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Four black college students had began a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter and sparked a national movement.
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The Apollo 13 launched on April 11, the mission became a successful failure after an oxygen tank exploded. The crew which was led by Jim Lovell, safely returned to earth on April 17 after orbiting the moon.
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Soviets had shut down a U.s spy, place and it had escalated tensions and caused the paris summit to collpase.
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John F. Kennedy had won the presidency in a close race against Richard Nixon. He was the youngest president ever and had represented as a fresh, energetic vision for America which contrasted with the Eisenhower years.
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ruby bridges had began integrating an all white school. The board of education ruled against the racial segregation of public schools.
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sputnik 4 was a Russian spacecraft it launched and crashed to earth in the middle of north 8th street in manitowoc, just outside of the vila's-rahr mansion.
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The great inflation was a period from 1965 to 1982, it had reached double digits in the U.S. and other nation. There were oil shocks, Which had caused energy prices to skyrocket and it fueled broader inflation. there was also the Nixon price control which was temporary and had failed, but soon was lifted. At the end of the great inflation, there was a policy shift. The experience had changed central banking which led to a new focus on controlling inflation through monetary policy.
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This was a long term mismatch where a government expected future spend significantly that exceeded its projected future revenues, that led to an unsustainable debt even if current budgets appear balanced.
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over 210,000 postal employees began a strike, prompting Nixon to assign military units to new York city post offices to maintain services.
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The U.S president Richard Nixon had announced the invasion of Cambodia on April 29 to disrupt north Vietnamese supply lines, which intensified domestic anti-war sentiment.
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On may 4, Ohio national guard opened fire on students after they were protesting the Vietnam war at Kent sate university. Killed four and wounded nine.
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RIchard nixon signed a voting rights act amendments on June 22, which had lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18.
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This was a very challenging economic condition on where it had high inflation, slow economic growth and high unemployment that occurred simultaneously.
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Nixon had signed the smoking act which officially banned cigarette advertisements on television and radio effective.
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In Mississippi, an officer had fired into a crowd of demonstrators, which killed two black students.
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The U.s Senate had voted 81-10 to limit the presidents unilateral war powers.
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The growing imbalance, which made dollar gold convertibility unsustaible as more dollars were held abroad than the U.S. had gold to back them. There was also the Nixon shock which had faced inflation and the gold run.
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Nixon signed the occupational safety and health act or OSHA into law to ensure safer working conditions across the nation.
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This event had numerous immediate effects. Oil prices quadrupling to almost 12$ a barrel. it was extremely bad. There were gas shortages with long lines and severe economic stagflation. There were also job losses and forced major changes in the U.S. energy policy.
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The environmental protection agency or EPA had officially began operations to consolidate federal environmental research and protection activities.