What were some interesting historical events that occurred in the '70s in the US (besides Nixon resigning)?
2007-04-17 10:31:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.
2007-04-17 11:04:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
~Kent State
Jackson State
Squeaky Fromme
Apollo 13
Imagine
Bangladesh (and the concert)
Rolling Stones (first) farewell tour
The Hillside Strangler
Watergate
Dark Side of the Moon
Moog Synthesizer
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
Arrest of the Gang of Four and final end of the Cultural Revolution.
Idi Amin
Popa Doc and Baby Doc
Ali's comeback(s)
Bobby Sands
Dennis Banks and Wounded Knee
The Red Brigade
Patty Hearst and the SLA
Ping Pong
Pong
Microprocessors, Altair and the PC's
The list is endless.
2007-04-17 10:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Charles Manson
Vietnam
2007-04-17 10:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mr nice guy 2U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hostage crisis in Iran towards the end of the decade. That is how the show Nightline got started. I remember they had a report on every night of the crisis.
2007-04-17 10:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by tangiergal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1973 Arab Oil Crisis. This was the first big worldwide oil shock and still has reprecussions throughout the world(see: The War in Iraq).
-IR
2007-04-17 10:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by IRelayer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Weather Underground:
they were American terrorists...kinda. They were anti-Vietnam and pro-revolution, and did all these bombings, but didn't kill anyone.
End of Vietnam
2007-04-17 10:44:26 · answer #6 · answered by clehl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋