Top Headlines of 1970
Chicago 7 Are Acquitted of Conspiracy To Riot - 5 Found Guilty of Lesser Charges.
South Whites Storm Bus to Prevent Integration
National Guard Opens Fire Killing Four Students at Kent State University
Nixon Asks Vote for 18 Year Olds
747 With 379 Aboard Hijacked to Cuba
Soviet Cosmonauts Set New Record of 17 Days in Space
Nation Celebrates Earth Day
Stocks Rise 32.04 in Record Day
Penn Central Asks for Bankruptcy Reorganization
New York Abortion Law Takes Effect, Most Liberal in USA
Sterling Hall Bombing, University of Wisconsin, Madison
200,000 Are Killed in East Pakistan Cyclone Tidal Wave
Guitarist Jimi Hendrix Dies
Singer Janis Joplin Dies
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Goes into Affect
Senate Curbs Defacto School Segregation
Biafra Surrenders After 32-Month Fight for Independence from Nigeria
Rhodesia Severs Last Tie with British Crown and Declares Itself a Racially Segregated Republic
U.S. Troops Invade Cambodia
A Palestinian Revolt Erupts in Jordan. Forces Loyal to King Hussein Suppress the Revolt and Expel the PLO from the Country
Earthquake Kills More Than 50,000 in Peru
Egyptian President Nasser Dies and is Replaced by Anwar el-Sadat
Tonga and Fiji Gain Independence from Britian
1970 Economy/Prices
President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Population: 205,052,174
Life Expectancy: 70.8 Years
Dow-Jones
High: 842
Low: 669
Federal Spending: $195.65 Billion
Federal Debt: $380.9 Billion
Inflation: 6.5%
Consumer Price Index: 38.8
Unemployment: 3.5%
Cost of a New Home: $26,600.00
Median Household Income: $8,734.00
Cost of a First-Class Stamp: 6 cents
Cost of a Gallon of Regular Gas: 36 cents
Cost of a Dozen Eggs: 62 cents
Cost of a Gallon of Milk: $1.15