1965 - Malcolm X murdered

1966 - Over 385,000 U.S. military personnel in Vietnam, and full-scale bombing of Hanoi underway

1967 - Israel defeats combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria in Six Day War

1968 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

1969 - U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the moon

1970 - The Apollo 13 space mission was launched from Cape Kennedy

1970

yes...I came back

1973

The year I was born

1973 - Cease-fire declared in Vietnam but fighting continues.

{73, also my b-day}

1974 - Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, beating Babe Ruth's record.

1975 - Fascist rule ends in Spain with death of Francisco Franco; democracy restored.

{MT - hauling butt to y2k}

1976 - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest wins top five Academy Awards - first time for a single movie since 1934.

1977 - The U.S. space shuttle 'Enterprise' makes first manned flight.

(as we learned in a previous post in this thread, Enterprise was also the name of the first nuclear carrier)

1978 - First test-tube baby born in England.

1979 - Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.