This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Apollo 13 tops AP list of 1970 news stories
New York AP reports Apollo 13 abort mission is voted top news story of 1970 by AP editors. The list includes Kent State shootings, Cambodia Vietnam expansion, terrorism, airline hijackings, November elections, recession, Carswell rejection, pollution concerns, and Canada hostage killings. The Apollo 13 crisis unfolded after an April 13 explosion, astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert aboard. they returned safely after a tense Pacific splashdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Kent State
Jackson State
Cambodia
United States
U.S
Senate
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
Canada
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr