Colorado and the World1970s By Luke Sigmon Cheyenne

Colorado and the World-1970’s By: Luke Sigmon, Cheyenne Sterner, Tyler Knowlton, Shelby Weymouth, & Lillian Tibor

1970 Colorado Events: ● ● ● On October 23, 1970 the final segment of I-270 is opened, completing the 5. 2 mile interstate An oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13 space flight to the moon, although they managed to get back to Earth on April 17 th, 1970. In 1970 the Census enumerates that the population of Colorado grew by 25. 85% since 1960. World Events: ● ● ● Biafra surrenders after 32 -month fight for independence from Nigeria(Jan. 15) Nixon authorizes U. S troops to invade Cambodia(May 1) Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution(June 24)

1971 Colorado Events: ● ● On October 3, 1971 The United States Department of Transportation opens the High Speed Ground Test Center just east of Pueblo. On May 19, 1971 The Denver Art Museum opens its Gio Ponti designed North Tower. World Events: ● ● ● Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government businesses in Washington(May 3) Pentagon Papers were published(June) The 26 th amendment lowers the voting age to 18.

Pictures of the 1970 -1971

1972 World History ● ● ● President Nixon makes unprecedented 8 day visit to Communist China and meets the Mao Zedong(Feb. 21 -27) 5 men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington D. C. Watergate complex (June 17) “Christmas Bombing” of North Vietnam(Dec. 25) Colorado History ● ● ● Denver withdraws its offer to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, the first and only host city to reject an awarded Olympic Games. (Nov 15) Colorado voters reject a $5 million bond issue to fund the 1976 Winter Olympics. (Nov 7) Frank Shorter of Boulder wins the Men’s Marathon at the Games of the XX Olympiad in Munich. (Sep. 10)

1973 World History ● ● Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1) Supreme Court rules on Roe v Wade (Jan. 22) Vietnam War ends with signing of peace pacts (Jan. 27) U. S bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat in Southeast Asia. (Aug 15) Colorado History ● ● ● The U. S. supreme court orders the complete desegregating of the Denver Public Schools in Keyes V. School District No. 1 (June 21) Pat Schroeder of Denver is the first woman delegate to the U. S. Congress in the House of Representatives. She will represent Colorado’s 1 st congressional district for 24 years. (Jan 3. ) Lieutenant Governor John Vanderhoof assumes office as the thirty seventh Governor of the state.

Colorado and the World; 1974 World: Colorado: ● ● ● (Aug. 1 st) Interstate Highway I-80 S is Redesignated as I-76. Following the replacement of 500 road markers in the next two years. (Dec. 21) The first Telluride Film Festival begins. Chogyam Trungpa establishes the Naropa Institute in Boulder. ● ● ● (Feb. 5) Patricia Hearst, Daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army. (Aug. 8) Richard M. Nixon announces his resignation, first president to do so. (Aug. 9) Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan sworn in as 38 th president of The U. S.

Colorado and the World; 1975 Colorado: ● ● ● (Aug. 18) Construction of the second bore of the Eisenhower tunnel. (Apr. 1) Ent Air Force is downgraded to the Annex of cheyenne Mountain air force station. (Jan. 14) Dick lamm assumes office as the 38 th Governor of the state of colorado. World: ● ● ● (May. 15) American merchant ship Mayaguez seize by cambodian forces, is rescued the marines. (July. 15) Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U. S. soviet linkup in space. (September) President ford escaped two assassination attempts. One on attempt was on the 5 th and the other on the 22 nd.

1974/ 1975

Colorado and the World 1976 World: Colorado: ● ● ● The U. S. A. F. renames Peterson Field in Colorado Springs to Peterson Air Force Base. (Mar. 1) The final segment of I-225 is opened in Denver, completing the 11. 959 mile length of Interstate Highway I-225. (May 21) A flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon kills 143 people just hours before the Colorado State Centennial. (July 31) ● ● ● Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is constitutionally acceptable form of punishment. (July 3) Mysterious disease that eventually claims 29 lives strikes American Legion convention in philadelphia. (Aug. 4) Jimmy Carter U. S. president(Nov. 2)

1976

Colorado and the World 1977 World: Colorado: ● ● ● The United States Olympic Training Center at the former Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs opens to athletes. (June) The United States Department of Energy opens the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) in Golden. (July 5) Proposed Colorado Interstate Highway I-470 is withdrawn from the Interstate Highway System. (September 30) ● ● ● Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders. (Jan. 21) Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make insulin. (May 23) Nuclear- proliferation pact, curbing spread of nuclear weapons, signed by 15 countries, including U. S. and USSR. (Sept. 21)

1977

1978 Colorado in 1978 ● ● ● November 10 - U. S. President Jimmy Carter signs an act of Congress creating the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail September 14 - The comedy television series Mork & Mindy, set in Boulder debuts. August 1 - The U. S. Olympic Committee moves into its new headquarters at the U. S olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs World in 1978 ● ● ● March 16 - U. S. Senate approves Panama March 16 - Former Italian premier Aldo Moro was kidnapped by left wing terrorists. He was found slain on May 19. September 17 - “Framework for Peace” in middle east signed by Egypt’s president Anwar Sadat and Israeli premier Menachem begin after 13 day conference at camp led by President Carter

1979 Colorado in 1979 ● ● ● December 21 - Governor Dick Lamm dedicates the Edwin C. Johnson bore of the Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel completing the section of Interstate Highway 70 under the continental divide November 1 - Congressman Ken Kramer leaks the location selected for the consolidated space operations center east of Colorado Springs January 6 - The divide earthquake World in 1979 ● ● ● January 1, June 8, July 21 - Oil spills pollute ocean waters in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico March 28 - Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa. releases radiation. December 27 - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan stirs would protest.