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Apollo13 Huge Setbackt
Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly
were assigned to the Apollo 13 mission, which was supposed to land in the moon’s Fra
Mauro region. Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970. That belief was shattered moments later, when an oxygen tank
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18 year olds give up the right to vote
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution limited the minimum voting age to 18. It was adopted on July 1, 1970. -
The Beatles Break Up
The Beatles were active from their formation in 1960 to the disintegration of the group in 1970. There were numerous causes for the Beatles' break-up. Including the cessation of touring in 1966, and the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, in 1967, meaning the Beatles were personally involved in financial and legal conflicts. -
Cigarette Adds On Tv And Television
President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio. In 1969, after the surgeon general of the United States released an official report linking cigarette smoking to low birth weight, Congress yielded to pressure from the public health sector and signed the Cigarette Smoking Act. -
VCR Introduced
The VCR (videocassette recorder) was introduced by the Sony Corporation, in a Japanese company, in 1971. It started out with a smaller home "videocorder" known as Betamax, which at first competed heavily with the larger VHS (video home system) format. Americans can now watch taped programs whenever they wish and can also fast-forward through commercials, a practice known as "zapping. -
Disney World Opens
The Walt Disney World Resort (also known informally as Disney World) is the world's most-visited entertainment resort. The resort was originally developed by Walt Disney in the 1960s to supplement Disneyland in California. Walt died in 1966 before his original plans were fully realized. Disney World opened on October 1, 1971. -
The First Successful Video Game Pong Launched
Pong was the first game developed by Atari Inc., incorporated in June 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. In September 1972, Bushnell and Alcorn installed the Pong prototype at a local bar, Andy Capp's Tavern. -
terroist attack the olymipic games in munich
The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage. Then eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September. -
HBO LAUNCHED
Soon afterwards, on November 8, 1972, "The Green Channel" became "Home Box Office". HBO began using a network of microwave relay towers to distribute its programming. The first program and film broadcast on HBO, Sometimes a Great Notion, starred Paul Newman and Henry Fonda. -
Bar Codes Introduced In The U.K. ON Retail Products
UPC Barcodes are generally used to track products in theretail industry. This made keeping track of inventory easier. -
Sears Tower Built
At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. The Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the seventh-tallest freestanding structure in the world. -
U.S. President Spiro Theodore Agnew Resigns in 1973
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States (1969–1973), serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland (1967–1969).On October 10, 1973, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President,Then Nixon replaced him. -
nationals speed limit 55
The National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL) in the United States was a provision of the 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act that prohibited speed limits higher than 55 miles per hour.). It was drafted in response to oil price spikes and supply disruptions during the 1973 oil crisis. The law's safety benefit is disputed. Some research found that crashes increased and that partial repeal made for safer roads. Other research found a safety benefit. Congress repealed the NMSL in 1995. -
Girls are aloud to play little league baseball
From 1951 through 1974, Little League was for boys only.. In 1974, Little League rules were revised to allow participation by girls in the baseball program following the result of a lawsuit filed by the National Organization for Women on behalf of Maria Pepe. Bunny Taylor becomes the first girl to pitch a no-hitter. -
Nixon resigns in 1974
Although Nixon initially escalated the war in Vietnam, he subsequently ended US involvement in 1973. Nixon's second term saw an Arab oil embargo, the resignation of his vice president, Spiro Agnew, and a continuing series of revelations about the Watergate scandal. The scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. -
Microsoft Found by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975
Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s,Paul Allen and Bill Gates, childhood friends with a passion in computer programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their shared skills. Allen came up with the original name of "Micro-Soft," as recounted in a 1995 Fortune magazine article.
