1970 ⟶ Nixon Signs Cigarette Smoking Act
April 1: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signs Public Health...
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✊ Birmingham Campaign: Civil Rights Demonstrations and Confrontation
March–April: Birmingham campaign, a key event in the 1954-1968 Civil rights movement⟶
Civil Rights MovementAfrican AmericansSegregationNonviolent ResistanceProtestsMartin Luther King Jr.Racial DiscriminationUnited States HistorySocial Justice
United States🏳️🌈 Stonewall Riots Spark Gay Rights Movement
June 28 – July 3: The Stonewall riots in New York City instigate the gay rights movement.⟶
LGBTQ+Social JusticeActivismCivil RightsNew York CityProtestSocial Movements
United States🚬 Nixon Signs Cigarette Smoking Act
April 1: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signs Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act.⟶
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United States📺 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Launches in the United States
October 5: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) began broadcasting as a successor to National Educational Television (NET) in the United States.⟶
TelevisionMediaEducationCommunication
United States📻 National Public Radio Launches First Broadcast
April 20: National Public Radio (NPR) airs its first broadcast.⟶
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United States🗳️ Voting Age Lowered to 18 in the United States
July 5: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.⟶
United States ConstitutionVoting RightsCivil RightsRichard NixonLegislation
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