ENGL C101 Guide for Debilyn Kinzler: The 1970s

1970

• The United States invades Cambodia
• Kent State shootings
• The first jumbo-jet, the Boeing 747, makes its debut commercial flight from New York to London. 
• IBM introduced the floppy disc. 

1971

• The U.S. voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years old when the 26th Amendment was ratified. 
• The Pentagon Papers are published. 
• Anti-war rally held in Washington, D.C. 

1972

• Nixon visits China
• The Watergate Scandal begins when White House operatives are caught burglarizing the Democratic National Committee. 
• Israeli Olympic Athletes were killed at the games in Munich. 

1973

• The United States Supreme Court declared abortion a constitutional right in the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade.
• United States Vietnam War Prisoners are released. 
• Pinochet coup in Chile
• Watergate hearings. 

1974

• United States President Richard Nixon resigned from office after being implicated in the Watergate Scandal.
• Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States

1975

• The movie "Jaws" opens in theaters and is considered to be one of the first blockbuster films. 
• The United States pulls out of Vietnam

1976

• Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States.
• The Viking I lands on the Moon. 
• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created the Apple Computer Company

1977

• The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner is first tested. 
• The Panama Canal gained neutrality.
• Vietnam Draft Evaders are pardoned. 

1978

• Pope John Paul II is elected. 
• First test tube baby is created. 
• The computer video game Space Invaders is released. 
• Jonestown mass suicide. 

1979

• United States hostages taken in Iran
• USSR invades Afghanistan
• The Three Mile Island nuclear incident occurs in Pennsylvania
• Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of the UK.