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1972 – U.S. presidential election, 1972: Richard M. Nixon re-elected president, Spiro T. Agnew re-elected vice president. 1972 – Apollo 17 flies to the Moon, and becomes the last crewed mission there (as of March 2022). January 20, 1973 – President Nixon and Vice President Agnew begin second terms.
Notable cultural events of the 1970s included the debut of the sports network ESPN and the release of the film classics The Godfather and Star Wars. Jaws made movie news by becoming the first summer blockbuster.
1970. February 18, 1970 - Five members of the Chicago 7 are convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago. More. April 1, 1970 - For the first time, the 1970 census counted over 200 million people living in the United States.
For a good timeline, check out the America's Best History Timeline, which counts down the five most important events of most years in American history from the 1400's to the present day, with detailed entries for more information.
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January 1: The UK lowers age of majority from 21 to 18. January 1: In Great Britain the half-crown coin is no longer accepted as legal tender. January 7: Max Yasgur is sued for damages worth $35,000 caused by Woodstock. January 9: Larry Fine, of The Three Stooges, suffers a career ending stroke. January 11: Against the odds, the Kansas City Chiefs ...
February 1: The American Football League officially merges with the National Football League. February 2: Pete Maravich of Louisiana State becomes the first player to score 3,000 college basketball points. February 10:A powder snow avalanche moves at 120mph into a youth hostel in France, killing 40 youths. February 11: Japan becomes the fourth nati...
March 1: Charles Manson releases his album Lie. March 4: French submarine Eurydice (S644) explodes while making a practice dive in the Mediterranean, all 57 men aboard die. March 6:The Beatles release Let It Bein the UK. March 6:The importation of pets was banned after an outbreak of Rabies in Newmarket, Suffolk. March 12:The US lowers its voting a...
April 1: President Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. April 3: An English woman, Miriam Hargrave, passes her driving test on her 40th attempt. April 7: Midnight Cowboyis awarded Best Picture at the 42nd Academy Awards. April 10:Paul McCartney announces he was leaving The Beatles. Let It Bewas to be their final album. Apri...
May 2: Diane Crump becomes the first woman jockey to race at the Kentucky Derby. May 4: The Ohio National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio. 4 students died and 9 others were injured. May 6: Yuchiro Miura, from Japan, skis down Mount Everest. May 9: 100,000 people in Washington, D.C. demonstra...
June 4: Libby Childress wins the US’ 43rd National Spelling Bee with the word “croissant.” June 4: Tonga becomes independent from the UK. June 7: The Who’s Tommyis performed at the Lincoln Center in New York. June 9: Musician Bob Dylan is given an honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University. June 13: Let It Be, The Beatles album, goes Numbe...
July 3: 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival. July 3: A British aircraft crashes in Barcelona, killing 112 people. July 4: Honour America Dayis celebrated in Washington, D.C. July 4:In an all-Australian Wimbledon final, John Newcombe beats Ken Rosewall. July 15: Denmark wins 2-0 against Italy in the first World Female Football Championship. July 16:...
August 2:France performs a nuclear test at Fangataufa Island, an island located in the South Pacific Ocean. August 4:Jim Morrison is arrested for drunkenness at a Florida State University football game. August 7:Christine Perfect joins Fleetwood Mac. August 17: Venera 7 spacecraft is launched toward Venus to become the first spacecraft to transmit ...
September 3: After playing a National League record 1,117 Major League Baseball games, Chicago Cubsplayer Billy Williams asks to sit out. September 4: 29.0 cm of rainfall is recorded in Workman Creek, Arizona. September 5: Jochen Rindt is killed qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. September 7: Donald Boyles jumps from the Royal George Bridge in ...
October 1:63 are arrested in a riot to buy Rolling Stones tickets in Milan, Italy. October 2:14 members of Wichita State University Football team and 17 supporters and administrators are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. October 4: Singer Janis Joplin dies from a drugs overdose, aged 27. October 5: PBS becomes a US television network....
1670s-1690s. 1670: Charleston is founded in modern day South Carolina. 1674: After the Dutch recaptured New Netherland in 1673, the colony is permanently ceded to the English in the Treaty of Westminster. 1676: Bacon’s Rebellion takes place in the Virginia colony in an attempt to change the colony’s Native American policies.
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