Events
18 year olds were given the
right to vote in federal electionsThe introduction of barcodes,
they were introduced for
retail and industrial use in
EnglandCellular phone battery inventedCAT scanning was introducedNike running shoes hit the marketE-mail was inventedSydney Opera house openedVietnam war endsFirst ever black model on the cover of major fashion magazineCommonwealth games held in ChristchurchComputerised
supermarket
checkouts begin
to appearFounding of MicrosoftApple computer is launchedWest point military academy started accepting womanMRI is first usedThe worst air disaster in history. Two 747's collide at airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands killing nearly 600 peopleUltrasound first usedJonestown massacre.
The suicide and murder
of 900 people who drank
cyanide in fruit-flavored
drink, the leader shot
himself.The soviets invade AfghanistanESPN starts broadcasting
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