In Buckley v. Valeo the United States Supreme Court struck down most limits on political campaign spending as unconstitutional, opening the door to disaster.
George Bush became head of the CIA.
Registration for the draft was called off.
Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Tuesday, January 27, 1976. Earthquake at Rawlins and the White Hall Flasher.
Today In Wyoming's History: January 27: 1976 A small earthquake occurred near Rawlins.
Oddly enough, "flashing" was a trend in the 1970s which continued on into the 1980s in the form of "streaking", running through a public area naked. Comedic singer Ray Stevens even authored a song about it, "The Streak".
The White Hall flaster was arrested.
Oddly enough, "flashing" was a trend in the 1970s which continued on into the 1980s in the form of "streaking", running through a public area naked. Comedic singer Ray Stevens even authored a song about it, "The Streak".
Laverne & Shirley premiered.
It was a spin off of Happy Days and ran until 1983. Depicting two single women employed in a brewery in Milwaukee for most of its run, it was set in the 1950s to early 1960s. The last season was set in Burbank, California.
I can't say that I was a fan.
The Royal Moroccan Army attacked the Algerian Army at Amgala.
The House passed a bill already passed by the Senate to ban the sale of US arms to or to provide aid to paramilitary groups in Angola.
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Wednesday, January 21, 1976. Supersonic.
Labels: 1970s, 1976, Aircraft, Angola, Bahrain, Brazil, France, People's Air Force of Angola, Transportation, United Kingdom
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 1976. Supersonic.
The first commercial flight of the Concorde supersonic airliner took place with one departing Heathrow in British Airways colors and another departing Orly Airport in Paris in Air France colors. The British jet flew to Bahrain and the French one to Brazil.
The plane remained in service until 2003.
On the same day communist forces in Angola established the People's Air Force of Angola.
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Monday, January 19, 1976: The Iowa Caucuses
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Saturday, January 10, 2026
Saturday, January 10, 1976. The passing of Howlin' Wolf.
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Chester Arthur Burnett, known to blues fans as Howlin' Wolf, died at age 65 from complications from kidney surgery.
Burnett was born in Mississippi and was a protégé of Delta blues musician Charley Patton in the 1930s. He served in the Army as a cavalryman at the beginning of World War Two but was abused by his NCOs upon being reassigned to an electronics role as he was illiterate. He was discharged early and relocated to Chicago, where he became one of the founders of Chicago blues.
Legendary for his booming voice, he was an unusual bluesman for his time as he did well economically, trusting his earnings to his wife. His band members received health insurance as part of their compensation.
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Thursday, January 8, 1976. First Appearance.
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Monday, January 5, 2026
Monday, January 5, 1976. South African Television, sort of.
Television was introduced in South Africa.
Yes, that late.
The first shows were The World at War, which was truly excellent, followed by an episode of The Bob Newhart Show, which also was. South African TV was initially limited to five hours in the evening from 7 p.m. to midnight, with half of the programming in English and half in Afrikaans..
Would that such limitations applied everywhere today.
The scourge of no fault divorce was introduced to Australia.
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Thursday, January 1, 1976. Venezuela nationalizes its oil industry.
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Thursday, January 1, 1976. Venezuela nationalizes its oil industry.
It was the start of the Bicentennial year in the United States in which the country would celebrate its 200th year of independence. It was a big deal, full of celebrations and commemorations. It was particularly notable if you were in school at the time, which I was (junior high).
Venezuela nationalized its oil industry, putting all of it, including foreign interests, in its state oil company.
Donald Trump has recently been complaining about this.
A lot of nations have done this over time, and its often been upsetting to US oil interests at the time, but the concept of nationalizing petroleum interests to some degree is not irrational, and while I haven't had the chance to post on it yet, quite frankly nationalization of undeveloped petroleum resources in the US is something that is at least worth talking about, even though it will never occur.
A Lebanese airliner exploded over Saudi Arabia from a bomb in the cargo hold. All 81 people were killed in an act of terrorism for which the responsible party has never been determined, although Omani terrorists are suspected by some forces. Apparently the bomb was set to have gone off while the plane was empty and on the ground, but things went awry.
The Australian Defence Force came into being, giving the Australian military a unified command.
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Sunday, December 28, 1975. Conflict in the Third Cod War.
Labels: 1970s, 1975, Argentina, boats and ships, Cod Wars, Dirty War, fishing, football, Icelandic Coast Guard, North Sea, Royal Navy, Sports, Third Cod War
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Wednesday, December 30, 1925. Ben-Hur.
The first variant of Ben-Hur was released.
The Association of College Honor Societies was formed by representatives of six organizations, Alpha Omega Alpha; the Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi. While nothing compared to the post World War Two boom in college attendance, the 1920s did see an increase in it, including an increase in female attendance.
Adding an item that would have properly been posted yesterday, but we were unaware of it, on December 28, 1925, this patent was granted:
We do not wish to be crude, but we do seek to track various developments on this blog. Indeed, that's one of its main purposes. This is a real development. This is a sanitary belt for menstruation, a very common, indeed the normal, method of addressing sanitary concerns until the tampon became common which wasn't really until the 1970s.
Anyhow, women in their current societal roles necessitated inventions such as this. Kotex, the primary brand, was not introduced until 1920.
Clothing: It was because of World War One.
Labels: 1910s, Clothing, It was because of World War One, It was because of World War Two, Men, Standards, The roles of men and women, Women, World War One, World War Two, Yeoman's Fourth Law of History
Labels: Christianity, Clothing, Islam, religion, Standards, The roles of men and women, trends, Women, World War One, Yeoman's Fourth Law of History
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Labels: 1920s, 1925, Cartoons, Christianity, Coal, Coptic, Disaster, Mexico, Mining, Oriental Orthodox
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Sunday, December 28, 1975. Conflict in the Third Cod War.
The Icelandic Coast Guard vessel ICGV Týr rammed the Royal Navy frigate HMS Andromeda which was escorting two British fishing trawlers in what Iceland claimed as its territorial waters in the first confrontation of the Third Cod War.
The Týr is still in service. The HMS Andromeda went on to serve in the Falklands War and was decommissioned in 1983.
Argentine guerilla commander Roberto Quieto was captured by soldiers in Martinez, Argentina during a raid on a warehouse. He'd betray his confederates under torture.
Quieto was a lawyer by training and would disappear while in Argentine captivity in 1976.
Both Chile and Argentina went through a period like this, called the Dirty War in Argentina.
Down 14-10 with 32 seconds remaining on the clock, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw a long pass to win the game. Interviewed later, he'd say:
It's a play you hit one in a hundred times if you're lucky. It's a Hail Mary pass. You throw it up and pray he catches it.
Staubach thereby coined, unintentionally the phrase that's irreverently used to refer to such desperate passes in football today. I dislike the phrase so much I thought about not posting it here, but it's so frequently used, I relented.
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Tuesday, December 23, 1975. Going metric.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Tuesday, December 23, 1975. Going metric.
In baseball:
December 23, 1975: The Reserve Clause Is Killed
President Gerald R. Ford signed into law the Metric Conversion Act. The country should have carried through with it, but abandoned it in 1982 when Ronald Reagan was President, the point at which, in the long history of the evolution of things, the country began its slide into idiocy, although it was hardly evident at the time.
CIA Station Chief in Athens Richard Welch, his identify recently exposed, was gunned down by terrorists in Athens.
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Monday, December 22, 1975. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Labels: 1970s, 1975, Christmas, Comedians, Gerald Ford, Growing up in the 1970s, J. Edgar Hoover, OPEC, Personalities, Petroleum, Terrorism
Monday, December 22, 2025
Monday, December 22, 1975. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
President Ford signed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act into law authorizing the creation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The move was emphasized by a terrorist raid led by Carlos the Jackal on OPEC headquarters the day prior.
Of interest, I suppose, Carlos, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, is Venezuelan. A radical Marxist originally, he converted to Islam while in prison, where he remains, in France.
Time ran an expose on J. Edgar Hoover, who was receiving a lot of negative press.
Chevy Chase was on the cover of Newsweek.
I've never thought Chase was the slightest bit funny.
On this day, I would have been enjoying my first day off from school for Christmas Vacation in 1975.
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Sunday, December 7, 1975. Invading East Timor.
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Sunday, December 7, 1975. Invading East Timor.
Indonesia mustered an invasion force to invade East Timor, nine days after its declaring independence from Portugal.
The resulting invasion would be barbaric.
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Tuesday, December 2, 1975. The end of the wars in Indochina.
Labels: 1970s, 1975, Communism, French Indochina, Indochina, Laos, Laotian Civil War, Monarchy, Pathet Lao
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 1975. The end of the wars in Indochina.
Vientiane fell to the Pathet Loa, bringing to an end the devided leadership of Laos and making it a fully communist country.
It effectively brought to an end the wars that broke out with end of World War Two over what type of governments former French Indochina would have.
Ironically, the new head of state was the French educated Communist Prince Souphanouvong. While we think of Communism as being inherently anti monarchical, in Indochina this was much less the case.
December 2, 1975: Archie Griffin Is Awarded a 2nd Heisman Trophy
Last edition:
Thursday, November 20, 1975. Death of Franco.
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