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100
What is Jimi Hendrix known for, and how does he die?
Jimi is known for his amazing guitar playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw9JQC8nhhY Janis is known for her music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uG2gYE5KOs Both die of drug overdose.
100
What lunar landing mission narrowly averts disaster?
Apollo 13
100
Why do U.S. troops enter Cambodia?
To wipe out communist guerrillas operating within the country. Cambodia was weak and neutral at the time, which meant the Vietnamese were able to create military bases and supply line through their land. Americans tried to stop that.
100
After success one major communist country, what country did President Nixon visit where he spent a week with the head of the Communist Party?
Soviet Union with Leonid Brezhnev
100
How does British money become much easier to calculate?
The pound is now based on 100 pence, rather than the previous 240.
200
Why do the Beatles split up?
Personal relationships and business differences
200
What project does Egypt finally finish?
The Awan Dam
200
Belfast, Ireland resembles a ghost town. Why?
The government began following a policy of "preventative detention" to arrest suspected leaders of the Irish Republican Army, the nationalist --and primarily Catholic-- group that seeks independence from Britain; the Roman Catholic minority in Belfast began violent protests--blowing up buildings and burning vehicles; 21 civilians and two soldiers have died in the violence.
200
February 1972, American President Nixon is flying back to the U.S. from where? What was the goal of the visit?
China. The goal was to improve U.S. - China relations .
200
Arab nations join together to do what in protest against U.S. and other nations' support of Israel?
They agree to stop selling oil to any and all nations that support Israel; the Saudis want Israel to release all land acquired in the 1967 war.
300
Pablo Picasso dies in 1973. For what is he remembered?
He was a path-breaking artist who produced revolutionary works especially in the Cubist and Surrealist styles.
300
How does the "Space Race" change?
The superpowers begin to cooperate in the exploration of the solar system via less expensive unmanned missions.
300
At Kent State University, the National Guard comes on the scene; students throw rocks, and the National Guard opens fire, killing four and injuring eight. What were the students protesting?
The U.S. entrance into Cambodia, and the Vietnam War in general.
300
Why does India help Bangladesh achieve its independence from Pakistan?
Deep hostilities existed between India and Pakistan, and India saw a free Bangladesh as the key to weakening Pakistan.
300
How does the oil embargo affect Britain?
Britain goes to a 3-day work week and hopes for economic survival rather than growth.
400
In 1074 , the Soviets lose on of their brightest young stars to defection. Who is it, and what is his skill?
Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the best dancers in the world.
400
In 1974, the worst plane crash thus far in history occurs. What is the airline, how many are killed, what may have been the cause?
The Turkish airline crash killed all 346 people aboard. It was posited that some passengers may have been terrorists who exploded bombs, but was later discovered it was a cargo hatch failure.
400
How does the U.S. respond to North Vietnam's peace proposal?
The U.S. responds with two weeks' worth of B-52 bombing raids that devastate Haiphong and Hanoi
400
What countries join the European Economic Community?
Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Norway
400
Patty Hearst, the daughter of multimillionaire publisher Randolph Hearst, is in the news. Why?
She has been kidnapped by a leftist group called the "Symbionese Liberation Army" and is being held for high ransom; the ransom is supposed to be distributed to the poor.
500
Who wrote The Gulag Archipelago, what is it about, and what happened to the author as a result?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's lengthy book about the Soviet prison system is viewed by the Soviet regime as being slanderous, so he is expelled from the U.S.S.R.
500
In 1974, Henry Heimlich outlines a treatment for choking. What is this treatment called?
The Heimlich maneuver.
500
What happens at Lod Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1972?
On Feruary 9th, a 23 hour hijacking ends when twelve Israeli soldiers disguised as maintenance staff have stormed a hijacked Sabena Boeing and released the 100 people on board. On May 30th, three Japanese terrorists apparently associated with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) got of an Air France jet and began shooting into the crowds at the airport.
500
There is a major uproar at the UN. What is happening?
The organization is planning to oust Taiwan and accept Communist China to membership.
500
In 1973, why do American Indians take over a trading post and church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
They want the Senate to begin an inquiry into the government's treatment of the Indians.
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