The Late 1960’s/Early 1970’s
- Americans walking on the moon.
- America losing a war.
- America’s only president who would be forced to resign winning presidential elections.
- Historical events that would play a major role in Americans turning on their presidents who had won their last elections in landslides.
- Construction of the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City.
- New York City plagued with various strikes by public employees.
- New freedoms for Hollywood thanks to the MPAA’s new classification system.
- Martin Scorsese begins his film career as a director.
- Early development for Hollywood’s disastrous disaster movies (from Airport to The Towering Inferno).
- The American movie industry struggling for economic survival.
- The movie industry’s future king working in television.
- Construction of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World, the world’s most visited theme park.
- The first seven years of the Superbowl, an annual sporting event that has since dominated the record books for the “All-Time Most Watched TV Programs”.
- Historic Middle East conflicts of the 20th Century between Israel and the Arab world.
- Nixon’s vice-president and legal problems with his income taxes.
- The birth of a new social movement.
- William Peter Blatty heading towards winning an Oscar.
- Pete Maravich lighting up college basketball’s record books.
- Coach John Wooden leading UCLA to seven consecutive NCAA tournament championships.
- The first printing of two published books from Christian author Og Mandino containing The Ten Great Scrolls.
- And finally, Mario Puzo creating a cultural phenomena with “The Godfather”.
Nixon Winning Presidential Elections
March 3, 2025 by Blogging For 20 Years • History, Law, Politics • 0 Comments
November 1968 and November 1972. Richard Nixon winning Presidential elections. (He had lost previously in 1960 in his political run for the White House to John F. Kennedy.) President Nixon would become the only American president forced to resign from office after he faced inevitable impeachment for obstructing justice during his handling of the Watergate scandal. Inevitable impeachment because of Republicans who put their country before their political party.