• pwnicholson@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Or what has been called one of the most historic and tumultuous years of a century (1968)… Yeah.

      Now I gotta look up 1973. Never heard it mentioned in this context…

      Answer:

      • Roe vs Wade
      • Vietnam War officially ended, US pulls out of Cambodia
      • OPEC oil embargo started
      • Wounded Knee occupation
      • Major flooding of the Mississippi River
      • New tallest building in the world (Sears Tower)
      • Nixon goes to China and US opens official office in Beijing
      • Battle of the Sexes tennis match
      • Secretariat wins first triple crown in 25 years, smashing records
      • “The Miller Test” for obscenity is established by the US Supreme Court
      • Two notable commercial airline crashes with fatalities (both in Boston, interestingly)
      • Egypt and Israel sign peace accord
      • Much of the Watergate scandal played out in 73, though Nixon didn’t resign until August of '74