Headlines of the 1970's
This is a list of important events that occured during 1975. Exact dates are listed when known.
- General Francisco Franco dies
Paving the way for democratic
reforms under his heir, Juan Carlos over the next two years.
- Portugal withdraws from Guinea
- Lebanon civil war begins
Sparked by Christians killing a busload
of Palestinians and other Muslims, the country was quickly thrown into a war
between the privlidged christians and the poor muslims.
- Saigon falls to communism
America suspended it's aid two years
after removing it's military forces. In April, US official ordered the
remaining 1000 US citizens to evacuate to the embasssy in Saigon. This lead to
the now famous image of citizens climbing the ladder to helicoptors to be
airlifted out of the city.
- The Altair, the first home computer is introduced
No screen, no
printer, not a single luxury. A kit computer you had to assemble parts for
yourself, based on the Z-80 microprocessor.
- Computerized Supermarket checkouts begin to appear
- Disposable razors are introduced
- Catalytic converters are introduced on cars
- Lyme disease first discovered
- First US born Roman Catholic saint
- Jimmy Hoffa disappears
- Ford assasination attempts
Lynette "Squaky" Fromme, a Charles
Manson follower, pointed a gun at Ford, though no shots were fired. This was
followed by Sara Jane Moore 17 days later to shoot the president in a
crowd.
- New York City is bailed out by federal government
- Literacy requirement for voting repelled
- Energy Policy and Coservation Act of 1975
Sets importation
quotas on petroleum
- Metric Conversion Act passed in the US
A big failure too, widely
ignored by people.
- Poland treaty allowing immigration to West Germany
- 8,000 ceramic warriors discovered in China
Life sized statues of
warriors, and over 10,000 artifacts of gold, jade, silk and iron were
discovered in the tomb of emperor Shih Huang-ti, ruller from 221 to 206
BC
- Mayaguez Incident
The United States' merchant ship, the SS
Mayaguez, was seized in 1975 by the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia because of
alledged contraband. The 39 crew members were held captive for three days,
until a rescue attempt was made by President Gerald Ford that resulted in the
death of 41 American marines.
This is a list of important events the occured during 1976. Exact dates are listed when known.
- Soweto uprising in South Africa
- First artifical gene
Capable of working in a living cell, it was
the first living cell created entirely in a test tube without any other gene
as a template.
- Apple Computer is launched
- Legionnaire's disease strikes 182, kills 29
The first appearance
of the flu like disease struck at an American Legion convention in
Philadelphia
- Tall Ships celebration in New York Harbor
To celebrate the
bicentennial of the country.
- CB radio popularity peaks
656,000 CB radio applications were
filed each month 1976
- Courts allow removal of life support
Karen Ann Quinlan had been
in a coma for over a year before her parents won the right to remove the life
support equipment keeping her alive. It took 9 years for her to die
afterwards.
- First Cray Supercomputer
- Betamax and VHS VCRs released
- Doctors protest increase in malpractice insurance
- Mao Tse-tung died
The communist leader of China died in 1976
after over 25 years of rule.
This is a list of important events the occured during 1977. Exact dates are listed when known.
- Egyptian president visits Israel
President Anwar al-Sadat was
the first Arab country to visit and acknowledge Israel's right to exist. This
began the long peace process in the region.
- Neutron bomb funding began
The Neutron bomb was an atomic weapon
designed to spread radiation to kill people and leave buildings
intact.
- Red Dye No. 2 isbanned
It was found to cause cancer, so it's use
was discontinued, but led to a red dye scare.
- MRI is first used
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is used to
map the brain and other parts of the body.
- Son of Sam murderer arrested
His arrest ended a 12 month long
killing spree. He was clinically paranoid and believed the 1000 year old
spirit of a black dog named Sam ordered him to kill people.
- Treaty to signover Panama Canal passed
Control was given back to
the country of Panama on December 31, 1999.
- The first Concorde SST leaves from New York City
Despite design
setbacks and environmental protests, a flight route was established between
New York and Pairs.
- Alaskian pipeline is completed
- New York City blackout
July 13th saw a 25 hour blackout in the
city, resulting in widespread looting.
- Carter halts development of B-1 bomber
This is a list of important events the occured during 1978. Exact dates are listed when known.
- Jonestown massacre
The suicide and murder of 900 people who
drank cyanide-flavored fruit drink, the leader shot himself.
- First test tube baby - In vitro fertilization
- Camp David accords for Middle East peace
Egypt, Israel and the
US met in the presidential retreat in Maryland to hammer out a peace agreement
between the two leaders.
- Ultrasound first used
- Atlantic City permits gambling
- Garfield the Cat is syndicated
- Love Canal in New York declared federal disaster
- Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt Shot & Paralyzed
Larry Flynt,
publisher of the hardcore porno mag HUSTLER, was shot and paralyzed from the
waist down by an unknown assailant. There are rumours that the assailant was
infuriated by a multi-racial photo spread in one issue of HUSTLER.
- Super Bowl
Dallas d. Denver (27-10)
- World Series
NY Yankees d. LA Dodgers (4-2)
- NBA Championship
Washington Bullets d. Seattle (4-3)
- Stanley Cup
Montreal d. Boston (4-2)
- Wimbledon
Women: Martina Navratilova d. C. Evert (2-6 6-4 7-5)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. J. Connors (6-2 6-2 6-3)
- Kentucky Derby Champion
Affirmed
- NCAA Basketball Championship
Kentucky d. Duke (94-88)
- NCAA Football Champions
Alabama (AP, FW, NFF) (11-1-0) & USC (UPI) (12-1-0)
- World Cup
Argentina d. Holland (3-1)
- Sony introduces the Walkman, the first portable stereo.
- Movies
The Deer Hunter, Midnight Express, Heaven Can Wait, Coming Home
- Oscars awarded in 1978
Academy Award, Best Picture: Annie Hall, Charles H. Joffe, producer (United Artists)
- Record of the Year
"Hotel California," Eagles
- Album of the Year
"Rumours", Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.)
- Song of the Year
"Love Theme From A Star Is Born" (Evergreen), Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams, songwriters
- Miss America: Susan Perkins (OH)
- Deaths
Hubert Humphrey
Anastus Mikoyan
Norman Rockwell
This is a list of important events the occured during 1979. Exact dates are listed when known.
- The Shah flees Iran
The Ayatollah Khomeini assumes power and introduces Islamic law
- Iranian students storm the US embassy
They held 52 of the 66
people in the embassy hostage for 444 days, which helped to undermine Jimmy
Carters re-election efforts in the 1980.
- Margaret Thatcher becomes British PM
The Conservatives had taken
over the Parliment, and Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to hold the
highest office in a European country.
- The Soviets invade Afghanistan
- The Sony Walkman is introduced
- Moral Majority is begun by Jerry Falwell
- Susan B Anthony dollar coin
- Skylab fell into the Indian Ocean
- Diplomatic ties with China formalized
- Three Mile Island partial meltdown
In March a series of
mechanical and human errors caused a near meltdown of the reactor at one of
the plants in Three Mile Island Pennsylvania near Harrisburg.
- Sioux Nation awarded $100 million in land claim
- Ayatollah Khomeini
Ayatollah took power in Iran on February 11,
1979.
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