Monday, August 18, 2014

1972 Stats


US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).

Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3)—police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.

Pentagon Papers published (June 13).

Median Household Income: $9,028 

Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06 ($0.08 as of 5/16/71)

All in the Family debuts on CBS and introduces a trend in socially conscious programming.

Jim Morrison dies in Paris at age 27. (July 3).

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington, D.C. with the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

Twenty-sixth Amendment to US Constitution lowers voting age to 18. (June 30).

Intel introduces the microprocessor. Background: Computers and Internet

Cho Hao Li synthesizes the growth hormone somatotropin. Background: Health & Nutrition

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