The Violent 70’s Kamari Brown Ms. Steele Core 1

1970 In 1970, protest by students at Kent state university in Kent, Ohio began on may 1 st, On may 4th, 1970 members of the Ohio national guard fired into a crowd of Kent state university demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent state students.

1970 continued… Robinson memorial hospital identified the dead students as Allison Krause, nineteen years old of Pittsburgh; Sandra Lee Scheuer, twenty years old Youngstown, Ohio; Jeffrey Glen Miller, twenty years old of 22 diamond drive, Plainsview,illinois; and William K. Schroeder, nineteen of Lorain, Ohio.

1971 In 1971, VCR’s were introduced in Tokyo. VCR format record a highly quality video signal without resorting to skip field. The vcr started to become a mass market consumer project

1972 In 1972, the first episode of the extremely popular TV series Mash aired on CBS September 17 th. It was based on Richard hooker’s novel Mash. It’s a novel about three army doctors during the Vietnam war.

1972 continued… The general plot mash revolves around army doctors who are stationed at the 4077 th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH). The regular cast were Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, Larry Linville, Wayne Rogers, Mclean Stevenson, and Loretta Swit.

1973 In 1973, supreme court case Roe V. Wade made abortion legal and marked an important turning point in public health policy. All state abortion laws that forbade abortion during the first six months of pregnancy were thereby invalidated.

1973 continued American women have the legal right to obtain in all 50 states for any reason Almost all state democratic party platforms support abortion Almost all state republic party platforms oppose it

1974 In 1974, Richard Milhous Nixon announced Friday, August 9 th that he will resign as the 37 th president of the U.S at noon. Mr. Nixon had been charged by house judiciary committee with “high crimes and misdemeanors”

1974 continued In his address Mr. Nixon said he would be succeeded by U.S vice president Gerald Ford He and Pat returned to their home in Sanclemente,California after his resignation

1975 In 1975, Arthur Ashe defeats the heavily favored Jimmy Connors to become the first black man ever to win Wimbledon. He began playing tennis as a boy in his hometown Richmond, Virginia In 1973, he was allowed to play

1975 continued He took the first set in just 19 minutes and secured a second 6-1 rout almost as quickly He suffered a heart attack and retired a year later

1976 In 1976, early in the morning of July 28 th, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the Chinese city of Tangshan The earthquake hit at 3:42 a.m The earthquake was the deadliest of the 20 th century

1976 continued The death toll reached over 240,000 A further 164,000 people were recorded as being severely injured In traditional Chinese thought natural disasters are seen as precursor of dynasty change

1977 In 1971, Elvis Presley died on august 16 th He died at age 42 His last girlfriend, 21 year old Ginger Alden found him slumped over in the bathroom

1977 continued He was pronounced dead by his physician Across the world, radio stations prempt regular formats and begin playing Elvis songs 24/7 His death saddened the world

1978 In 1978, an unusual series of events led to deaths of more than 900 people Though dubbed a “massacre”, what transpired at Jonestown on November 18 th The deaths were in the middle of a South American jungle

1978 continued The Jonestown massacre also remains the only time in history in which a U.S congressman was killed in the line of duty

1979 In 1979, The nuclear accident at three mile island was near Middletown, PA on march 28 th The accident began about 4:00 a.m The main feed water pumps stopped running, caused by either a mechanical or electric failure

1979 continued About 140,000 people evacuated the area for fear of possible radiation The crisis ended on April 4 th It was the most serious in U.S commercial nuclear power plant operating history

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