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Super Bowl IV
Teams that played: Kansas City Chiefs- Minnesota Vikings
Winners: Chiefs
The score: 23-7
Where the game was: New Orleans, Louisiana -
Beatles Break Up
The Beatles Break up was not caused by one event, it included three separate events. The first event was when their manager died and the group had to take care of their own financial and legal issues that came with being in the band. Another reason why they broke up was because the band was not following any of the band member’s artistic views. The last reason why they broke up was because they began to work solo and they would not come back together as a group. After the band broke up the world -
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and Jordan government made a deal to release 4 members of the group from jail. -
Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes
The Palestinian hijackings were the first hijackings that happened in the world that included 5 international airplanes that were coming from Israel, Greece, Switzerland, Belgium, and India and heading to the U.S. or England. On their way to their destination they were all hijacked and instead of flying to their destination they went to Dawson’s Field. When the planes were at the field they let out all the Non-Jewish people and kept 56 Jewish people hostage. The attack ended when the terrorists -
World Trade Center is completed
The World Trade Center 1 was a building that was completed in December and was considered the south tower of the World Trade Center Plaza. The building of the World Trade Center was put into the hands of Minoru Yamasaki. Minoru had a few problems getting the 110 level towers approved because they could affect the New York skyline and it could mess up the televisions reception. The building was so big it had its own zip code, had 97 elevators and it had about 12,000 miles of electric cables. -
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[Beatles Break Up](3. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=beatles+break+up+1970&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1280&bih=843&tbm=isch&tbnid=urChIVkUJt5lWM:&imgrefurl=http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/12/the-beatles-break-up-40-years-later/67685/&docid=BbP5dezyPN0t6M&imgurl=http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/culture_test/beatles_post3.jpg&w=450&h=300&ei=LC56T827CeTliAKn58ly&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=182&vpy=325&dur=141&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=220&ty=122&sig=107983597680223596718&page=1&tbnh=151&tbnw=202&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&surl=1)[Palestinian Group Hijacks Five Planes](2. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=beatles+break+up+1970&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1280&bih=843&tbm=isch&tbnid=urChIVkUJt5lWM:&imgrefurl=http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/12/the-beatles-break-up-40-years-later/67685/&docid=BbP5dezyPN0t6M&imgurl=http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/culture_test/beatles_post3.jpg&w=450&h=300&ei=LC56T827CeTliAKn58ly&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=182&vpy=325&dur=141&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=220&ty=122&sig=107983597680223596718&page=1&tbnh=151&tbnw=202&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&surl=1)[World Trade Center](1. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=the+world+trade+center+when+it+was+built&hl=en&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1093&bih=470&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=38tDedfhiA7CXM:&imgrefurl=http://letsrollforums.com/take-wtc-wheres-concrete-t23859p5.html&docid=fJao4J8jdlk8DM&imgurl=http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_wtc_mya_WTC_const.2.jpg&w=700&h=464&ei=KzlyT7rhDeKo2wXtv5iDDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=96&vpy=151&dur=172&hovh=183&hovw=276&tx=174&ty=128&sig=114868901472559653211&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=191&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&surl=1) -
Super Bowl V
Teams that played: Baltimore Colts- Dallas Cowboys
Winners: Colts
The score: 16-13
Where the game was: Miami, Florida -
Attica State Prison Riots
The Attica State Prison Riots took place in Attica, New York. The prisoners were rioting because they wanted better living conditions in the prisons of New York. The inmates of the prison rebelled with 2,000 men on their side taking control of the prison and taking 33 officers hostage. They were finally pushed to rebel when one of their inmates was shot and killed by a corrections officer. At the end of the revolution 39 people were dead, 29 inmates and 10 officers. -
Disney World Open
When Walt Disney created Disney Land in California he bought the land and announced that he was going to build a large amusement park on that land. When the word got out that there was going to be an amusement park in this area a lot of restaurants, shopping centers, and hotels bought the land around it so they could make a lot of money because of tourists. A few years later after Disney Land was up and running Walt Disney wanted to expand and add more amusement parks but found out he couldn’t -
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because there was tons of restaurants, shopping centers, and hotels around Disney Land. Since he could not expand in California he looked around the country. When he was looking at the reports of where all the tourists were coming it told him that only 5% of the 75% of people that live across the Mississippi River were not coming because it took too long to get there. So he decided to build his amusement park in Orlando, Florida. To make sure that the restaurants, shopping centers, and hotels -
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did not buy next to the amusement park Disney decide to have random people in the company secretly buy a lot of land and sell it back to the Disney Company. Sadly before the amusement park was finished Walt Disney died. -
China joins the UN
The People of China Republic (PRC) tried many times to get into the United Nations. It took the PRC 21 tries to get in until 76 countries wanted them in and 35 did not. It took 21 tries because the U.S. did not want the PRC in the UN and the U.S. had many votes which made the vote go the opposing way. Once the country was in the UN they vetoed 8 different things in 6 different years. -
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[China joins the UN ](6. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=china+joins+the+un&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1024&bih=419&tbm=isch&tbnid=LE5QmeeNyppQwM:&imgrefurl=http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/21/russia-and-china-join-un-call-for-syria-peace/&docid=uJyGvZQ1nCM3NM&imgurl=http://www.euronews.com/images_news/img_606X341_2103-syria-un-security-council.jpg&w=606&h=341&ei=-9x5T7eMEcbjiAKvprynDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=618&vpy=117&dur=907&hovh=168&hovw=299&tx=131&ty=136&sig=108212676749636088554&page=1&tbnh=77&tbnw=136&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&surl=1)[Attica State Prison Riots](5. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=attica+state+prison+riots&hl=en&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=419&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=_oeN9KF85Ag3BM:&imgrefurl=http://smileyandwest.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=6295872%3ABlogPost%3A227947&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post&docid=TTrzNJtTPEUYGM&imgurl=http://api.ning.com/files/Ekwy6TEYPLAD1IMXrSjF83svzXHqZ1-hNwzyj2Rrq1IJ1BJq7fDhY37uchKWcbYpB*0HFiXyLhZJYUi9cAtsIyNZd722r0pf/attica_art.jpg&w=800&h=335&ei=q9t5T636JqayiQKyh82nDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=631&vpy=140&dur=2250&hovh=145&hovw=347&tx=313&ty=131&sig=108212676749636088554&page=1&tbnh=57&tbnw=137&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0&surl=1)[Disney World Open](4. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=disney+world+opens&hl=en&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=419&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=Ptpp7d-sRQLMmM:&imgrefurl=http://www.dipity.com/70schicks/The-1970s/&docid=4XOQkXYKElEUuM&imgurl=http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/90da5c11b9c0264783c1131dc1d9d384_1M.png&w=300&h=305&ei=LNl5T5eAGpH9iQLeyrmnDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=63&sig=108212676749636088554&page=1&tbnh=100&tbnw=98&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0&tx=59&ty=42&surl=1) -
Super Bowl VI
Teams that played: Dallas Cowboys- Miami Dolphins
Winners: Cowboys
The score: 24-3
Where the game was: New Orleans, Louisiana -
George Wallace shot while Campaigning
George Wallace was shot 5 times while he was campaigning in Maryland. When he was shot one of the bullets went through his spine and he was paralyzed for the rest of his life from his waist down. He was shot by Arthur Bremer who was later sent to jail for 35 years and got out in 2007. After Bremer was released from prison Wallace wrote a letter to Bremer to tell him that he forgives him for shooting him but Bremer never wrote back to him. -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany
The attack on the Olympic Games was when the Palestinians took hostage of 11 Israeli coaches and athletes in the Olympic Village. They were taken hostage because they wanted 234 members of their group out of the Israeli prisons and to have a safe pass to Egypt. There were two attempts trying to rescue them which ended with 5 members of the Black September terrorist group were dead. Overall all of the coaches and athletes died with one police officer. -
Last Man on the Moon
Apollo 11 was the last manned spaceship to this day that has landed on the moon. The crew of the space craft was Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans. Saturn V, which is a type of rocket, was used for its final time on this moon mission. Two of the three men of the space crew took the lunar module down to the moon to stay for three days to collect about 75 pounds of space dirt and rocks. Overall the astronauts were in outer space for 11 days. -
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[Last Man on the Moon](9. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=apollo+17&hl=en&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=843&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=cdCqExYtwP8MEM:&imgrefurl=http://lostmotorcycles.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-science-history-or-is-it-toast.html&docid=QzHJkOJpBdFsGM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4NRIl47o8Ng/TSNO3A-xkEI/AAAAAAAACSk/OBmWwEQJ7yo/s1600/apollo17_a1.jpg&w=589&h=488&ei=cdF8T-ivA8rOiAKQzNnjDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=342&vpy=520&dur=1609&hovh=204&hovw=247&tx=161&ty=120&sig=107983597680223596718&page=2&tbnh=153&tbnw=184&start=22&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:22,i:124&surl=1)[Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany](8. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=%E2%80%A2%09Terrorists+Attack+at+the+Olympic+Games+in+Munich,+Germany&hl=en&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=843&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=k5WjivmN6cwhXM:&imgrefurl=http://www.shalomlife.com/news/16741/survivors-of-1972-munich-massacre-return-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/&docid=QzLBnVjyLKz38M&imgurl=http://www.shalomlife.com/img/2012/02/16741/munich_/400_300_munich_.jpg&w=420&h=315&ei=QjV6T-SrOfDZiAL4ud1a&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=516&sig=107983597680223596718&page=2&tbnh=159&tbnw=220&start=21&ndsp=26&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:21&tx=75&ty=89&surl=1)[George Wallace shot while campaigning](7. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=%E2%80%A2%09George+Wallace+shot+while+campaigning&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1280&bih=843&tbm=isch&tbnid=Pa6jEkkd8xYltM:&imgrefurl=http://pdxretro.com/2011/05/gov-wallace-shot-on-this-date-in-1972/&docid=hgQXuwbEAqOU2M&imgurl=http://pdxretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/GeorgeWallace511_thumb.jpg&w=519&h=390&ei=Ay96T5zDGaGiiQLqrcxt&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=191&vpy=157&dur=47&hovh=195&hovw=259&tx=138&ty=63&sig=107983597680223596718&page=1&tbnh=154&tbnw=205&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&surl=1) -
Super Bowl VII
Teams that played: Miami Dolphins- Washington Redskins
Winners: Dolphins
The score: 14-7
Where the game was: Los Angeles, California -
Sears Tower Built
The Sears Tower is a building that was built for the Sears Company’s employees so they can be put into one area in Chicago, Illinois. The building would tower over the World Trade Center’s height. Sears Tower was constructed of nine separate building that would fit into a 3 million square feet piece of land. These nine buildings would have an identical one on the other side of the lot. The buildings have a total 104 elevators and put a fire sprinkler system in which cost 4 million dollars. -
Paul Getty Kidnapped
The Paul Getty kidnapping was when Paul was kidnapped from a pizza place in Rome and was taken to an area by a mountain. The kidnappers sent a ransom letter to the family for 17 million dollars to make sure he will make it back safely to his home. When the ransom letter was not answered the kidnappers cut off his ears and cut his hair to prove that they were not messing around with him. Finally he was released for 2.9 million dollars. In the end, two members of the group were sent to prison. -
U.S. Vice President Resigns
The Vice President who resigned was Spiro Agnew who was the Vice President for President Nixon. He resigned because he was he was going to be fined for tax fraud, conspiracy, extortion, bribery. For the crimes he was put on probation for three years and he was also fined 10,000 dollars to repay the taxes that were missed. At the end of the law suit he had to write a check for about 200,000 dollars. Spiro was the first Vice President to resign from office because of a crime. -
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National speed limit 55
The national speed limit was set because of the emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act. This act was a law that said the speed limit had to be 55 and if the state did not follow the law the government would not help pay for roads and repairs on roads and highways. They made these limits because there was an oil crisis and there were too many people dying in vehicle accidents. By doing this the drivers saved one percent in gas because they were driving slower. -
Super Bowl VIII
Teams that played: Miami Dolphins- Minnesota Vikings
Winners: Dolphins
The score: 24-7
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Patty Hearst Kidnapped
Patty Hearst was kidnapped at the age of nineteen from her California apartment. She was taken by an urban guerrilla group named Symbionese Liberation Army. The group wanted to trade her for food to every needy person in the state of California. Each needy person needed to get 70 dollars’ worth of food and back then it would total about 400 million dollars in food. When the food was dropped off, the SLA said it was not good enough for them so they did not trade Patty for the food. After two -
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Gerald Ford pardons Nixon
President Ford pardoning Nixon was a smart idea but made him very unpopular with the people of the United States of America. It was smart because Nixon had been through a lot during his presidency and it was not a very good idea because if Ford did not pardon him the country would have to deal with the trail of Nixon and all of the prosecuting. It made the citizens mad because Nixon did not do as he promised with Vietnam. Since he did not do as he promised with Vietnam during the election the -
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people were very upset with him to begin with and this made the people even madder because he broke the law and the people wanted him to go to jail. When the people wanted Nixon in prison and Ford pardon him it made the whole country upset. -
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Super Bowl IX
Teams that played: Pittsburgh Steelers- Minnesota Vikings
Winners: Steelers
The score: 16-3
Where the game was: New Orleans, Louisiana -
Microsoft Founded
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. These two men were childhood buddies who enjoyed programing computers. They got the idea that helped start the business from a magazine called Popular Electronics by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS). When they looked at the magazine they noticed that it could use a Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) interpreter. When MITS wanted a demonstration of the BASIC interpreter they did not have the money to make -
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Jimmy Hoffa Disappears
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in broad day light at 2:45 p.m. in Detroit. It is suspected that he was going to meet Anthony Giacalone and Anthony Provensano which are both Mafia Leaders. When Hoffa’s wife got home and he did not come home he was put on the missing persons list. The FBI and many other police groups looked for him for many days until they declared him dead seven years later. -
President Ford assassination attempts (2)
President Ford had two assassination attempts in California, three weeks from each other. The first one was in Sacramento when Lynette Formme pretended to shot President Ford with a Colt .45-caliber pistol. One of the Secret Service men went to grab the gun to stop the shooting. After the whole scene was over the team figured out that the gun did not have any rounds in it. Lynette was prosecuted for life in prison for attempted assassination. The second assassination attempt was in San Francisco -
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by Sara Moore. Sara was trying to shoot him with a .38-caliber revolver. Once she pulled out the gun a Secret Service agent grabbed the gun and moved it away from the president. The bullet that was shot cleared his head by 6 inches and hit a taxi driver. Mrs. Moore was sentence for life in prison. -
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Super Bowl X
Teams that played: Pittsburgh Steelers- Dallas Cowboys
Winners: Steelers
The score: 21-17
Where the game was: Miami, Florida -
Apple Computer Launched
The first Apple computer that was released was the Apple 1. The computer had the few basic parts which are CPU, the RAM, and a computer screen. The Apple 1 computer was hand-built by Steve Wozniak, one of the creators of the Apple Company. The computer was first shown at the Homebrew Computer Club and cost about 600 dollars back in 1976. -
Legionnaire’s disease strikes
The Legionnaire’s disease is a disease that gives you a high fever and a headache. The first case of it was at an American Legion convention. At the convention 182 cases of the disease were found in the members of the American Legion. Only 29 cases of the 182 became deadly. -
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eliminate the terrorist. The attack took only 90 minutes to completely clear the area of terrorist and hostages. At the end of the raid all of the terrorists were killed, three hostages were killed, and 45 military personals were killed. -
Entebbe Air Raid
The Entebbe Air Raid was when the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine group hijacked a plane and landed it at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. They were hijacking the plane because they wanted prisoners from the Israeli prisons. When the hijack happened the group took 248 passengers hostage until they landed. When they landed they released all of the Non- Israeli people from the plane. When these people were released the Uganda military started to plan to rescue the hostages and -
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[Legionnaire’s disease strikes](21. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=F2PaZa65CaBrHM:&imgrefurl=http://www.revolutionp.com/beware-of-legionnaires-disease-because-it-is-more-dangerous-than-dengue-fever_2200/&docid=qVcuEcADyLCO9M&imgurl=http://www.revolutionp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Legionnaires-Disease.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=-EqGT5yFF8St8AG8y5S8CA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=642&vpy=56&dur=1009&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=173&ty=128&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=96&tbnw=130&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:0,i:93&biw=944&bih=382)[Entebbe Air Raid](20. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=XOoUq0K50ZnaYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php%3Fp%3D7289&docid=z2m45v5E8wx7xM&imgurl=http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/entebbe%252520cover.jpg&w=226&h=163&ei=vEqGT8C1EoWr8AG1-dSVCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=498&vpy=120&dur=989&hovh=130&hovw=180&tx=100&ty=74&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=89&tbnw=119&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:76&biw=944&bih=382)[Apple Computer launched](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#1976.E2.80.931980:_The_early_years) -
Super Bowl Number XI
Teams that played: Oakland Raiders- Minnesota Vikings
Winners: Raiders
The score: 32-14
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Star Wars Movie Released
The Star Wars movie was created by George Lucas. He decided to make the last three movies first so later he can make three more prequels about the how the plot begins for the older movies. When this movie came out it became a very big hit that caused them to create books, comic books, and multiple video games. -
New York City Blackout Continued
set on fire. At the end of the blackout there were 75 stores broken into and 25 fires set. The blackout lasted for a day and 550 law enforcement men were injured with 4,500 thieves taken into custody. -
New York City Blackout
The New York City blackout was when all of the power went out at Buchanan South which is a substation located on the Hudson River. At the substation two circuit breakers broke because of a big thunder storm. When this happened almost all of New York City went black. Also when this happened, thieves came out and started taking things from poor family’s homes or from local thrift shores. There was also a lot of vandalism done throughout the city. After the buildings were looted sometimes they were -
Elvis Found Dead
Elvis was found dead in his house in Memphis, Tennessee. His girlfriend found him dead in the bathroom. When his girlfriend called the doctor the doctor estimated that he has been dead for a very long time. The doctors pronounced that he was dead at 3:30 in the afternoon. He died because of coronary arrhythmia which is a doctor term for a heart attack. -
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Year’s Picture Links
[Star Wars Movie Released](24. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=vfL1sCHcR5cvCM:&imgrefurl=http://thereinthedark.blogspot.com/2012/03/if-star-wars-were-released-tdoday.html&docid=PBmREoX6mJGxYM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WZEpER3zqKs/T1sDWftoRvI/AAAAAAAAAEs/gir4Maga2HA/s1600/SW%252BPoster.jpg&w=717&h=1020&ei=kkuGT-OiI-it8AHBz8ScCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=470&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=90&tbnw=63&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:76&tx=26&ty=43&biw=944&bih=382)[Elvis Found Dead ](23. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=6BAJuOVTTLdJTM:&imgrefurl=http://www.examiner.com/acting-in-national/elvis-presley-remembered-after-32-years&docid=JGc0r8i1Pz3mQM&imgurl=http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/lea(1).jpg&w=271&h=300&ei=WkuGT-T7MsOb8AHZxrW7CA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=437&sig=106733718084753203128&page=2&tbnh=110&tbnw=104&start=5&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:5,i:137&tx=49&ty=58&biw=944&bih=382)[New York City Blackout](22. http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=3LD9LbzQOkGmDM:&imgrefurl=http://theravenandblackcat.com/blog/2011/8/15/the-new-york-city-blackout-of-2011.html&docid=4MKAssFLhOck3M&imgurl=http://s3.media.squarespace.com/production/1035612/11906047/-jSXFudZofVo/TkkzmZK_c1I/AAAAAAAAB9s/zBh1AhKgEQw/s1600/nyc_blackout.jpg&w=580&h=386&ei=MEuGT-SVEYSK8AGiktDCCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=86&vpy=67&dur=1185&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=170&ty=125&sig=106733718084753203128&page=2&tbnh=116&tbnw=170&start=12&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:12,i:135&biw=944&bih=382) -
Super Bowl XII
Teams that played: Dallas Cowboys- Denver Broncos
Winners: Cowboys
The score: 27-10
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First Test-Tube Baby Born Continued
around the country thought that doing this would make the baby not healthy. The baby girl was born at 11:47 p.m. because of a Cesarean section. A few days later the baby was completely healthy and the test-tube baby was a success. -
First Test-Tube Baby Born
The first test tube baby was a baby that had been fertilized outside of the female. A test tube baby is when a doctor takes an egg from the mother and the sperm from the father and makes the baby in a science lab. The first time it worked was when Lesley Brown was not able to make a baby because of Fallopian tube blockage. Dr. Steptoe and Dr. Edwards usually wait until the cells divided into 64 cells but instead they put the egg back into Lesley just two days after the fertilization. Doctors -
Love Canal in New York Declared Federal Disaster
The Love Canal is not a real canal in New York. It is a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. Hook Chemical dumped 21,000 tons of toxic waste causing birth defects and disease in babies. When this started to happen the federal government decided to make every one leave the city. Still today the city is a ghost town with no one living in it. -
John Paul II Becomes Pope
John Paul II was the pope of the Catholic Church for 26 years and 168 days before he died of a Urinary tract infection. He helped relieve the stress between four different religions and the Catholic religion. John Paul II was a very busy man traveling to 129 different countries. He also allowed 1,340 people pass into heaven that the Catholic religion believes in. -
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Super Bowl XIII
Teams that played: Pittsburgh Steelers- Los Angeles Rams
Winners: Steelers
The score: 35-31
Where the game was: Miami, Florida -
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
The Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island was a nuclear accident that happened because human error and electrical error. The turbines at the station and the reactor were the main causes of the incident. There was a human error because the workers at the plant did a test and they shut off the emergency water supply system to complete this test. When they were done with the test they forgot to turn on the water supply. Since they forgot to turn on the water supply the reactors got hot and could -
Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island
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ESPN starts broadcasting
The Entertainment and Sports Programing Network, also known as ESPN, is a sports television show that shows live games, sport talk shows, and shows reruns of sports games. The T.V. channel was created by Bill Rasmussen and Scott Rasmussen, who is Bill’s son. The main show that is on ESPN is Sports Center which is a talk show about the highlights of sports games and athletes career’s that happened during the week. -
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
The Iran hostage crisis was when the Shah of Iran, who was put there by the CIA, needed to come back to the U.S.A for surgery. The Shah asked President Carter if he could come back for his surgery because the people in Iran did not like him and he did not want another assassination attempt on him. Carter accepted him back into the United Sates and when the Shah left Iran Islamic militants took over the U.S. embassy and took 52 American hostages. The hostages were held for 444 days until Ronald -
Iran Takes American Hostages in Tehran
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Super Bowl Picture Links
[1979](10. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=o8COKodXLgqFtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.steelermaniacs.com/&docid=FGZV_pEw6qQ7DM&imgurl=http://www.steelermaniacs.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_18/custom/rotator/steelers-logo.gif&w=300&h=300&ei=F06GT7WsDKSF8AGs3uycCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=224&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=152&tbnw=152&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:149&tx=55&ty=42&biw=944&bih=382)[1978](9. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=HtwjV5gnDLmoFM:&imgrefurl=http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/dallas-cowboys-top-the-nfls-social-media-rankings/&docid=tGD_O6_DG-n-cM&imgurl=http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dallas-Cowboys-logo.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=wE2GT8_QCYad8AH139yrCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=445&vpy=57&dur=60&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=127&ty=155&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=211&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:153&biw=944&bih=382)[1977](8. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=zTNj0D_0umcqcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php%3Fid%3D2341&docid=faGCYMvRC3k-aM&imgurl=http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/585/full/2341.gif&w=513&h=545&ei=g06GT8CRBeOB8AHpnt2oCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=260&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=142&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:149&tx=57&ty=78&biw=944&bih=382)[1976](7. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=o8COKodXLgqFtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.steelermaniacs.com/&docid=FGZV_pEw6qQ7DM&imgurl=http://www.steelermaniacs.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_18/custom/rotator/steelers-logo.gif&w=300&h=300&ei=F06GT7WsDKSF8AGs3uycCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=224&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=152&tbnw=152&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:149&tx=55&ty=42&biw=944&bih=382)[1975](6. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=o8COKodXLgqFtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.steelermaniacs.com/&docid=FGZV_pEw6qQ7DM&imgurl=http://www.steelermaniacs.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_18/custom/rotator/steelers-logo.gif&w=300&h=300&ei=F06GT7WsDKSF8AGs3uycCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=224&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=152&tbnw=152&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:149&tx=55&ty=42&biw=944&bih=382)[1974](5. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=Tyd8LaBx5E52NM:&imgrefurl=http://jim-heftyinfo.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-nfl-preview-miami-dolphins.html&docid=5Ujoo8nF8SA0DM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_snwIfQbStd4/TGsbBF_a5II/AAAAAAAAEso/_iytSxO0cls/s1600/miami_dolphins_bg.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=4U2GT_fIMuez8AGPitSUCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=882&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=150&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:86&tx=53&ty=89&biw=944&bih=382)[1973](4. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=Tyd8LaBx5E52NM:&imgrefurl=http://jim-heftyinfo.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-nfl-preview-miami-dolphins.html&docid=5Ujoo8nF8SA0DM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_snwIfQbStd4/TGsbBF_a5II/AAAAAAAAEso/_iytSxO0cls/s1600/miami_dolphins_bg.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=4U2GT_fIMuez8AGPitSUCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=882&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=150&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:86&tx=53&ty=89&biw=944&bih=382)[1972](3. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=HtwjV5gnDLmoFM:&imgrefurl=http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/dallas-cowboys-top-the-nfls-social-media-rankings/&docid=tGD_O6_DG-n-cM&imgurl=http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dallas-Cowboys-logo.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=wE2GT8_QCYad8AH139yrCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=445&vpy=57&dur=60&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=127&ty=155&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=211&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:153&biw=944&bih=382)[1971](2. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=3PALF-D1l2OhcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.picturesdepot.com/wallpapers/4752/colts.html&docid=p-JBsS6JCOjBMM&imgurl=http://images.picturesdepot.com/photo/c/colts-4752.jpg&w=1280&h=1024&ei=UU2GT8miLKi58AG8zOCoCA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=472&vpy=11&dur=207&hovh=201&hovw=251&tx=172&ty=143&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=222&start=0&ndsp=4&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:140&biw=944&bih=382)[1970](1. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=rKdWLW6ztiAjGM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php%3Fid%3D857&docid=s5SL_cJe-10AaM&imgurl=http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/7/162/full/857.gif&w=545&h=352&ei=PU2GT9HQBYG28AHE_cGsCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=307&sig=106733718084753203128&page=1&tbnh=157&tbnw=243&start=0&ndsp=3&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:149&tx=145&ty=100&biw=944&bih=382)
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