blackout of 1965 and the Northeast Blackout of 2003. The blackout created arson and looting. -
Elvis found dead
At 2:33, a Memphis Fire Department ambulance from Engine House 29 responded to the call, resuscitation was attempted, and by 2:56, Elvis was taken to the emergency room of Baptist Memorial Hospital. He was officially pronounced dead there at 3:30pm. The announcement was made to the public at 4pm. After the announcement was made, 150 fans gathered outside the hospital waiting for whatever. Elvis Presley was 42 years old. -
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Atlantic City permits gambling
In an effort at revitalizing the city, New Jersey voters in 1976 approved casino gambling for Atlantic City; this came after a 1974 referendum on legalized gambling failed to pass. The Chalfont-Haddon Hall Hotel became Resorts International; it was the first legal casino in the eastern United States when it opened on May 26, 1978 -
Camp David accords for Middle East Peace
The Camp David Accords had their origin in Sadat’s unprecedented visit to Jerusalem on November 19-21, 1977. Sadat’s visit initiated peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt that went on sporadically through 1977 and into 1978. Reaching a deadlock, both Sadat and Begin accepted President Carter’s invitation to a US – Israeli –Egyptian summit meeting at the Presidential retreat, Camp David (in Maryland) on September 5, 1978 -
First Test-Tube Baby Born
Louise Brown was born to Lesley and John Brown, who had been trying to conceive for nine years, but without success because of Lesley's blocked fallopian tubes. On 10 November 1977, Lesley Brown underwent the procedure developed by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, later to become known as IVF. Brown was born 25 July 1978 at 11:47 p.m. at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, via planned Caesarean section delivered by registrar John Webster. -
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Sony introduces walkman
Sony’s Walkman was a music player first and foremost but it had no record function. This has been invented before, but the 1979 version was the most up to date version. Basically, what the walkman was a portable caste player. -
The Greensboro Massacre
Five protest marchers were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. The protest was the culmination of attempts by the Communist Workers Party to organize mostly black industrial workers in the area. -
ESPN starts broadcasting
The Eastern Sports Programming Network, usually referred to by its acronym ESPN, is an American cable television network focusing on sports-related programming. Founded by Bill Rasmussen his son Scott Rasmussen and Getty Oil executive Stuart Evey, it launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, the network's President and CEO (and later the United States Football League's first commissioner). Getty Oil Company provided the funding to begin the new venture. -
