On May 4, four students were shot dead at Kent State University in Ohio while protesting against the Vietnam War and the incursion into Cambodia. As a show of sympathy for the dead students, John Lindsay ordered the flags at City Hall to be flown at half mast. Construction workers were outraged at what they perceived as an insult to the American flag and stormed the City Hall on May 7 to ensure that the flag was flown at what they considered to be the correct height. While doing so, they also beat up students and hippies while the pol ...

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1970 - January. January 6 - Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player and model January 13 - Keith Coogan, American actor January 13 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004) January 15 - Shane McMahon, American Wrestler January 17 - Jeremy Roenick, American hockey player January 17 - Gennady Tartakovsky Russian animator January 20 - Skeet Ulrich, American actor January 22 - Alex Ross, American comic artist January 29 - Heather Graha ...

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1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. 1970 is the Unix epoch time. 1970 - Events. January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 5 - The first episode of All My Children was broadcast on the ABC television network. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15 - After a 32-mo ...

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1970 - Nobel Prizes 1970 - Fields Medalists

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1970 in aviation - January. January 31 - Mikhail Mil dies, aged 61 1970 in aviation - February. February 17-18 - US Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses attack Laos. February 24 - HMS Ark Royal is recommissioned after a £UK 30 million refit. February 27 - Hawker-Siddeley begins buying back surplus Hawker Hunters from the Royal Air Force ...

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1970 in rail transport - February events. February 1 - The Chicago Transit Authority Kennedy rapid transit extension opens between Logan Square and Jefferson Park via a subway connection and the median of the Kennedy Expressway. February 13 - The United States Interstate Commerce Commission approves the discontinuation of the California Zephyr passenger train. 1970 in rail transport - March events. March 2 - The Great Northern Railw ...

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General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle (listen ▶ (help·info)) (November 22, 1890-November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as général De Gaulle or Le Général, was a French military leader and statesman. Prior to World War II he was mostly known as a tank tactician and an advocate of the concentrated use of armored and aviation forces. He was the leader of Free France in World War II and head of the provisional go ...

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Charles de Gaulle - 1890–1912: Formative years Charles de Gaulle - 1912–1940: Military career Charles de Gaulle - 1940–1945: The Free French Forces Charles de Gaulle - 1946–1958: The desert crossing Charles de Gaulle - 1958: The collapse of the Fourth Republic Charles de Gaulle - 1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic Charles de Gaulle - 1962–1968 Politics of grandeur
Charles de Gaulle - Thirty glorious years Charles de Gaulle - The fourth nuclear power Charles de Gaulle - China Charles de Gaulle - Second round Charles de Gaulle - The Six Day War Charles de Gaulle - Nigerian Civil War Charles de Gaulle - Vive le Québec Libre! Charles de Gaulle - No to Britain
Charles de Gaulle - May 1968 Charles de Gaulle - 1969 - Retirement Charles de Gaulle - 1970 - A humble death Charles de Gaulle - Private life Charles de Gaulle - Retrospect Charles de Gaulle - Footnote Charles de Gaulle - Works
Charles de Gaulle - French editions Charles de Gaulle - English translations
Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Second Government 21 December 1945 - 26 January 1946 Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle's Third Ministry 9 June 1958 - 8 January 1959

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President Nixon appointed Peter Brennan as his Labor Secretary as a reward for his support and to try to consolidate his support amongst union members. This enabled Brennan to stall on affirmative action plans in the building industry, especially the New York Plan. By August 1972, only 534 minority workers had received training and only 34 had received union cards under the New York Plan. In 1973, John Lindsay, who had become a Democrat, withdrew from the New York Plan, setting a new objective to increase minority representa ...

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the coast guard of the United States. One of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States, it has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response and the maintenance of river, intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). It also lays claim to being the United States' oldest continuous seagoing service. The Coast ...

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United States Coast Guard - Cutters United States Coast Guard - Aircraft United States Coast Guard - Boats United States Coast Guard - Small Arms
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United States Coast Guard - Core Values of the Coast Guard United States Coast Guard - Coast Guard Ensign United States Coast Guard - Coast Guard Standard United States Coast Guard - The Racing Stripe United States Coast Guard - Semper Paratus
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United States Coast Guard - Maritime safety United States Coast Guard - Maritime mobility United States Coast Guard - Homeland and maritime security United States Coast Guard - National Defense United States Coast Guard - Protection of natural resources
United States Coast Guard - Uniforms United States Coast Guard - History of the Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard - Early history United States Coast Guard - History Of Training Center Cape May New Jersey United States Coast Guard - Birth of the modern Coast Guard United States Coast Guard - Prohibition United States Coast Guard - World War II United States Coast Guard - Korean War United States Coast Guard - The 1960s United States Coast Guard - The 1970s United States Coast Guard - The 1980s United States Coast Guard - The 1990s United States Coast Guard - The 2000s United States Coast Guard - Future
United States Coast Guard - Issues Facing the Coast Guard United States Coast Guard - People who have been in the Coast Guard United States Coast Guard - The Coast Guard Auxiliary and Coast Guard Reserve United States Coast Guard - Medals and Honors of the Coast Guard United States Coast Guard - Alumni organization

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Altermann or Alterman is the name of: Boris Alterman (chess player) (born 1970) Eric Alterman (columnist) (born 1960) Johnny Alterman (photographer) (born 1942) Natan Alterman (writer) (1910-1970) Steve Alterman (actor) (born 1963) Theodor Altermann (dramatist) (1885-1915) Altermann or Alterman may also be: Alterman Prize, an Israeli literature prize Other related archivesBoris Alt

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The 1970 Ancash earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 20:23:31 UTC (15:23:31 local time) on Sunday, May 31, 1970, affecting the Peruvian regions of Ancash and La Libertad, and that combined with a subsequent landslide, was the most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in the history of Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 30 km off the coast of Casma and Chimbote on the Pacific Ocean, where the Nazca Plate is being subducted by the South American Plate. It had an intensity of 7 ...

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Action may mean: Action (music) Action (philosophy). Action (physics). Action (TV series), a 1999 television series. Action (comic), a British comicbook of the 1970s. Action (sociology). Action (supermarket chain), an Australian supermaket chain. Action programming language for Atari microcomputers. Action movie, a film genre that focus on spectacle and violence over complex plotting. Action game, a videogame genre. Action, th

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Peaches may refer to: Peaches, a type of fruit Peaches, an Electroclash musician "Peaches", a song by The Stranglers Peaches, a character in the motion picture Ken Park "Peaches", a song by the group The Presidents of the United States of America Peaches, one half of the 1970s duo Peaches and Herb Peaches Geldof, daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates Other related archivesBob Geldof, Electroclash, Ken Park, Paul

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Providence may mean: Divine Providence Providence College in Rhode Island, USA Providence, a novel by Geoffrey Wolff. Providence, an NBC television series starring Melina Kanakaredes Providence, a 1977 film Providence, a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves Providence, 1970s-era band Providence Health System, a health care system which runs hospitals in O ...

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The expression Black September may refer to: Black September, a Palestinian paramilitary organization The Black September in Jordan, a conflict between Palestinian militant organizations and Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan that began in September 1970 and ended in July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO to Lebanon. Other related archivesBlack September, Black September in Jordan, Hashemite, Hussein of Jordan, Lebanon, PLO, Palestinian

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Wica or WICA may refer to: Wica, Wicca as originally spelled by Gerald Gardner. Seax-Wica, a Wica tradition founded by Raymond Buckland. Witches International Craft Association, established by the Rev. Dr Leo Louis Martello probably in 1970. Witchcraft Information Centre and Archive, established by Leo Ruickbie in 1999. Other related archives1970, 1999, Gerald Gardner, Raymond Buckland,

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Cradle may refer to: Cradle (band), a band that Suzi Quatro played in, in the early 1970s before she became a huge star. Cradle (book), a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. Cat's Cradle, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut Cat's cradle (string game), a children's game with string. The Cradle (circus act) is an aerial circus act. A cradle is a small bed, often on rockers, in which babies and small children sleep. Cradle may also mean a piece of hardware on which a wireless

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The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) is an organization formed to support the needs of the Arab American community. A national group, the headquarters is located in Dearborn, Michigan. Founded in 1970, the group built the Arab American National Museum, the first of its kind in the United States, which opened May 5, 2005. Other related archives1970, 2005, Arab American, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, Michigan, May 5, United States

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Peter Brennan returned to his union positions in March 1975 and eventually retired in 1992. By that stage, construction unions under his leadership had lost over 100,000 members as non-union contractors began entering the market and dominating parts of it. The proportion of minorities in the New York building industry had risen to 19 % as compared to 45 % of the population. Brennan died of lymphatic cancer in 1996 and was interred in Saint Charles ...

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John Lindsay was elected as Mayor of New York City in 1965 as a liberal Republican pledging to take on interests including building and construction unions. In the late 1960s, a diverse coalition of business leaders, construction companies, civil rights activists, reformers and the media wanted to open up opportunities for minorities. A study by the New York City Commission on Human Rights in 1967 found that minority membership in the six most highly skilled building trades was only two per cent and had not changed since 1960. The coalition ...

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Peter J. Brennan, Peter J. Brennan - Early Career, Peter J. Brennan - Affirmative Action, Peter J. Brennan - Hardhat Riots of May 1970 and support for President Nixon in 1972, Peter J. Brennan - Labor Secretary, Peter J. Brennan - Later Years, Peter J. Brennan - Written References, Peter J. Brennan - External References

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