Decade - 1970s

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***Editor's note, the following is THIS writer's opinion, not fact:

(going back to 1944)

10. The Civil Rights Movement in the United States / The Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa

9. Watergate (and subsequent impeachment of President Richard Nixon)

8. The fall of the Berlin Wall

7. detente' (French for relaxing of tensions - mainly between the United States and The United Soviet Socialists Republic in the 1970s, including the Test Ban Treaty)

6. The Vietnam War

5. The initiation of The Cold War following the US total victory over the Empire of Japan using nuclear weapons and VE Day

4. DDay

3. The establishment of the United Nations

2. The Kennedy Assassination

1. 9/11

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Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum USspeed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.

United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate WatergateCommittee.

The world's first surviving set of sextuplets are born to Susan Rosenkowitz in Cape Town, South Africa.

Happy Days premiers on ABC.

Joni Mitchell releases Court and Spark, arguably her most mainstream album.

» January 1974

1974 - Kuala Lumpur declared a Federal Territory.

John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.

The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal in carrying out a truce with Egypt.

The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

» February 1974

Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials reach an agreement for eventual reconciliation into one communion, marking the first agreement between the two churches since the Reformation.

Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.

NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.

The Ramones play their first ever gig as a trio at the Performance Studio in New York City.

» March 1974

In the United Kingdom, new administrative countiescome into being.

In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Waterloo".

At the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron breaks baseball great's Babe Ruth's record by hitting his 715th home run.

Italian prosecutor Mario Sossi is kidnapped by the Red Brigades.

A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crashes in Bali, Indonesia, killing 107.

» April 1974

An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.

Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.

Thirty-three people are killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.

Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.

Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France.

» May 1974

Baseball: The Cleveland Indians host "Ten Cent Beer Night", but have to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.

A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.

An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing six.

The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.

U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.

» June 1974

In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.

Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after Greek Cypriots' attempt at enosis. NATO's Council praises the United States and the United Kingdom for attempts to settle the dispute. Syria and Egypt put their militaries on alert.

Watergate Scandal: The United States Supreme Courtunanimously rule that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

Watergate Scandal: The House of RepresentativesJudiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice.

Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixonreleases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.

» July 1974

Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

Watergate scandal: US President Richard Nixonannounces his resignation (effective the next day, August 9).

Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, an action reportedly taken to prevent time from being wasted in impeachment proceedings in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president.

Yook Young-soo, First Lady of South Koreais killed amid an apparent assassination attempt upon President of the South Korea, Park Chung-hee, during the anniversarial ceremony of the Liberation day.

The Ramones play their first ever show at the CBGB's.

» August 1974

Evel Knievel's attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, fails after a parachute prematurely deploys on his "sky cycle."

Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.

The Stranglers are a British rock musicgroup, was formed in Guildford.

Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.

Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.

» September 1974

The Watergate trial begins

I Honestly Love You first reaches #1 on the Billboard charts, giving Olivia Newton-John her first top-selling single in the United States.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opens in theaters.

"The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the World Heavyweight Boxing championship.

» October 1974

In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.

PLO leader Yasser Arafat gives a landmark address to the United Nations General Assembly.

1974 - George W. Bush is discharged from the US Air Force Reserve.

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

The skeleton of "Lucy", a 3.18 million years old female hominid, of the genusAustralopithecus, was discovered in the Afar Triangleof Ethiopia.

» November 1974

A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on-board.

The last new episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on the BBC.

Malta becomes a republic

Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotteremains under French administration.

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia

In the 1950s, Australia's postal needs were serviced by the PMG (Post Master General). The PMG was responsible for telegraph and home telephone operations, as well as postal services.

In 1954, the PMG began offering the Teleprinter Exchange, or Telex, to the public. The telex was an electric typewriter that delivered typed messages along telegraph lines. This new technology was a great convenience, especially to businesses which no longer had to rely on the slower, more expensive telegram system.

Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) was introduced in the mid-1960s, allowing people to directly dial long-distance areas. This replaced the previous system whereby the phone user would dial the operator, who would then place the call.

In 1956, television brought the moving picture into people's homes. The uptake of television was enthusiastic and by the end of the decade it was estimated that over two-thirds of families in Sydney and Melbourne owned a television set. Over the next five years, television had spread to most other States.

Television transformed the way Australians received information. It soon became Australia's dominant form of mass communication, taking over from radio and cinema and posing a challenge to print media.

Television transmitted ideas into Australia faster than ever before. Australia's awareness and experience of the rest of the world changed rapidly. Television exposed people to other cultures and world views and provided information that would play a major role in shaping popular public opinion.

By the mid-1960s, television had truly taken hold as the most popular form of communication. Television was available in all but the most remote areas of Australia and it was estimated that by 1965, nine in ten Australian families owned a television set.

In the 1960s, global communication was revolutionised by satellite technology. Satellites were a bridge to exchanging information with the rest of the world and instigated major changes in television viewing and telephone communication. For a nation as geographically isolated as Australia, the opportunities presented by this technology were especially profound.

Tracking stations in Australia had been receiving Russian satellite signals since the late 1950s and received signals from the first US satellite in 1962. The first satellite weather images were beamed to Australia in 1964.

In 1966, the INTELSAT II satellite was launched. It enabled Australia to transmit and receive telephone calls and television signals, creating the first satellite exchange between Australia and the rest of the world. By 1968, Australia's entire telecommunications system was hooked up to this satellite system.

The potential of television and satellite technology was fully realised on 20 July 1969, when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. This landmark event was broadcast live into Australian homes. Rather than hearing or reading about the moon landing afterwards, Australia was able to experience and celebrate the event as part of the global community.

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War broke out between communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam following the end of French occupation in 1959. The United States and its allies, including Australia, feared the spread of communism and wanted to ensure a South Vietnamese victory. Along with America, Australia dispatched thousands of military personnel to Vietnam. In total, around 50,000 Australians served in the conflict between 1965 and 1972.

For the first time in history, the technology of television brought images of the war directly into people's homes. As television news showed controversial, sometimes horrifying events of the conflict night after night, public support for Australia's involvement in the war rapidly diminished. This effect was paralleled in America.

As a result, many people credit television with helping create the political pressure that led to the withdrawal of allied troops from the conflict.

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The advent of the portable transistor in the late 1950s rescued the radio industry from the impending doom of television. Although its sound quality was 'tinny' and a lower quality than that of traditional radios, the transistor allowed radio to escape the limits of the home. Unlike television, radio could be installed in cars and be carried to outdoor locations like parks and beaches.

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From the 1950s, advancing forms of communication provided new avenues for advertising to deliver its message to Australian society. Advertising and other forms of popular culture helped create an unprecedented demand for material goods. Through television, radio and magazines, advertisers depicted an exciting new American-inspired lifestyle that could be obtained by purchasing new cars and home appliances and the latest fashion, music, films, food and beverages.

Australia, like many other Western countries, fast developed a 'consumer culture'- whereby happiness and satisfaction were often associated with purchasing and consuming material goods. The consumerist trend would accelerate in later decades.

um the water scandal did happen in 1975 but not in 1976-2012 but the Jews did happen

Black children are taught in Afrikaans, a language they don't understand. The children therefore protest and the police retaliate with bullets and teargas.

The children march down the streets in big numbers. They were protesting peacefully. The police then sent down tear-gas with helicopters and big trucks were driving down the roads with the police firing from them.

The ruthless long-shots shot a 9 yr old girl and a 5 yr old boy. They died instantly. Women were running out of their houses screaming "STOP SHOOTING OUR CHILDREN!!!! STOP SHOOTING OUR CHILDREN!!!!!" The whites showed their devious side of hell while they massacred the blacks. The enraging thing is that while they were shooting at the blacks there was a white person on the blacks' side and the police stopped and let her through saying "STOP!!! That's a white girl! Let her through, let her through!" The bloodthirsty vampires stopped their slaughtering because "one of their own kinds" was amongst the people they were shooting.

The harmless, unarmed, helpless blacks were just sayingthey didn't want to be taught in Afrikaans! How is that wrong!? It isn't! One black woman quotes "We didn't mean to start out violent, but when the white police started terrorising us with bullets and teargas we retreated. Some threw stones and others started burning and looting. They started it and we finished it!!!!"

Also, the whites were being hypocritical by slaughtering the blacks with their unholy demonology of arcane destruction. They would find it dishonourable if they went into war with massive tanks and aeroplanes while the opposing team only had spears. They were doing worse to the blacks and some even went to the extent to think it was an act of honour!

Answer by Clevercody

A ton of things happened in the 2000's, and are still happening! Here are a few examples:

• The bombing of Twin Towers in 2001.
• Election of various Presidents (George W. Bush and Barack Obama)
• Iraq War
• Energy crisis
• Technology leaps
• Space Exploration Achievements

Hope it helps! -By Anonymous Quo