Arts and Culture
• Timothy Leary escapes prison with help from the Weather Underground, joins Eldridge Cleaver in Algiers (Sept 12)
• Jimi Hendrix dead at 27 (Sept 18)
• Janis Joplin dead at 27 (Oct 4)
• McCartney announces breakup of Beatles (April 10)
• Kent State University , Ohio : National Guard fires into crowd at anti-war demonstration, 4 students killed and 8 wounded (May 4)
• Leary escapes prison ( san Luis Obispo )with help from the Weather Underground (Sept 12)
• Hendrix, Band of Gypsys
• George Harrison: All things Must Pass
• Living On the Earth, by Alicia Bay Laurel
• The Greening of America , by Charles Reich
• Sexual Politics, Kate Millett
Social Change and Activism
• National Environmental Policy Act signed by Nixon
• Earth Day, millions participate in Washington , New York
Economics and Politics
• Nixon signs National Environmental Policy Act (Jan 1)
• Referring to student unrest, Ronald Reagan, Governor of Cal, says, "If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with" (Apr 7)
• Voting age lowered to 18 (June 22)
• Nixon signs National Air Quality Control Act, requiring 90% reduction in car-exhaust pollution by 75%
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