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'Flying Bobby'
'Flying Bobby' — In one moment, Bobby Orr became a hockey legend. On May 10, 1970, Orr scored an overtime goal in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals, giving the Boston Bruins their first championship since 1941. In 1971, Orr signed the first million-dollar contract in NHL history -- $200,000 a year for five years -- and in 1979 he became the youngest NHL Hall of Famer when he was inducted at the age of 31. -
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur War, fourth of the Arab-Israeli wars, which was initiated by Egypt and Syria on October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. It also occurred during Ramadan, the sacred month of fasting in Islam, and it lasted until October 26, 1973. The war, which eventually drew both the United States -
Earth Day
First Earth Day. The annual event started as a gamble for American political leaders but was a quick success in achieving the creation of United States -
The "Fab Four
The Beatles call it quits — The "Fab Four," pictured here in 1970, released their final album, "Let It Be," on May 8, 1970. The album came one month after Paul McCartney announced the group's breakup. -
Canon Pocketronic Calculator
Canon Pocketronic calculator. The Pocketronic shares billing with the Sanyo ICC-0081 and the Sharp QT-8B for bringing pocket calculators to students. -
The Floppy disk
The floppy disk was an important invention back in the 1970's and it is still was use in the 21 century but is slowly dropping down. -
Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a significant political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. -
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes, exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that took place on September 20, 1973, inside the Astrodome in Houston. The match was something of a spectacle as the in-her-prime King defeated the 55-year-old Riggs in three straight sets, but the event nevertheless was a significant moment in the second wave of the women’s movement that took place during the 1970s. -
NFL
The perfect season — The Miami Dolphins, coached by Don Shula, win Super Bowl VII in January 1973 and become the only NFL team in history to win a championship with an undefeated record. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon Resigns. After two years of the public debate and conspiracy theories of the Watergate scandal, Nixon in a very dramtic yet subdued -
Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games
Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games Munich massacre, terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich orchestrated by affiliates of the Palestinian militant group Black September. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War. -
The digital camera
The digital camera would change photography forever. This 1970's invention was a forerunner of the camera that you use in your phone today. -
Jaws Opens In Theaters
Steven Spielberg's Jaws was an instant classic, but the sequel went over less swimmingly. Though Jeannot Swarzac's film, like the original, did well at the box. -
Elvis Presley's Death
Elvis Presley's Death had the passing Rock & Role -
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
The Imperial Forces -- under orders from cruel Darth Vader (David Prowse) -- hold Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford), captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance, and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy. -
Superman
The people who were in the movie was,
Christopher Reeve
Clark Kent Marlon Brando
Jor-El Gene Hackman
Lex Luthor Margot Kidder
Lois Lane Valerie Perrine
Eve Teschmacher Glenn Ford
Jonathan Kent Sarah Douglas
Ursa Ned Beatty
Otis Terence Stamp
General Zod Jeff East
Clark Kent Marc McClure
Jimmy Olsen Phyllis Thaxter
Martha Kent
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Three Mile Island accident
The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, near Harrisburg, the capital city of Pennsylvania, United States -
Iran hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students