name an event that happened in the 50's or 70's?

Question

4 a project

I got the 60s part of the project already w/ Altamont and Beatles

AMERICAN HISTORY ONLY

Answer 1

50s Elvis
70s patty hearst...!!!

Answer 2

Korean War

Bay of Pigs

Japanese Bombed Pearl Harbor (50's)

Kennedy was Assinated, as was his brother Bobby and Martin Luther King Jr. (60's)

Man went to the Moon (60's)

Answer 3

President Nixon resigned from office in the 70's. The Korean War occured in the 50's.

Answer 4

I was born in 1950.
I had three of my children in the 70's.
I moved from New York to California in 1977.
There were blizzards all over the northeast 76-77.
Life was simple, you could trust people, the world wasn't out to just rip everyone off.
Insurance companies actually paid your claims.
You were rewarded at the job for being dependable, doing a good job, being on time,
unlike now, putting on the "Show".

Answer 5

50's Rock&Roll for sure! 70's I would say watergate and the Vietnam War! As for the 60's where oh where was WOODSTOCK!!! I was there and believe me, it was awesome and bigger than big! U must add that to your 60's! It's a must LOL!!!!
Oh 50's I was born! And 75 my daughter was born in N.Y. on 9-11-75! She will not celebrate her birthday on that day!

Answer 6

Korean War in the 50's and Vietnam War in the 70's.
Iran Hostage crisis in the 70's

Answer 7

Oh, I can name you two tied together - The shootings by the national guard at Kent State University AND several years later, the university wanted to remove the memorial put up for the dead students to build a new gym on the spot. It incited a rather huge demonstration.

Answer 8

This is a list of important events the occured during 1970. Exact dates are listed when known.

* 4 students killed on University Campus
May 4, 1970....National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students, wounding many, 4 fatally, on the campus of Kent State University. Today, memorials to the four students stand near the place of the shootings.

* Chilie elects Marxist, Allende, as head of state
Allende became the first western nation to freely elect a Marxist head of state. This resulted in a stock market crash, a run on banks and a strike by mine workers.

* Black September
Jordan's King Hussein started to drive Palestinian commandos from his country, and on the 28th, Egyptian president Nasser died of a heart attack.

* First Earth Day, April 22

* EPA created

* Prime time football
ABC begins it's long running Monday Night Football

* World Trade Center is completed

* Childproof safety caps

* First female jockey in Kentucky Derby

* Mexico City subway is completed

* California is the first no-fault divorce state

* Amtrack is formed

* First New York City marathon

* Lithium is approved by the FDA
Used to treat manic-depressives.

* Arcosanti, a desert utopia is begun

* The New English Bible is printed
Directly translated from ancient texts into English, it created a big stir of controversy due to it's deviations from the King James version of the Bible (which had been originally translated from other languages)

* Spain's Franco regime convicts Basque leaders

* The Beatles release Let It Be, their last album

* First successful oil well in the North Sea found

* Artist Rothko commits suicide
After an investigation of his dealer, it is discovered that he had purchased 800 paintings after Rothko's death at much less their true cost.

* Canadian October Crisis
Two Canadian leaders were kidnapped by Front de liberation du Quebec, a Quebec seperatist movement. This resulted in martial law being declared in the Quebec province. One of the leaders, Pierre Laporte was killed by his captors, the other freed.

* Doonesbury comic strip goes national

* Apollo 13 mission suffers a huge setback
A ruptured air tank on their way to the moon almost sealed the fate of the three astronauts on board the spacecraft.

* Floppy disc was invented.

* Charles Manson Convicted of Murdering Sharon Tate
Charles Manson, the leader of a bizzare cult, and 4 of his followers were convicted of the murders of several people including actress Sharon Tate and her unborn baby.

* Earthquake in Peru May 31, 1970
72,000 people were killed and 700,000 were left homless

* China Launches Its First Satellite
APRIL 24. The People's Republic of China becomes the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit. China 1's first broadcast is the song "Tang Fang Hung" (The East is Red).

* Federal Elections
18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections.

* The introduction of bar codes
Bar codes are introduced for retail and industrial use in England.

(This is only 1970 - the site covers the decades you are looking for)

Answer 9

The Korean war in the 50's.

Answer 10

Although the festival "Woodstock" occurred in 1969, several documentaries and the movie Woodstock came out in 1970

Answer 11

Disneyland in California opened in 1955