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- World History - 1974 [ www.historychannel.com
]
- Richard Nixon became the first United States president to
resign from office. Vice-President Gerald Ford took his place. Ford granted
Nixon a full pardon.
- Primitive word processors began to appear in offices.
- Congress approved the Election Reform Act. This act limited
contributions to presidential campaigns and capped the presidential
candidate's budget.
- The CAT scanner [enhances diagnosis] was developed by
EMI Records.
- Inflation was climbing.
- India detonated an atomic bomb and became the fifth nuclear
power in the world.
- The Heimlich Maneuver was described in a medical journal by
Dr. Henry Heimlich. This method was then adopted by the world as a life
saving technique to prevent people from chocking to death.
- World History - 1975 [ www.historychannel.com
]
- The last American troops were leaving Vietnam.
- Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft.
- Discos were popular. People danced the
"Hustle" to the Bee Gees and Donna Summer.
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