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1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.
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1975 A.D. (MCMLXXV), a year in the Common Era; 1975 BC, a...
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1979 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.
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Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
1. 1970 – The first Earth Dayis observed. 2. 1970 – Kent State and Jackson State shootingsoccur during student protests which grow violent. Nation Guard troops and police kill six students, wound others. 3. 1970 – American Top 40, hosted by radio personality Casey Kasem, becomes the first successful nationally syndicated radio program featuring a weekly countdown. 4. 1970 – The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) begins operations, succeeding National Educational Television(NET). 5. 1970 – Singe...
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
1. 1974 – President Nixon resigns, becoming the first and only U.S. president to step down. Vice President Ford becomes the 38th president. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New Yorkbecomes the second person to be appointed vice president under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. 2. 1974 – Watergate scandal: Ford pardons Nixonfor any crimes he may have committed against the United States while president, believing it to be in the "best interests of the country." 3. 1974 – Restrictions are removedo...
Presidency of Jimmy Carter
1. 1977 – Carter sworn in as the 39th president, Mondale as the 42nd vice president 2. 1977 – The first home personal computer, the Commodore PET, is released for retail sale. 3. 1977 – The television miniseries Rootsairs on ABC, to critical acclaim and record audiences. 4. 1977 – The science-fiction space opera film Star Warsdebuts in theaters. 5. 1977 – The New York City blackout of 1977lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder. 6. 1977 – Elvis Presley, the king of rock an...
1980 – The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; also announces a grain embargo against the Soviet Union with the support of the E...1980 – The Refugee Actis signed into law, reforming United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons1980 – The Mount St. Helens eruption in Washingtonon 18 May kills 57.1980 – U.S. presidential election, 1980: Ronald Reagan is elected president, with George H. W. Bushelected vice presidentCarlisle, Rodney P., and J. Geoffrey Golson, eds. America in Revolt During the 1960s and 1970s(ABC-CLIO, 2008).Carroll, Peter N. It seemed like nothing happened: America in the 1970s (Rutgers University Press, 1990). onlineHowe, Irving, and Michael Harrington, eds. The Seventies: Problems and Proposals(1973).Kaufman, Burton Ira. The Carter Years(ABC-CLIO, 2006)It is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in the United States. John Spenkelink is executed in Florida, in the first use of the electric chair in America after the reintroduction of death penalty in 1976. Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears in New York City.
1979. 1980. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1975 in the United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. 1975 in the United States by city (8 C) 1975 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) *
August. August 1 – The 5.7 ML Oroville earthquake affects Butte County, California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ), injuring 10 and causing $3 million in damage. August 3 – The Louisiana Superdome opens in New Orleans. August 5 – President Ford posthumously pardons Robert E. Lee, restoring full rights of citizenship.
