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  • Deaths; Jimi Hendrex, Janis Joplin, Sonny Liston, Charles Riggles 
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  • Nation celebrates "Earth Day" 
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  • Penn Central Railroad asks for Bankruptcy Reorganization 
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  • Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Blood Sweat and Tears are top performers 
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  • The war movie Patton wins several awards 
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  • NFL and AFL merge into the NFL 
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  • Boston Bruins player Bobby Orr scores a record 120 points as a defensmen 
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  • IBM introduces the "Floppy" disk for storage 
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  • Lasers are used in bombing targeting for more accuracy 
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  • Young fashion is found in Army Navy surplus stores and thrift shops 
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  • New words; preppie, hassle, fast-food, rip-off, Fortran, blahs, put down 
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  • Massive recall of canned Tuna by FDA for possible mercury poisoning 
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  • Vassar college admits male students for the first time 

       
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