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1)The 1973 oil crisis began on october 17,1973 when the arabian oil companys that controlled most of the worlds oil had decided not to send oil to Japan, u.s and the allies of Israel in europe because they had supported israel in the yom kippur war then since they had an advantige over the world with oil they raised the prices for oil=====

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2)The **Cuban Missile Crisis** was a confrontation between the u.s.a, the Soviet union, and Cuba during the COLD wAr. In Russia, it is called the "**Caribbean Crisis**," while in Cuba it is called the "**October Crisis**." The crisis ranks with the Berlin blocakade as one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, and is often regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to a NUCLEAR WAR.=====

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In Havana, there was fear of military intervention by the United States in Cuba. In April 1961, the threat of invasion became real when a force of CIA-trained Cuban exiles opposed to Castro landed at the Bay of Pigs. The invasion was quickly terminated by Cuba's military forces. Castro was convinced the United States would invade Cuba.=====

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was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. Conceived to help African Americans, the bill was amended prior to passage to protect women, and explicitly included white people for the first time. It also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.=====

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was born feb.6th 1911was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). He was born in illinois Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and a spokesman for General Elctric (GE). His start in politics occurred during his work for GE; originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nonimation and election in 1980=====

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5)On July 21st, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Shepard's flight lasted only 15 minutes. Earlier in the year, President Kennedy had announced the goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade, and on February 20th, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to go into orbit.=====

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The World
1)The Verranzano bridge, linking brookyln and staten island, was completed. It was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was opened 2)in the 1980s the soviet union was defeated and it was the end of the cold war and in 1989 the berlin wall came down making the two parts of germany whole again 3)THE U.S.A enters the Vietnam war in 1964 4)theres an eruption of a volcano on st.Helens 5)john lennon was killed december 8 1980 at age 40

Popular Culture
1)**mtv** - It began in 1981 and went on to make household names of Madonna, Duran Duran 2)the rubix cube made in 1974 by a german proffeasor was very popular in the 80 and 70;s 3)maddona was a famous idol for teenage girls but the catholic church didnt like her sexual apperance 4)converse and jordan shoes became popular 5)in 1978 grease came out a popular movie

technology
1)Apple Computer, a newly formed computer company, introduced the Apple II personal computer. Apple II was the first seriouys home computer, and would result in a desktop computer resolution throughout the world. 2)Heart care made major strives in 1967 in that year the south african surgeon Christian Barnard perfomed the first heart transplant the patient, Louis Washkansky, lived for 18 days.Today, transplants are perfomed routinely. In the same year American surgeon Rene Favalero conducted the first heart bypass operation 3)On February 9th the first test flight of a Boeing 747 was flown. The plane was 231 feet long and weighed 710, 000 pounds. The intial version of the plane was designed to carry 374 passengers over 5,700 miles. The plane startwed the age of the Jumbo Jet. 4) In 1989 the gameboy was released. It sold 100,000,000 consoles in 4 years. It had 5 microchips inside and ran basic games like tetris pacman,pong and space invadwer 5) The 1970s was the beginning of the video game era. Atari made itself as the dominant force in home video gaming, first with its home version of the arcade game //Pong//

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1)in the 1980,s the clothes changed as of the 70 as both men and women began to wear looser shirts and tight, close-fitting pants. Men wore power suits as a result of the greater tendency for people to display their wealth. Brand names became increasingly important in this decade, 2)Hussar-style jackets with gold-braiding were worn with the shirts as well as high-waisted, baggy trousers which tapered at the ankle 3)Headbands became fashionable in 1982. It started in California and spread across the nation. Other associated trends were leg warmersminiskirts, especially the ra-ra skirts, modelled after the short, flared skirts worn by American cheerleaders . 4)Teenagers would try to copy the look of Jackson, which included matching red/black leather pants and jackets, one glove, sunglasses, and jheri curl. 5)Converse shoes were popular in the first half of the 1980s. Air Jordan (named for basketball player Michael Jordan) basketball shoes made their debut in 1984. Athletic shoes had been worn as casual wear before, but for the first time they became a high priced fashion item. == Sports== 1)The1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were disrupted by a boycott led by the United States and 64 other countries in protest of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 2)The Jamaica national bobsled team stunned the world and received major media attention at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada because they said only northern ciuntries were good at the winter compititions 3)a team alot of people liked in basketball was the lakers in the 80's with their favorite mvp player kareem-abdul-jabaar 4)in 1985 the chicago bears won the superbowl 46 to 10 agaist the new england patriots 5)soviet Union's Nadehda Olizarenko sets the world record in the women's 800 metres, with 1:54.85 during a meet in Moscow, Soviet Union

