Florida Institute of Technology - Ad Astra Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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Postal Service became a separate entity Palestine comandos hijacked three wes tern airlines and sparked a civil war in Jordan jie: Charles Manson found guilty of first degree murder U.S. aids South Vietnam incursion into Laos a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons on the seabeds beyond the 12 mile coastal zone is signed by 63 nations Lt. William Calley Fr. is convicted on first degree murder in the slaying of 22 South Vietnamese at Mylai Amtrack began its operations publication of Pentagon Papers on U.S. involvement in Vietnam began constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to 18 is rati- fied Pres. Nixon begins new economic programs with wage, price, and rent freezes inmate rebellion at Attica State Correctional Facility ends U.S. bombers strike N. Vietnam Pres. Nixon visits in Peking, it was the first such visit since the communist takeover the ERA amendment is introduced the last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam Alabama Governor George Wallace is shot while campaigning Pres. Nixon visits in Moscow, the first such visit ever Environmental Protection Agency announces a near total ban on DDT five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee offices the White House announced plans to sell U.S. grains to USSR Senator Thomas Eagleton Democratic V.P. nominee admits to electroshock therapy and withdraws for race Senate ratifies the strategic arms treaty between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. state laws limiting abortion to the first three months of pregnan- cy are overturned Vietnam Peace Pacts are signed American Indian Movement members seized the trading post and church at Wounded Knee, S.D. John Dean told senate hearings that Nixon, his staff, and cam- paign aids conspired to coverup Watergate facts U.S. officially ceases bombing in Cambodia Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned Arab oil-producing nations impose a total ban on exports to the US. congress overrules Nixons veto on war powers bill Alaskan pipeline bill signed Gerald Ford is sworn in as the first Vice President not to be elected U.S. oil companies reported huge profits for the fourth quarter of 1973 Arab oil empargo ends Nixon to pay $432,787 in back taxes and interest Impeachment hearings against Nixon are opened Supreme Court rules that Nixon must turn over 64 tapes of White House conversations House Judiciary Committee recommended three articles of im- peachment against Nixon Nixon resigns Pres. Gerald Ford issued an unconditional pardon to Nixon for all federal crimes Boston school busing plan for reacial integration met with vio- lent protest from whites charges of abuse of power by CIA were published U.S. civilians evacuated from Saigon Mitchell, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman found guilty of Watergate cover-up charges illegal CIA operations described by panel headed by Vice Presi- dent Rockefeller N.Y. City default on notes avoided U.S. Apollo and U.S.S.R. Soyuz linked together James Hoffa, Teamsters ex-president disappears an assassination attempt on Gerald Ford fails as does a second attempt 9 22 Patricia Hearst captured by FBI in San Francisco end of covert military aid to factions in Angolan cival war bribes by Lockhead Aircraft Corp. revealed mechanical respirator keeping Karen Quinlan alive could be turned off by ruling of the N.J. Supreme Court multi-millionaire Howard Hughes, 70, dies cadet cheating on exams at West Point more wide spread than previously reported 5 24 76 7 3 76 7 4 76 7 21 76 9 3 76 10 12 76 WY ely er aaa 3 9 77 7 13 77 8 10 77 11 13 77 11 24 77 12 5) i7a7 12 10 77 12 25 77 1 13 78 3 6 78 4 6 78 4 7 78 4 18 78 6 6 78 7 10 78 9 6 78 10 27 78 3 28 79 5 25 79 6 7 79 7 10 79 8 22 79 10 1 79 10 1 79 10 17 79 11 1 79 11 3 79 1 4 80 4 24 80 5 5 80 5 18 80 4 12 80 11 4 80 11 6 80 12 8 80 12 8 80 12 28 80 1 16 81 1 20 81 1 6 81 3 2 81 3 30 81 4 12 81 10 3 81 7 29 81 9 21 81 10 6 81 British and French supersonic concord flights to Washington D.C. took less than four hours Israeli commandos rescued 103 hostages held in the Entebbe, Uganda airport by terrorists America celebrated its bicentennial mystery ailment killed 29 persons attending the American Le- gion Convention in Philadelphia Viking II lander set down on Mars swine flu vaccinations halted after several people died Pres. Jimmy Carter pardons most Vietnam draft evaders convicted murderer Gary Gilmore executed FCA seeks to ban saccharin 25-hour Blackout hits N.Y. City David Berlowitz is suspected of being ‘Son of Sam” murderer of six N.Y. residents the East African state, Somalia, expelled Soviets and Cubans Rhodesian leader accepts Majority Rule Egypt severs ties with Arab states Soviets arrest twenty prominent - dissedents on Human Rights Day Sadat, Begin meet to discuss Mideast Peace Senator Hubert Humphrey, 66, died of cancer Pres, Carter invokes Taft-Hartley Act to end United Mine Work- ers 105 day strike legal mandatory retirement age is raised to 70 production of the neutron bomb deferred U.S. senate votes to turnover the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999 California voters approve Proposition 13, limiting property tax- es leatrile approved for use by terminally ill patients hearings into the assassinations of Pres. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr opened Humphrey-Hawkins “full employment” bill becomes law three-mile island nuclear reactor accident occurs DC-10 jet airliner crashes killing all 272 passengers aboard at the Chicago O’Hare airport MX missle approved direct presidential vote rejected by senate IRA kills Britans Lord Mountbatten Panama takes control of Canal Zone Pope John Paul II visits U.S. Mother Teresa wins 1979 Nobe Peace Prize the federal government decides to aid the Chrysler Corp. 53 Americans are taken hostage at the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran U.S. takes punitive measures against U.S.S.R. in retalliation for Soviet invasion of Afghanistan eight Americans killed in attempt to rescue hostages in Iran Pres. Carter offers haven to Cuban refugees Mt. St. Helens erupts U.S. Olympic committee voted to boycott summer olympics in Moscow Ronald Reagen is elected president Atlanta officials request help in solving the murder cases of 11 Atlanta children former Beatle, John Lennon is shot and killed IRA prisoners in Northern Ireland prisons go on hunger strikes, increasing tensions between Ireland and England a man-made heart keeps a calf alive trouble continues with Cuban and Hitian refugees Iranian hostages released after 444 days of captivity Polish workers strike for their civil rights U.S. sends more advisors to El Salvador Reagan is wounded in an assassination attempt, and Press Secre- tary James Brady is seriously injured Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on its first trial flight Irish hunger strike is called off Prince Charles weds Lady Diana the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice appointed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is Assassinated research by Terasia Romhof 145

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U.S. atomic sub Seawolf surfaced after a record 60 days of being submerged Pope Piux dies Soviets launch Sputnik III Sherman Adams resigns as Assistant to Pres. Eisenhower Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba Alaska admitted as the 49th state Okalahoma repealed prohibition St. Lawrence Seaway opened The George Washington, 1st U.S. ballistic-missle submarine launched U.S. Savannah, 1st atomic-powered merchant ship launched V.P. Richard Nixon visits Soviet Union Hawaii admitted as 50th state Soviet Premier Khrushchev visits U.S. rigging of T.V. quiz shows exposed European Free Trade Association established Ist French nuclear test explosion Caryl Chessman put to death for robbery, kidnapping and at- tempted rape U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane piloted by Francis Powers shot down over USSR U.S. launched 1st weather satellite, Tiros I Princess Margaret, marries Antony Armstrong-Jones U.S. RB-47 reconnaissance plane shot down over Barents Sea Polaris missile launched from submerged nuclear submarine John Fitzgerald Kennedy elected 35th President U.S. backed rightest group in Laos takes power U.S. severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba U.S. Peace Corps created Maj. Yuri Gagarin of the USSR becomes the 1st human space traveler “Bay of Pigs” invasion of Cuba fails Commander Alan Shepard Jr. is on the first manned sub-orbital space flight East Germany closed the border between East and West Ger- many Soviet Union resumed nuclear testing in the atmosphere Soviet Union sets off largest nuclear blasts despite world protest Secretary General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskgold, killed in a plane crash U.S. Scientist sent a chimp into orbit Li. Col. John Glenn Jr. is the first American in orbit Pres. Kennedy said U.S. military advisors in Vietnam would fire if fired upon Supreme Court backs one-man one-vote apportionment of seats in state legislatures U.S. steele price increases rescinded Supreme Court rules prayer in public schools unconstitutional Ist U.S. communications satellite launched largest cash robbery in U.S. history $1,551,277 James Meredith becomes the first black student at U. of Miss. after 3,000 troops put down riots Pres. Kennedy orders Soviet Union to stop military aid to Cuba Cuban invasion prisoners released and flown to the U.S. U.S. Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper orbits the earth 22nd time Supreme Court rules all criminal defendants must have counsel and illegally aquired evidence not admissible in court Pope John XXIII dies, replaced by Pope Paul VI Supreme Court rules the recitation of Bible verses or the Lord’s prayer unconstitutional limited nuclear test-ban agreed upon by the US., U.S.S.R., and Great Britian 200,000 people, predominantly black, hold a civil rights demon- stration in D.C, John F. Kennedy assasinated Lee Harvey Oswald accused of murder of J.F.K. U.S. troops in Vietnam total 15,000 and aid to South Vietnam over 500 million Panama suspends relations with U.S. after riots Supreme Courts orders congressional districts have equal popu- lations U.S. sends military planes to Laos three civil rights workers found buried, 21 white men arrested Civil Rights act of 1964 passed U.S. planes bomb North Vietnamese bases after N. Vietnam 9 27 64 10 16 64 11 3 64 2 7 65 3 18 65 4 28 65 3 21 65 8 6 65 3 11 65 9 21 65 10 3 65 11 9 65 1 27 67 3 1 67 5 15 67 6 23 67 6 23 67 11 7 67 10 21 67 12 3 67 1 17 66 5 1 66 6 29 66 7 1 66 7 1 66 7 14 66 8 1 66 8 6 66 11 8 66 1 23 68 1 30 68 2 28 68 4 4 68 5 10 68 6 5 68 6 5 68 8 20 68 8 26 68 12 24 68 3 28 69 4 15 69 5 14 69 7 18 69 7 20 69 10 15 69 11 3 69 11 17 69 11 21 69 1 5 70 3 17 70 2 18 70 OF NATIONAL GROWT H AND HISTORY attacks U.S. destroyers Lee Harvey Oswald is thought to have acted alone in murder of J.F. Kennedy Alekesei Kosygin becomes Premier of USSR and Leonid Brezh- nez takes over party leadership Communist China conducts a successful test explosion of its first nuclear bomb Lyndon Johnson elected president Pres. Johnson orders continuous bombing of North Vietnam USSR Lt Col Aleksei Leonov becomes the first man to walk in Space 14000 U.S. troops sent to Dominican Republic to prevent com- munist take over Civil Rights march lead by Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery Alabama new voting rights act passed Negros in the Watts area of Los Angelos rioted Water Quality Act passed national origins quota system of immigration abolished massive electrical power failure resulting in blackouts over most of northeastern U.S. and parts of Canada U.S. forces in Vietnam reached 184,300 fire aboard Apollo I killed astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee Black representative Adam Clayton Powell was denied his seat in congress because of charges of misuse of government funds massive tariff cuts were approved by 53 countries Senator Thomas Dodd censured by congress for using campaign for personal benefit Pres Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin met and agreed not to let any crisis push them into a nuclear war Thurgood Marshall, becomes the first black Supreme Court justice Vietnam was protested by 35,000 in Washington Peace March racial riots in Newark, NJ and Detroit, MI left 66 people dead Dr. Christian Barnard performed the first successful heart trans- plant 475,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam are all subject to bombing by N. Vietnam four H-bombs fell from a B-52 bomber after it collided with a fet tanker, none of the bombs exploded U.S. forces begin firing into Cambodia bombing of Hanoi area of North Vietnam begins Frances withdraws all its armed forces from NATO Medicare program is initiated eight student nurses slain in a Chicago apartment building a sniper atop the U. of Texas tower shot 44 people killing 14 before he was shot to death by the police Luci Johnson, daughter of Pres Johnson, marries Patrick Nugent Edward Brooke becomes the first black U.S. senator in 85 years 385,000 U.S. troop stationed in South Vietnam U.S.S. Pueblo is seized in the Sea of Japan “Tet Offensive’ communist troops attacked Saigon on 30 proy- ince capitals white racism cited as chief cause of black violence in a commis- sion report on civil disorders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated Vietnam preliminary peace talks begin in Paris U.S. nuclear submarine Scorpion and crew presumed lost Senator Robert Kennedy is shot and dies the next day Soviet Union invades Cxechoslavakia to crush a liberal regime at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the police clashed with anti-war demonstrators ‘ U.S. astronauts Borman, Lovell, and Anders made 10 orbits around the moon Dwight Eisenhower died Unarmed U.S. reconnaissance plane is shot down by N. Korean jets in the Sea of Japan Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned Chappaquiddick incidence involving Edward Kennedy U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon Americans protested the war on Moratorium Day Pres. Nixon appealed to the silent majority for support of his program in connection with the Vietnam War the U.S. and U.S.S.R. began preliminary SALT talks Pres. Nixon’s nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the Su- preme Court is rejected The Selective Service System held the first draft lottery since 1942 the wife and daughter of Joseph Yablonski, United Mine Work- ers Official, were found shot to death the Supreme Court ordered 14 school districts to be integrated a jury found the defendents of the “Chicago-7 innocent of conspiring to incite riots during the Democratic convention the U.S. cast its first veto in the United Nations Security Council

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