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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, George Wallace Shot While Campaigning 8 years ago
George Wallace’s presidential campaign came to an abrupt halt on May 15, 1972, when he was shot five times by Arthur Bremer while campaigning at the Laurel Shopping Center in Laurel, Maryland, at a time when […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Anwar Sadat Expels Soviet Troops 8 years ago
In July 1972 Anwar Sadat abruptly ordered the withdrawal of the 25,000 Soviet military specialists and advisers in Egypt. By so doing, he later wrote, ”I wanted to tell the whole world that we are always our own […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Nike Running Shoes Hit the Market 8 years ago
Nike’s first model
In 1972, the first line of Nike footwear is introduced, including the so-called “Moon Shoes” and the Nike “Cortez”, that became the company’s most popular product. The first Nike retail […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, 1972 Congress passes the ERA 8 years ago
(Feature Image from CNN)
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.
The […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Watergate Burglary 8 years ago
(Featured image courtesy of “whowhatwhy.org” )
The act that felled the President two years later, was committed in June of 1972
The break-in was conducted by five men, and a grand jury found ex-FBI man G. Gordon […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Bobby Fischer Beats Soviet Boris Spassky 8 years ago
The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The match took […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, EPA bans use of DDT 8 years ago
DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was developed as the first of the modern synthetic insecticides in the 1940s. It was initially used with great effect to combat malaria, typhus, and the other […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Airbus Takes its Maiden Flight 8 years ago
The first European wide-body passenger plane, the Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and manufactured by Airbus. Formally announced in 1969 and first flying in October 1972, it holds […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Atari Pong Released 8 years ago
Everyone wanted to play games on the TV at home
Atari PONG was released in June 1972 and is the first commercially successful video game and is based on a simple two-dimensional graphical representation of […]
