Future World Events 1970s

1970

• Airplane hijackings become common.
• The Clark-Kentz Corporation is founded by Benjamin Clark and Edwin Kentz.

1971

• Charles Manson is convicted.

1972

• US Watergate Scandal
• Small Pox outbreak in Yugoslavia.

1973

• Vietnam War ends.
• The World Trade Center opens in New York City.
• Yom Kippur War in Israel.
• Oil crisis begins.

1974

• OPEC oil crisis ends.
• India develops nuclear weapons.

1975

• Immran Tribitotkov is born.
• North Tower 11th Floor of the World Trade Center catches fire.

1976

• Apple computer company is founded.
• Microsoft is founded.
• The East Asian Federation is formally chartered.

1977

• US space shuttle Enterprise flies in the first test flight of the shuttle program.
• The United States develops stealth technology.

1978

• The Unabomber attacks begin.

1979

• Iran takes embassy workers and US/Israeli citizens hostage.
• Small Pox is officially eradicated.