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‘No cause justifies violence as long as the system provides for change by peaceful means.’ Richard Nixon 37th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Aug. 9, 1974 Chevrolet Chevelle 454 SS
1970 COST OF LIVING
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Spiro Agnew
39th. U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Oct. 10, 1973
World events
• PanAm begins the first commercial 747 service from New York to London on Jan. 21. • Black Sabbath releases its self-titled debute album Feb. 13 in England, regarded as the first, true heavy metal album. • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect March 5. • The U.S. invades Cambodia on April 29 to hunt out Viet Cong. Large antiwar protests occur. Ground troops would
withdraw on June 28. • The Isle of Wight Festival begins Aug. 26 off the coast of England. Some 600,000 attend, making it the largest rock festival of all time, featuring Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, The Moody Blues, Jethro Tull and more. • Gamal Abdel Nasser dies Sept. 28. Anwar Sadat become president of Egypt on Oct. 17. • The Khmer Republic is proclaimed Oct. 9 in Cambodia, sparking a civil war with the Khmer Rouge. • President Nixon announces the with-
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drawal of 40,000 U.S. troops from Vietnam by Christmas.
U.S. News
• “All My Children” premieres on ABC on Jan. 5. • Diana Ross and the Supremes perform their farewell concert Jan. 14 in Las Vegas. • U.S. postal workers begin a two-week strike March 18. President Nixon assigns military units to some post offices. • President Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act on April 1, banning cigarette television commercials. • American Motors Corporation introduces the Gremlin on April 1. • An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes April
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13, forcing the crew to abort the mission. England with more than 600,000 in attendance. They would splash down safely in the Pacific on April 17. • The first Earth Day is celebrated in the County on Sept. 26, burning 175,425 United States on April 22. acres. • Four students are killed and nine • The Public Broadcasting Service begins wounded by National Guardsmen at Kent broadcasting Oct. 5. State University in Ohio on May 4 during • Garry Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” comic antiwar protests. strip debuts Oct. 26 in about two dozen • The Who become the first act to pernewspapers. form rock music at the Metropolitan Op• Ronald Reagan is elected governor of erah House in New York on June 7. California on Nov. 3; Jimmy Carter is • “The Long and Winding Road” becomes elected governor of Georgia. the Beatles 20th and final single to reach • The North Tower of the World Trade No. 1 on the charts in the U.S. on June 13. Center is topped out at 1,368 feet on • Longtime radio music countdown show Dec. 23, making it the tallest building in “American Top 40” debuts on five radio the world. stations July 4, with Casey Kasem as host. • The Women’s Strike for Equality takes Movies place Aug. 26 down Fifth Avenue in • “M*A*S*H” New York. • “Patton” • Ford introduces the Pinto on Sept. 11. • “Love Story” • Jimi Hendrix dies Sept. 18 from an • “The AristoCats” overdose of • “Beyond the Valley of sleeping pills. the Dolls” • “Monday • “Kelly’s Heroes” Night Football” • “Joe” debuts on ABC • “El Topo” on Sept. 21. The • “Catch-22” Cleveland • “Little Big Man” Browns defeat the New York Music Jets, 31–21. • “Let it Be,” The • T he Laguna Beatles Fire starts in • “In the Summertime,” San Diego Mungo Jerry
BORN THIS YEAR: Megyn Kelly, news anchor (Nov. 18). Above left: Paul Ryan, House speaker (Jan. 29); Master P, rapper, music producer (April 29); Matt Damon, actor/screenwriter (Oct. 8); Jennifer Connelly, actress (Dec. 12).
• “Venus,” Shocking Blue • “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon & Garfunkel • “Spirit in the Sky,” Norman Greenbaum • “Whole Lotta Love,” Led Zeppelin • “Lola,” The Kinks • “Up Around the Bend,” Creedence Clearwater Revival • “Raindrops Keep Falling On My
Head,” B.J. Thomas • “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” The Carpenters
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