Events During 1971-1974

1971 Major News Events

•  The Voting Age in the United States is lowered to 18 yrs old when the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified
• Border battles between India and Pakistan erupt into full-scale war
• The Walt Disney World Theme Park is opened in Florida
• The Soviet Union launches the first space station, Salyut 1, into low Earth orbit
• A new stock market index called the NASDAQ debuts
• Decimalisation in United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency.
• The US table tennis team visits to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) known as “Ping Pong Diplomacy”

1972 Major News Events 

• 11 Israel Athletes murdered by Arab Gunman at Munich Olympics
• 5 White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee the start of the Watergate Scandal.
• The United States and Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
• NASA’s Space Shuttle Program is officially launched
• Bloody Friday 22 bombs explode in Belfast Ireland
• Antiwar demonstrations draw 100,000 demonstrators in US cities
• The Dow Jones closes above 1000 for the first time in history

1973 Major News Events

• The United States ends its involvement in the Vietnam War
• OPEC oil to increase by 200%
• Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win the Triple Crown
• Alaska Oil Pipeline bill is passed to allow construction of a pipeline to access oil from the North Slope of Alaska
• Supreme Court of the United States rules on Roe v. Wade.
• Sydney Opera House is opened
• UK inflation rate running at 8.4% and the US running at 6.16%

1974 Major News Events

• IRA begins bombing campaign on mainland Britain
• Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign after the Watergate Scandal
• Rumble in the Jungle
• Stephen King, a 26-year-old author, published his debut novel “Carrie,”
• President Gerald Ford gives unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon
• Lucy an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old is discovered in Africa
• 55 MPH Speed Limit imposed to preserve gas usage US wide
• Sears Tower in Chicago becomes the worlds tallest building
• The Global Recession Deepens