America - 1970AD
In 1970AD:
Ohio national guardsmen killed four Kent State students during an anti-war protest.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established.
The Amtrak intercity rail passenger service was created by an Act of Congress.
The Boeing 747 Jumbo jet airliner entered service.
The Apollo 13 crew returned to earth after an explosion aboard their command module.
Songwriting duo Simon and Garfunkel recorded
Bridge Over Troubled Water
.
Rock music guitarist Jimi Hendrix died from a drug overdose.
Donald Sutherland starred in Robert Altman's anti-war film M*A*S*H.
George C. Scott starred in the Academy Award winning film Patton.
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau began satirizing public figures and politics in Doonesbury.
American writer Maya Angelou published
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
.
Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize for breeding miracle wheat strains.
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