WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: 1970-1979

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CHRONOLOGICAL	1971	1976
GEOGRAPHICAL	1972	1977
TOPICAL	1973	1978
	1974	1979

• REFERENCE
• General
  • WWW-VL: History: The Cold War
  • 1970s History Books at Amazon.com
• Timelines
  • Timelines of the 20th Century 1970-1979
  • The Seventies - A Summary
  • In the70s.com Timeline
  • SuperSeventies.com

   

• CHRONOLOGICAL
• 1970
  • Events of 1970, from Wikipedia
  • The Presidency of Richard M. Nixon. 1969-1974
    • Official Biography of Richard M. Nixon
    • The Presidency of Richard M. Nixon. 1969-1974
    • The Imperial Presidency 1972-1980
    • Richard Nixon. Cartoons by Pat Oliphant
  • Continuation of the Vietnam Conflict
  • The My Lai Trial and The My Lai Courts-Martial
  • May 4 Kent State Shootings
    • 4 May Students Shot Down at Kent State University
    • "Kent's Other Casualties," By Chief Warrant Officer John W. Listman Jr.
    • "The May 4th, 1970 Shootings at Kent State University; The Quest for Historical Accuracy
  • "The Hard-Hat Riots"
  • The First Mortgage-Backed Securities introduced 1970
  • The Nixon-Pressley Meeting. The Documents
• 1971
  • Events of 1971, from Wikipedia
  • Payoff to the Vice President
  • The Attica, New York, Prison Revolt
    • Plan of Attica Prison
    • The Attica Prison Insurrection 1971 
    • Governor Nelson Rockefeller and he Attica Prison Riot, September 9-13, 1971 The Attica Prison Insurrection
    • Attica Revisited. Bibliography
  • 13 June The Pentagon Papers
    • The Pentagon Papers
    • The New York Times v. United States, (1971) ["The Pentagon Papers" decision]
  • The Trial of Charles Manson
• 1972
  • Events of 1972, from Wikipedia
  • Records of Secret Nixon-Zhou en-Lai Talks held in February
  • June 22 Hurricane Agnes Hits Pennsylvania
  • 1972 Olympics
    • 1972 Olympics
    • Olympic Hostages Killed in Gun Battle
    • Who murdered the athletes of the Israeli 1972 Olympic Team in Munich?
    • Mark Spitz Wins Seven Olympic Medals
    • USA Basketball Team Loses to Soviet Team 
  • M*A*S*H* Premieres September 1, 1972
  • The Election of 1972
• 1973
  • Events of 1973, from Wikipedia
  • Roe v. Wade (includes court decison and arguments transcripts and audio recordings)
    • Roe v. Wade, 1973 [Majority opinion in landmark decision on abortion]
    • Roe v. Wade in a Nutshell
    • Abortion Access: All Sides of the Issue
    • 30th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (from NPR)
    • Impact of Roe v. Wade (from Planned Parenthood)\
    • Roe v. Wade and the Right to Choose (from NARAL)
  • Resignation of Vice-President Agnew 10 October
  • The OPEC Oil Embargo 21 October
  • The effects of the 1973 Oil Embargo
  • The Watergate Affair
    • Watergate --Washington Post
    • Nixon and Watergate. A National Archives Exhibit
    • "I'm Not a Crook" [famous cartoon by Herblock]
    • He Was a Crook, by Hunter S. Thompson (16 June 1994)
    • Watergate and the Constitution, from NARA
    • Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, NARA US Federal Archives
• 1974
  • Events of 1974, from Wikipedia
  • The United States v. Nixon [limitation of "executive privilege"]
  • Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech, August 8, 1974
  • The Presidency of Gerald Ford 1974-1977
    • Official Biography of Gerald Ford
    • Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
    • On-Line Documents, Photographs and Exhibits
    • Gerald Ford Selected Speeches and Writings
    • Links to Sources relating to Gerald Ford and His Presidency
  • Gerald Ford's Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office August 1974 [text and audio]
  • President Ford's Pardon of Nixon
    •  Gerald Ford's Remarks on Signing the Nixon Pardon Proclamation
    • Gerald Ford's Proclamation Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon
  • Sears Tower Completed in Chicago
  • Church Committee Investigates CIA-Media Relations
• 1975
  • Events of 1975, from Wikipedia
  • 15 January. State of the Union Address
  • Beisbol Diplomacy. Unclassified Documents from 1975
  • The Vietnam Conflict. The Bitter End, 1969-1975, from the History Place
  • July 5, 1975: Arthur Ashe Wins Wimbledon
• 1976
  • Events of 1976, from Wikipedia
  • 19 January. State of the Union Address
  • Foreign Aid and Human Rights
  • Gregg v. Georgia
  • Patricia Hearst Case
  • Introduction of the Apple II Computer
  • The 1976 Presidential Debates
  • The Election of 1976
• 1977
  • Events of 1977, from Wikipedia
  • The Presidency of Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
    • Official Biography of Jimmy Carter
    • Jimmy Carter. Image Gallery
    • The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
    • Jimmy Carter. The Outsider President
    • The Passionless Presidency. The Trouble with Jimmy Carter's Administration, by James Fallows (May 1979)
    • The Jimmy Carter Presidential Daily Diary Online [PDF format]
    • Oral History Transcripts [RTF Format]
    • Executive Orders-Jimmy Carter
    • Medal of Freedom Awards. 1977-1981
    • The Changing Economy: Inflation, Stagflation, and Deregulation. Alfred Kahn and Paul Volcker, from PBS
  • Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1977
  • Foreign Aid and Human Rights
  • The New York Blackout of 13-14 August
    • The New York Blackout. Images
    • The New York City Blackout 2
  • "Who Gets Ahead in America", by McGeorge Bundy [the Baake challenge to affirmative action] November 1977
  • The Leonard Peltier Case
• 1978
  • Events of 1978, from Wikipedia
  • Jimmy Carter 19 January State of the Union Address
  • "Human Rights and Foreign Policy," Jimmy Carter
  • FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke [definition of limitations on race in Affirmative Action]
  • September 1978. The Camp David Accords: The Framework for Peace in the Middle East
• 1979
  • Events of 1979, from Wikipedia
  • Jimmy Carter 25 January, State of the Union Address
  • The Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981
    • The Iran Hostage Crisis 4 November 1979 - January 1981
    • Excerpts from an Iran Hostage's Diary, Robert C. Ode
    • Twenty Years After the Hostages. Unclassified Documents on Iran and the United States
  • Three-Mile Island Nuclear Plant
    • Meltdown at Three-Mile Island (1979)
  • The Jonestown Tragedy
• GEOGRAPHICAL
  • Illinois
    • Sears Tower Completed in Chicago

   

• TOPICAL
  • American Culture and Society in the 1970s
    • American Cultural History - 1970-1979
    • Generation X
    • Art
    • Cinema and Films
      • Academy Award Winners
      • Star Wars Released, 1977
    • Literature
    • Media, Television and Radio
      • Media History Project Timeline 1970-1979
      • M*A*S*H* Premieres September 1, 1972
      • Roots Miniseries Airs January 23-30, 1977 and Alex Haley Biography
      • Church Committee Investigates CIA-Media Relations
    • Religion
      • Religion in America--Postwar Religion
      • The Christian Right
      • Jonestown Massacre and Jonestown Massacre + 20: Questions Linger
• Civil Rights
  • July 5, 1975: Arthur Ashe Wins Wimbledon 
  • 1970s Civil Rights
  • Women's History: Sixties & Seventies
  • The Women's Movement
• Economics
  • Historical Debt Outstanding - Annual, 1950-2000
• Industry, Business and Labor
  • Sears Tower Completed in Chicago
  • Microsoft Founded 1975
• Politics
  • "One Nation Indivisible" [political cartoons of the 1970's by Herblock]
  • The Vietnam Conflict. The Bitter End, 1969-1975, from the History Place
• Science and Medicine
  • Introduction of the Apple II Computer
  • The First Micro-Processor
• Sports
  • July 5, 1975: Arthur Ashe Wins Wimbledon
  • 1972 Olympics
    • Mark Spitz Wins Seven Olympic Medals
    • USA Basketball Team Loses to Soviet Team 

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