In the Year 1970...

In 1970 (the year you were born)

• Richard Nixon is president of the US
• A federal jury finds the "Chicago 7" innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention
• The lunar spacecraft Apollo 13 splashes down in the Pacific after near catastrophe
• The first Earth Day is marked by millions of Americans participating in anti-pollution demonstrations
  At Kent State University, National Guardsmen fire into a crowd killing four student antiwar demonstrators
• A powerful earthquake claims 50,000 lives in Peru
• 18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections
• Tidal wave driven by cyclone from Bay of Bengal hits East Pakistan, killing hundreds of thousands
• An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland
• Queen Latifah, Mariah Carey, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Damon are born
• Baltimore Orioles win the World Series
• Kansas City Chiefs win Superbowl IV
• Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup
• Tearjerker Love Story is the top grossing film
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is published
• "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song

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