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THE 1970s
by Kathy Wolfe
What do you remember most about the 1970s?
It was a decade of progress, celebration and
political scandal.
Let’s...
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The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2006
FREEALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2007
TIDBITS® LOOKS BACK AT
THE 1970s
by Kathy Wolfe
What do you remember most about the 1970s?
It was a decade of progress, celebration and
political scandal.
Let’s take a leap back in time
and remember these monumental events.
• The twin towers of New York City’s World Trade
Center were completed in 1972 and became the
world’s tallest buildings, surpassing the Empire
State Building, the record-holder for the previous
40 years.
The towers didn’t hold on to the honor
for very long, as Chicago’s Sears Tower outdid
them in 1973.
• America celebrated its 200th birthday in 1976,
commemorating the anniversary of the signing
of the Declaration of Independence.
Many of
the festivities were centered in Philadelphia, the
nation’s first capital and home of the Liberty Bell
and Independence Hall.
The city’s celebrations
were tragically marred, however, by an epidemic
of a respiratory disease that struck 2
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