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1970s in the US
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Kelli Guinn
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Events
President Nixon orders invasion of Cambodia Kent State University Shooting
The U.S. Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
John Lennon privately leaves the Beatles
US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing may help to racially desegregate schools
Pentagon Papers published
Apollo 15 lands on the moon and uses the Lunar Rover vehicle for the first time
First CPU "Intel 4004" put on general market
President Nixon makes a visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong
Start of Watergate Scandal
Christmas bombing in North Vietnam
HBO is founded
Southwest Airlines offers free cocktails for everyone
U.S. signs peace pact and pulls troops out of Vietnam
Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, legalizing abortion
America brokers a cease-fire accord between Israel and Arab States
The mobile phone is invented
Federal Express (FedEx) began operating
Jimi Hindrex dies of an overdose
Janis Joplin dies of overdose
Pres Nixon Resigns from the Presidency
Pres Ford grants Pres Nixon a full pardon
Patricia Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army
Charles Manson is sentenced to death with four others
Walt Disney World officially opens
M*A*S*H premeres
Beverly Johnson becomes the first black model to be on the cover of Vogue or another other magazine
North Vietnamese enter Saigon; War with Vietnam is over
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Pablo Picasso dies
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found the Microsoft
Wheel of Fortune premiered on NBC
The United States celebrates the Bicentennial
Jimmy Carter is elected the 39th President
Gregg v Georgia Supreme Court rules that death penalty is viable punishment
The Viking 2 spacecraft lands on Mars
Happy Days premieres
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak
Universal Product Codes (UPC) scanned for the first time
Steven King writes first novel "Carrie"
Jaws becomes the first Blockbuster
Ted Bundy is arrested for the first time
Dolly Parton wins Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Awards
Saturday Night Live begins with host George Carlin
Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman debuts
Richard Pryor wins Best Comedy Album
Charlie's Angels debuts
Muppet Show begins with first guest Rita Moreno
Disco Era Begins
Scientists report genetic engineering techniques to make insulin
Elvis Presley is found dead.
President Carter pardons Vietnam era draft evaders
US joined the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Star Wars is released to great acclaim and box office (More than Jaws)
Joan Crawford dies
Atari VCS (Atari 2600) is released
Last episode of the Carol Burnett Show
Egypt's pres. Anwar Sadat and Israeli premier Menachem Begin sign a "Framework for Peace" after meeting with Jimmy Carter
Californians vote Proposition 13 and cut property taxes by 60%
Cult leader Jim Jones' followers drink the cool-aide
Louise Joy Brown is best known as the world's first "test-tube baby."
The Sex Pistols break up
Dallas debuts
Grease is released; highest grossing live-action musical at the time
Pope John Paul II succeeds Pope John Paul I
At Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, a nuclear power plant comes close to melting down
Feminist artist Judy Chicago debuts "The Dinner Party" sculpture piece
Iranian militants seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran and hold hostages
The Daytona 500 is televised live for the first time
Total Solar Eclipse
Michael Jackson releases "Off the Wall"
Sugarhill Gang debuts
Superman comes out in theatres
Charles Manson sent a "Get Out of Jail Free" card to his parole board. Didn't work
Pres. Carter imposes an embargo on grain shipments to the USSR and boycotts the Moscow Olympics.
The U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Iran Then eight Americans are killed when helicopters collide in a rescue mission
Ronald Reagan is elected president
John Lennon is found dead of a bullet wound
The Rubic's Cube was introduced
