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1970 – Singer-songwriter-guitarist-musician Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at the age 27. 1970 – Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency is created. 1970 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. 1971 – Singer Jim Morrison dies of a ...
Independence Day: 22 February: 1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Independence Day: 27 October: 1979 Samoa: Independence Day: 1 June: 1962 New Zealand São Tomé and Príncipe: Independence Day: 12 July: 1975 Portugal: Effective date of the agreement with Portugal reached on 26 November 1974. [75] [76] Senegal: Independence Day: 4 April ...
Independence restored after French and British rule. Initial independence in 1520. In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1974. October 24, 1964 United Kingdom Zambia: February 18, 1965 United Kingdom Gambia: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1970. July 26, 1965 United Kingdom Maldives
BGEN Anna Mae Hays, circa 1970. June 6 – A D-Day celebration is held in Washington, D.C., on the 26th anniversary of the event. June 11 – The United States gets its first female generals: Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington. June 21 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, the largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.
The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of Cuba, May 20, 1902 The United States formally ends its occupation of Cuba , May 20, 1902 The United States seizes opportunity to build a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama , January 22, 1903 – August 15, 1914
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
Date(s) April 1, 1975 – July 4, 1976 ( – ) Location(s) United States of America: Previous event: Sesquicentennial (1926) Next event: Semiquincentennial (2026) Activity: 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence: President: Gerald Ford: Organized by: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1966–73)
The U.S. military draft is also abolished on this same day, as the Nixon administration announces on this day that there will be no draft calls in 1973, and that it will not request an extension of the U.S. government's draft authority, which goes on to expire on June 30 of this year. January 30 – G. Gordon Liddy is found guilty of Watergate ...