Apollo 13 mission to moon Accident

April 13th at 10:07 pm the second oxygen tank explodes. Causes issues with the tanks. Crew contacts CapCom shortly after the incident with the famous line "Houston, we've had a problem."

US Invades Cambodia

April of 1970, Nixon orders a secret invasion of Cambodia by US and South Vietnamese troops

OPEC oil increase by 200%

OPEC announces restriction of crude oil to countries supporting Israel causing the price of oil to increase by 200%

Blockbuster movie, Jaws, is released

Jaws released in June of 1975 was one of the first blockbuster films at the time of its release became the highest-grossing film of all time

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst is found in a San Francisco apartment, she is arrested for armed robbery in September of 1975. Being kidnapped in Berkeley, California on February 4, 1974, and in April of 1974, she sends letters to the media stating, she was joining the leftist group Symbionese Liberation Army of her own free will.

New York City Blackout 1977

New York City Blackout lasts for 25 hours, results in looting and disorder. After a lightning strike at Buchanan South, a substation on the Hudson River trips two circuit breakers in Westchester County. Then a bolt of second lightning strikes, causing the loss of two 345 kV transmission lines and the loss of power from a 900MW nuclear plant at Indian Point. Now a third lightning strikes, now it takes out two additional critical transmission lines at Sprain Brook.