News of the Real World

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:19 pm

1962

Missiles spotted in Cuba triggered nuclear standoff between U.S. and U.S.S.R.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:07 pm

1963-The Zone Improvement Plan is instituted by Postal Service,giving birth to ZIP codes.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:57 am

1964--Three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi ,helping prompt passage of U.S. Civil Rights Act.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:55 am

1965

Martin Luther King Jr. leads four-day voting rights march from Selma To Montgomery,Alabama.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:55 am

1966--Supreme Court rules in Miranda vs Arizona,establishing rights for criminal suspects when arrested.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:36 am

1967--Packers beat Chiefs 35-10 in first AFL-NFL title game,dubbed "Super Bowl"

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:54 am

1968---Antiwar protesters battled Chicago police near Democratic convention.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:36 am

1969-Followers of Charles Manson kill seven,including actress Sharon Tate,in Beverly Hills

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:25 am

1970-Four Kent State students killed,nine wounded by National Guardsmen during antiwar protest.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:17 am

1971-26th Amendment ratified--U.S. voting reduced from 21 to 18

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:17 am

1972-President Nixon travels to China and U.S.S.R.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:12 am

1973

OPEC oil embargo against countries that support Israel;long lines at gas pumps in Europe,U.S.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:34 pm

1974--Nixon resigns presidency in wake of Watergate scandal;pardoned by President Gerald Ford.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:32 am

1975 18 years of U.S. war in Vietnam ends with fall of Saigon

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:12 am

1976--College dropouts Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs start Apple Computer in Jobs garage.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:08 am

1977- The King is Dead; Elvis Presley succumbs to apperent heart attack at Graceland,his mansion in Memphis.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:00 am

1978--900 cult members commit suicide by drinking poisoned kool-Aid at settlement at Jonestown,Guyana

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:31 am

1979 Jimmy Carter mediates historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt at Camp David,MD

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:01 am

1980--Mount St.Helens erupts in Washington,killing 34 people,demolishing 178 homes and destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of timberland.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:31 am

1981 52,U.S. hostages released from Iran after 444 days