Timeline: Major Events of the 1960s
1970-74
- January 1 - Nixon signs National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- February - Timothy Leary sentenced to 10 years for Texas/Mex marijuana bust
- February 4 - Riot in Isla Vista, Calif. protesting Chicago verdicts
- February 4 - President Nixon proposes environmental cleanup - EPA
- February 18 - Chicago Seven acquitted of conspiracy charges
- February 19 - Chicago Seven Trial verdict: Dellinger, Davis, Hayden, Hoffman, & Rubin found guilty of crossing state lines to incite riot
- February 19 - Explosions in 3 office buildings in NY; and in Calif; Wash; Maryland; Mich, possibly done by the Weathermen
- February 25 - Isla Vista, Santa Barbara Bank of America bombed
- February 26 - U.S. Army discontinues surveillance of civilian demonstrations and files of demonstrators
- March 6 - Three Weathermen blow themselves up in Greenwich Village, NY
- April 1 - Cigarette advertising banned on radio and TV
- April 7 - Referring to student unrest, Ronald Reagan, Gov. of Calif: "If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with."
- April 10 - Paul McCartney announces breakup of Beatles
- April 22 - First Earth Day. Millions participate
- April 30 - Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
- May 4 - Four College Students Killed by National Guard at Kent State University, Ohio
- May 5 - Nuclear nonproliferation treaty takes effect
- May 8 - Construction workers attack antiwar demonstrators, Wall St., NY
- May 9 - 100,000 attend antiwar rally, Wash. D.C.
- May 14 - Police kill two at Jackson State during violent student demonstrations
- June 15 - Supreme Court OKs conscientious objector status on moral grounds
- June 18 - U.S. voting age lowered to 18, now old enough to kill and vote. (see Mar 23, 1971?)
- June 11 - Daniel Berrigan arrested by FBI for kidnapping/bombing conspiracy
- September 12 - Timothy Leary escapes prison (San Luis Obispo) with help from the Weather Underground, joins Eldridge Cleaver in Algiers.
- September 18 - Jimi Hendrix dead at age 27
- October 4 - Janis Joplin dies
- October 13 - Angela Davis arrested on kidnapping, murder and conspiracy charges
- December - Paul McCartney sues to dissolve Beatles.
- December 2 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated
- January 7 - DDT use outlawed by U.S. Court of Appeals
- January 12 - Rev. Philip Berrigan and 5 others indicted for conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger and bomb federal buildings
- January 12 - Ralph Nader forms Earth Act group
- January 25 - Charles Manson and followers found guilty of murder
- January 25 - Supreme Court makes first decision against sexual discrimination in hiring
- March 1 - Bomb explodes in Capitol men's room. Weather Underground
claims responsibility "in retaliation for the Laos decision"
- March 1 - U.S. stops licensing commercial whale hunters
- March 8 - Supreme Court rules that objection to a particular war is not
sufficient grounds for conscientious objection
- March 23 - Congress votes to lower voting age to 18
- March 29 - Lt. Calley convicted for My Lai massacre
- March 29 - Charles Manson, et al sentenced to death after
longest trial in Calif. history
- April 19 - Over 1000 Veterans demonstrate against the Vietnam war in Wash D.C., throwing their medals over the Capitol fence
- April 20 - School busing upheld to end segregation by Supreme Court
- April 23 - Vietnam veterans return medals and ribbons in antiwar protest
- April 24 - Over 350,000 Veterans march in Wash D.C. and SF to protest war in Vietnam
- April 26 - 50,000 demonstrators in Washington D.C. set up "Algonquin Peace City"
- May 3 - May Day antiwar protest, Wash. D.C.
- May 11 - Indian occupation of Alcatraz ends after 19 months
- June 13 - Pentagon Papers appear in NY Times
- July 3 - Jim Morrison of The Doors dies in Paris
- November - Nixon starts withdrawing troops from Vietnam.
- January 25 - Shirley Chisholm first black woman to run for President
- February - Life Magazine states: "Today's high school generation is interested security, stability, & comfort."
- February 24 - After 16 months in prison, Angela Davis is released
- March - Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) passes Congress
- March 22 - 13-member National Commission on Marijuana & Drug Abuse recommends legalization of marijuana
- March 22 - Equal Rights Amendment prohibiting sex discrimination passes Senate
- March 30 - North Vietnamese launch massive attack. Troops go south through the DMZ into South Vietnam, U.S. resumes bombing
- April 10 - Biological Warfare Treaty signed by U.S. and 120 nations
- April 15 - President Nixon & Canada P.M. Pierre Trudeau sign pact to clean up Great Lakes
- May 2 - FBI director J. Edgar Hoover Dies
- May 9 - President Nixon orders mining of North Vietnam's ports
- May 15 - Gov. George Wallace shot during primary campaign in Maryland
- May 18 - Margaret Kuhn start Gray Panthers to protest discrimination against elderly
- May 22 - Nixon makes first U.S. presidential trip to Moscow
- May 26 - U.S. and USSR freeze nuclear weapons at current level
- June 14 - EPA bans DDT in the USA
- June 17 - Watergate Break-In
- June 29 - Supreme Court rules state death penalties unconstitutional - cruel and unusual punishment
- July - First Rainbow Gathering in Colorado
- July 1 - Gloria Steinem launches feminist magazine, Ms.
- July 10 - Democratic Convention nominates George McGovern for president of the United States
- August 11 - Last U.S. military unit in Vietnam withdrawn
- August 18 - Water Pollution Control Act passed by Congress over Nixon's veto
- August 21 - Republican National Convention nominates Nixon and Agnew again
- August 23 - 1100 antiwar protest arrested outside Republican National Convention
- August 28 - Consumer Product Safety Commision established
- September 5 - Arabs kill Israeli athletes at Munich Olympics
- November 13 - U.S. and 90 countries sign International Oceanic Pollution pact
- December 18 - Full scale bombing of North Vietnam resumes
- January 27 - Vietnam ceasefire agreement signed after 58,000 US casualties, U.S. military draft ends
- January 30 - McCord and Liddy found guilty of Watergate burglary & wiretap attempt
- February 28 - 250 American Indians (AIM) occupy Wounded Knee
- March 29 - Last American troops withdrawn from Vietnam
- April 16 - US bombs Laos
- April 30 - Nixon accepts resignation of H.R. Haldeman & John Ehrlichman & fires John Dean. Nixon denies knowledge of break-in or cover-up
- July 20 - Senate subpoenas Watergate tapes
- August 8 - Nixon Resigns amid Watergate scandal
- October 10 - Spiro Agnew resigns
- October 16 - Kissinger awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- October 23 - Nixon Impeachment begins
- November - Congress passes "Freedom of Information" act.
- November 7 - War Powers Act passed over Nixon's veto - requires Congressional approval for military actions over 60 days
- November 9 - Six Watergate defendants sentenced
- February 4 - Patty Hearst, 19, kidnapped by the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army)
- February 12 - SLA demands that Randolph Hearst begin food distribution to poor
- April 1 - Jane Fonda arrives in Vietnam on second visit
- April 15 - Patricia Hearst participates in bank robbery with SLA members
- May 17 - SLA shoot-out in LA
- July 30 - Two articles of impeachment voted against President Nixon
- August 9 - President Nixon resigns from the Presidency at noon
- September 4 - Nixon pardoned by President Ford
- September 7 - CIA operation against Chile's Marxist Govt. disclosed
- September 16 - President Ford announces conditional pardon for draft evaders and deserters
- November 21 - Freedom of Information Act passed over President Ford's veto
- December 21 - NY Times reports on CIA illegal domestic activities during Vietnam War
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