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The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings 23 to 7 in the fourth annual Super Bowl games. Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superbowl_Trophy_Crop.jpg
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Three teams of P.F.L.P. guerrillas hijack five separate planes and divert them to "Revolution Airport." They give the governments whose citizens are on board 72 hours to release Palestinian militants held in Europe and Israel or the hostages will be killed. Image from: http://prophetofdoom.net/Islamic_Terrorism_Timeline_1973.Islam
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Two days after its initial launch, the oxygen tank explodes on the module. The lunar landing is aborted because of this, and the crew make it home safely, despite great dangers. Image from:http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/jscfeatures/articles/000000363.html Source: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13.html
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The Kent State shooting was at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and was with Ohio National Guards shooting unarmed college students. Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kent_State_massacre.jpg
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The Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys 16 to 13 in the fifth annual Super Bowl Games. Image from:
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The People's Republic of China joins the UN. The seat was formerly occupied by The Republic of China since 1945. Representative Chiang Kai-Shek signs the charter, giving China membership into the UN. Image from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Chiang_Kai-shek_.jpg
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After seven years of planning, the amusement park created by Walt Disney opens. Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cinderella_castle_day.jpg
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London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States, that is the reconstruction of the 1831 London Bridge. Image from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/LondonBridge_LakeHavasu.jpg/800px-LondonBridge_LakeHavasu.jpg
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The Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24 to 3 in the sixth annual Super Bowl games.
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The KKK stage a huge protest/ riot against the signing of Title IX. Three people die. Image from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Klan-in-gainesville.jpg
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The first successful video game is released. It is a tennis game featuring simple, two dimensional graphics. Image from: http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1680&bih=925&tbm=isch&tbnid=64ve-7Mc1vlRlM:&imgrefurl=http://animatedpng.net/pong-the-father-of-video-games.html&docid=tKJ3a0oNm2sTrM&imgurl=http://animatedpng.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Pong-game.jpg&w=1024&h=768&ei=R8-MT7r_EKWr2AW8maGMDA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=543&sig=100017556657357134576&page=1&tbnh=113&tbnw=154&start=0&ndsp
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The Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Redskins 14 to 7 in the seventh annual Super Bowl games.
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South Vietnam and the US sign a treaty with North Vietnam agreeing to a ceasefire. All hostages and prisoners are to be released, and an international force is created to ensure peace. Image from: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/alleyes/content/vietnam-war-ended-april-30-1975-23-images
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The Sears tower is a 108 story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At its completion it was the tallest building in the world, passing the Twin Towers in New York. Image from: http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/375/The-Willis-Tower.php
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals in their home habitats. Image from: http://anniekatec.blogspot.com/2011/05/deal-aims-to-cut-endangered-species-red.html
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The Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 to 7 in the eighth annual Super Bowl games.
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In response to the oil crisis in 1973, the US Congress enacted the National Maxumum Speed Law, mandating that the national speed limit be 55 mph to reduce gas prices. Image from: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/74500/74553/74553_75_R2-1_55_b.htm
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Richard Nixon resigns as president after what becaome known as the Watergate Scandal. People working for his administration broke into a Democrat based building and were arrested. Image from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/
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In President Gerald Ford's inauguration, he pardoned former president Richard Nixon for any crimes he might have committed in his presidency.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Minnesota Vikings 16 to 6 in the ninth annual Super Bowl games.
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Microsoft Corporation is founded in Albaqerque, New Mexico, and moves to Beleviue in Washington. They soon changed their name to Microsoft Windows. Image from: http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1680&bih=882&tbm=isch&tbnid=6rwgzggZxS0GRM:&imgrefurl=http://www.wired.co.uk/topics/microsoft&docid=wz0BmAbGxogD6M&imgurl=http://cdni.wired.co.uk/273x178/k_n/microsoft_273x178.jpg&w=273&h=178&ei=UdaMT73jI9K62gXH9cSjDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1213&vpy=220&dur=916&hovh=142&hovw=218&tx=56&ty=40&sig
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Francisco Franco was the leader of the rebel forces in the Spanish Civil War, and later dictator of Spain. At the time of his death, he had given most powers to his heir Prince Juan Carlos. Image from: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/general_francisco_franco.htm
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The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21 to 16 in the tenth annual Super Bowl games.
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The Apple company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniack, and Ronald Wayne. Image from: http://wavefunction.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/christmas-message-from-steve-jobs-for.html
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The New York City blackout was an electrical blackout that affected all of New York City and its immediate surroundings.The blackout led to looting, arson, and disorder. Image from: http://citynoise.org/article/7012
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Romanian gymast Nadia Comaneci receives a perfect ten on the uneven bars and the floor exercise, setting a record for the first perfect ten at the Montreal Olympics. Image from: http://www.ontrack4gold.com/games_details.asp?ID=131&StartDate=1976
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The Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32 to 14 in the eleventh annual Super Bowl games.
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Star Wars is an American film series containing six episodes. Image from: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/StarWars?from=Main.StarWars
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The first black Miss Universe was Janelle Commissiong of Trnidad and Tobago. Image from: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/212793/20110913/the-four-black-women-who-won-miss-universe-title-photos-miss-universe-2011-winner-miss-angola-2011-t.htm
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Chairman Mao was the founder of the People's Republic of China and leader of the Chinese Revolution. He was dictator of Communist China until his death. Image from: http://courses.missouristate.edu/dennishickey/cultrevolt.htm
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The Dallas Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos 27 to 10 in the twelfth annual Super Bowl games.
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The Love Canal was a canal connecting Niagra River and Lake Ontario. Toxic waste from World War II, the Manhattan Project, and the Hooker Electrochemical Company was dumped there. It was brought to national attention that residents were being harmed, and they had to be evacuated. Image from: http://www.professorwalter.com/civil-rights/
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A preacher named Jim Jones creates a leftist cult in California. He convinces people of the evils of capitalism and goes to Guyana. After killing an investigating congressman, Jones and his 912 followers commit suicide by drinking poison. Image from: http://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f181/jonestown-massacre-photos-18-november-1978-a-11317/
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The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowbys 35 to 31 in the thirteenth annual Super Bowl games.
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Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) was founded by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen, and Ed Eagan. Image from: http://www.epltalk.com/espn-to-acquire-premier-league-tv-rights-roundtable-discussion-3243
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Five protest marchers were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party. Image from: http://article.wn.com/view/2012/03/15/Piedmont_Pharmaceuticals_signs_development_deal_with_Hisun/
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The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between the US and Iran. 52 Americans at the American Embassy in Tehran were taken hostage for 444 days by Islamist students and militants. Image from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/04/middle_east_iran_hostage_crisis/html/11.stm
