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The Chicago Seven Law Suite
The Chicago Seven were charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. They were found not guilty of conspiring to incite a riot, though five of them were found guilty of crossing state lines to incite a riot. -
total solar eclipse
CBS showed the first color broadcast of a total eclipse. The eclipse may be referenced in the hit popular song “You're So Vain” by Carly SimonTotality was visible across southern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico, the southeast Atlantic coast of the United States, northeast to the Maritimes of eastern Canada, and northern Miquelon-Langlade in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. -
Apollo 13 Launches
The Apollo 13 mission to the Moon is perhaps the most famous space missions of all – the infamous line “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here” came from this mission. -
The first Earth Day is celebrated
Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day the idea for Earth Day came to him following a trip to California to view the aftermath of the Santa Barbara oil spill. After his trip, he learned about a series of anti-Vietnam War teach-ins that were happening on college campuses. At the time, the public was only just becoming familiar with the ideas of air and water pollution. Nelson thought that if colleges across the country held teach-ins, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. might pay attention. -
Cambodia incursion
the allies inflict over 11,000 enemy casualties and seized thousands of tons of military supplies and food. Nearly 1,000 allied troops are killed, including 338 Americans. North Vietnamese forces later reoccupied much of eastern Cambodia, and the incursion inflames antiwar sentiment in the United States. -
Shooting at Kent State University
The Ohio National Guard opened fire on college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio. 4 students died and 9 others were injured. The protest was in response to Nixion expanding the war into Cambodia. This insighted even more distaste for the war among the public, the song "What About Me" by Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young famously talk about this shooting. -
Nixon Approves the Huston Plan
43-page report and outline of proposed security operations put together by White House aide Tom Charles Huston in 1970. It came to light during the 1973 Watergate hearings and it suspended the protections from the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution against unreasonable searches and seizures. Though it was rescinded 5 days later -
Jimi Hendrix is found dead
In Kensington, London after an overdose, Hendrix is often cited as one example of an allegedly disproportionate number of musicians dying at age 27, including Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Robert Johnson, and Janis Joplin. -
Vietnam war Protests put down
Richard Nixon, US President, orders 1,000 new FBI agents for an armed presence at college campuses in the wake of several anti-Vietnam war protests. -
Elvis Presley and US President Richard Nixon meet in the White House
Presley showed an interest in acquiring a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge, and Murphy suggested that Presley write to President Nixon offering his services to help combat illicit drug use. Presley wrote a letter on the plane and hand delivered it to the White House at 6:30 am. The mage of the meeting becomes the most requested image from the entire National Archives -
Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles
Paul McCartney officially left the band on 10th April 1970. This came after the release of their final album in the same year, Let It Be. The album would be number 1 for 4 weeks. Paul McCartney officially filed a lawsuit for the dissolution of The Beatles’ partnership on 31st December. It would not be formalized until 29th December 1974 – when John Lennon signed the paperwork whilst on holiday with his family at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.