The 1970s decade of upheaval and landmark events
A condensed look at 1970s highlights: population growth peaks in the South, California tops New York in residents, Lt. Everett Alvarez sets POW days record, Earth Day activism expands, Kent State tragedy sparks antiwar protests, abortion laws loosen, ERA rallies rise, Nixon builds the Silent Majority image, Calley convicted, busing and Pentagon Papers rulings, 26th Amendment ratified, Disney World opens, GM recalls, Nixon visits China, Watergate fallout, Roe v Wade, Nixon re-elected, Dolphins win Super Bowl, Secretariat Triple Crown, Ford rises after Agnew resignation, and more.
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Paris
Wounded Knee
Oglala Sioux
Secretariat
Aaron breaks Ruth record in Braves win at home
On April 8 1974 Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves erased Babe Ruth’s 39 year old mark by hitting a homer against the Dodgers in Atlanta. On April 18 OPEC lifted an embargo on oil sales replacing restrictions enacted last year amid Middle East tensions.
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Carter
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Valdez
Alaska
TransAlaska
Elvis Presley
Graceland Mansion
Memphis
Watergate era ends as Nixon resigns and Ford pardons him
A sweeping Nixon White House scandal ends with Nixon’s resignation. Vice President Ford is sworn in and grants him an unconditional pardon. The era closes amid prosecutions, political shifts, and a nation seeking closure.
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White House
Nixon
Florida
Gerald A. Ford
Spiro T. Agnew
Gerald Ford
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J.D. Salinger
Muhammad Ali
George Foreman
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Zaire
Boston
Marianna Islands
U.S. Commonwealth
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John Mitchell
Dumas Malone
Thomas Jefferson
Times
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Carter
1979 Major world events snapshot in a calendar year
A timeline of pivotal 1979 events across the United States and world. Polls show high TV ownership with rising viewing declines and loud ads. Three Mile Island reactor partial meltdown risk. SALT II treaty notice and Brezhnev meeting. Tehran embassy attack with hostage crisis. Who concert disaster in Cincinnati. Chrysler bailout approved by Congress. Sources include Chronicle of America and World Atlas.
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Ayatollah Khomaini
Tehran
Shah of
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Who
Chrysler Garp
Chronicle of America
Ronde of the World
Nationa Geographic Atlas of World History
Wwww.infoplease
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