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Jul 30, 2010 · One year after Stonewall, New York City hosted America’s first gay pride parade. In 1978, ... and the Apple II was released one year later. Through much of the 1970s, ...
The 1970 United States Census begins. There are 203,392,031 United States residents on this day. President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. American Motors Corporation introduces the Gremlin.
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- The presentation of sports on television changed in 1970. In 1970 the executives of three networks, NBC, ABC, and CBS, controlled what Americans watched on television.
- The government changed American television through legislation in 1970. The three networks made enormous profits from the fees they charged sponsors who advertised on their shows.
- The Vietnam War was seen on television news nearly every day. Vietnam was the first televised war. Nightly newscasts and network specials presented images of American dead and wounded troops, body bags, bombed out or burned buildings.
- Labor unions organized an attack on war protesters after Kent State. Anti-war activists organized a protest in New York in the aftermath of the Kent State shootings, against both the President’s war policy and the actions of the Ohio National Guard.
The United States faced political turmoil as President Richard Nixon resigned amid the Watergate scandal, and in Chile Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government. Also making news were the massacre at the Munich Olympics and the Iran hostage crisis. Notable cultural events of the 1970s included the debut of the sports ...
1970 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. 1971 – Singer Jim Morrison dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1971 – President Richard Nixon ends the United States Gold standard monetary policy, known as the Nixon Shock. 1971 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in ...
More. April 1, 1970 - For the first time, the 1970 census counted over 200 million people living in the United States. The 13.4% increase since the last census indicated that a 203,302,031 population now called the U.S.A. home. It had taken only fifty years to go from the first 100 million census in 1920 to the second.
The 1970s was a decade marked by the Watergate scandal, the growing women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements, and 1970s fashion and music.
