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  2. Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia

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    This law enforcement strategy was a response to juries which refused to convict women prosecuted for abortion in the 19th century. [46] In 1973, Justice Blackmun's opinion stated that "the restrictive criminal abortion laws in effect in a majority of States today are of relatively recent vintage". [47]

  3. Wounded Knee Occupation - Wikipedia

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    Frank Clearwater (of Cherokee and Apache nations) was shot and wounded on April 17, dying 8 days later on April 25, 1973, and Lawrence "Buddy" Lamont was shot and killed on April 26, 1973. Ray Robinson, a civil rights activist who joined the protesters, disappeared during the events. It was later determined that he had been buried on the ...

  4. Timeline of the history of the United States (1970–1989)

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    1973 – Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling overturns state laws against abortion. 1973 – The Paris Peace Accords ends direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. 1973 – The Senate Watergate hearings begin, highlighted by Fred Thompson's discovery of Nixon's secret tapes. 1973 – Skylab is launched as the USA's first space station.

  5. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations." [186] [non-primary source needed] Tennessee: In Dunn v.

  6. ‘Laws of Man’ Review: U.S. Marshals Chase Their Tails in a ...

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    Laws of Man” does finally go somewhere you weren’t quite expecting. But the getting there is so frequently hapless, that destination ends up just another idea it lacks the means or skillset ...

  7. 1973 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Wade, the signing of the Paris Peace Accords and end of the United States participation in the Vietnam War, the end of the post-World War II boom and the beginning of the first of a series of recessions that continued over the next decade, and the first oil crisis. [1] [2]

  8. Equal Rights Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...

  9. Yom Kippur War - Wikipedia

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    The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, [41] the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel ...