70'S AND 80'S

EARTH DAY-APRIL 22, 1970

• Today is the first earth day. The idea came from Gaylord Nelson. What really started this was a massive oil spill that happened last year. Since then I always recycle

KENT STATE APRIL 30,1970

• There was a shooting at a college campus today resulting in 4 deaths and 9 injuries. They shot into a a crowd and I watched one of my close friends die. This is an act of terror. How can we protect ourselves?

ITS 1971

• Everyone is wearing flare jeans and turtlenecks. This is a big part of fashion. I wonder what will be out next?

SUMMER OF 1972 XX OLYMPIAD

• There were many nations competing in this multi-sport event in Munich. I sat third row. I wonder who will win next year

POLITICS

• The president Richard Nixon visited China for an official trip on February 21,1972. He is the very first president to visit the people's republic of China since it was established in 1949. Who will be next to go?

WATERGATE JUNE 17, 1972

• Today there was a huge political scandal. It began after the arrest of 5 men for breaking into the DNC headquarters at the watergate complex. They stole many visitors money but were caught. I wonder what scandal will happen next?

THE GODFATHER

• In 1972 this was considered one of the great films of all time. It is a mob drama focusing on the Italian American crime family of Don Corleone. How do they come up with this stuff?

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 1972

• It is made up of 3 sections stating that no one could be denied on the account of sex. It says this is enforced by congress. Who passed these laws?

ENDANGERED ACT OF 1973

• The strongest federal law protecting imperiled wildlife and plants. What will this save from going extinct ?

ROE V. WADE 1973

• A landmark decision by the U.S Supreme Court that declared a pregnant women could have an abortion until the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. Why should we be allowed to kill innocent babies?

OPEC OIL EMBARGO ACT OCTOBER 16, 1973

• The oil crisis began when the members of the organization of Arab petroleum exporting countries proclaimed an embargo. By the end of it oil prices were up to 3 dollars a barrel. Why was it so expensive?

NIXON TAPES JULY 1973

• These are audio recorded tapes of president Nixon communicating with various administration officials for personal records. Why would he want himself recorded?

1974 NIXON RESIGNATION

• Nixon was the 37th president of the United States and the only president to resign the office and it was on live TV. Why did it have to be on live TV?

THE FORD PARDON SEPTEMBER 8TH 1974

• Gerald Ford who assumes office after Nixon had just resigned, pardons his predecessor for his involve the in the watergate scandal. Did someone think he would get away with this?

CAPTURE OF SAIGON APRIL 30, 1975

• The capture of the South Vietnam capital was taken by the people's army of Vietnam and the national liberation front, there was much confusion. Why did we have to get involved?

JIMMY CARTER NOVEMBER 2ND 1977

• Jimmy Carter is elected as the 39th president on this day. He served from 1977-1981 and went on to win the 2002 Nobel peace prize. What did he do to win it?

DISCO

• Disco was the forefront of pop music and stayed this way through both decades with the youth mesmerized by it. Who invented it?

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 1978

• This act passed by the government stated that everyone would have the equal opportunity to get the same education. How come this wasn't passed earlier?

SOVIETS INVADE AFGAN LATE DECEMBER 1979

• The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops and took immediate control of Kabul and other large portions of the country. Why did they want control?

DAVID PEACE AWARDS SEPTEMBER 17, 1978

• The awards were signed by Egyptian president after 12 days of negotiations. Why did it take so long for peace?

1970' TERRORISM

• Worse than it is today, more than 150 people were killed in the states and 600 were injured.

THREE MILE HIGH ISLAND MARCH 1979

• The three mile high island was a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28,1979. It happened in Dauphin county Pennsylvania. I wonder what caused this meltdown?

1980'S

MULTI-SPORT OLYMPICS FEBRUARY 14, 1980

• Held in Lake Placid New York the event lasted ten days. I missed it this year but will definitely be there next year

JOHN LENNON SHOT

• Today on December 8, 1980 John Lennon of the Beatles was shot by Mark David Chapman in New York City. Why did he kill him?

REAGAN

• Today in 1981, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. He had supply side economic policies dubbed Reaganomics that advocated tax rate reduction to spur tax growth.

TERROR ATTACK MAY 16,1981

• One dead in an explosion in the bathroom at the pan am terminal at New Yorks JFK airport. The bombing is claimed by the Puerto Rican resistance army. Why would they do this?

FADS

• Fads in today's 1980's time are things like Rubix cubes, Care Bears, and cabbage patch kids.

ERA (EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT)

• Written by Alice Paul, it was first proposed to congress in 1923 and was passed in 1972 after a 7 year ratification. Who was against this?

IRON MAIDEN

• Today on March 22,1982 Iron Maiden released one of the best songs of all time and a top hit. The song is called "Number of the beast". I wonder how she came up with it

HIV/AIDS

• Two major conditions are starting to spread like crazy. The gay community is taking the hit especially hard but it is affecting most people. How did this start?

BEVERLY HILLS COP

• This movie is the best movie of the year and the highest grossing. Ghostbusters was rereleased and over took it but it doesn't count to me.

NORIEGA

• Noriega's U.S prison sentence is going to end in September 2007. Convicted of murder in 1995. Why do we get involved in other countries problems?

HOSTAGE CRISIS

• Today at the American Embacy 7 Americans were taken hostage by Iranians are being held in Lebanon. Why weren't they protected?

STOCK MARKET CRASH 88

• A sudden drastic drop in paper wealth happened today. I invested and lost all my money because of this fall

MUSIC IN THE 70S AND 80S

• Music was a huge part of this time some artists Led Zepplin and Van Halen. I wonder if music will ever be this good again

COLD WAR NOVEMBER 1989

• After 30 years of keeping families apart the Berlin Wall finally came down

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

• A secret arrangement that sold weapons to Iran to provide funs for the Nicaraguan conga Rebels

COLD WAR STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE

• This is the Cold War. This initiative also know as Star Wars to help fight the Cold War. It initiated on March 23, 1983 under president Ronald Reagan

IN OCTOBER 1983 WE INVADED GRENADA

• This happened under the order of Ronald Reagan, we had the marines go in and the government was soon overthrown

RONALD REAGAN CONSERVATIVE

• Conservatives believe that people should have more power and believe civil liberties for all.

EL SALVADOR

• El Salvador was controlled by 5 left wing guerrilla groups. There was an incident of protesters being killed which led to a civil war

MTV WAS CREATED IN 1981

• It was called music television and it is very popular now