1972: A New Addition to the Arcade Silicon Valley Historical Association/Gado//Getty Images Pongarrives at the arcadethis year. Here's an early arcade console —later, it would be designed to have enough room for resting your beer.
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched and ran into difficulties about two days later. It was then that the famous line “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” was said, and is today usually misquoted. After a 1,500-year break, the first Olympics of the modern era took place on...
Matteson, The Organization of the Government under the Constitution (1941; reprint ed., New York, 1970). All agree that James Madison, against considerable odds, took the lead in the House of Representatives, and that without his efforts there probably would have been no Bill of Rights. ...
As a share of all federal outlays, discretionary spending has dropped from 60 percent in the early 1970s to 30 percent in recent years. Almost all defense spending is discretionary, and about 15 percent of pandemic-related spending was classified as discretionary. Although statutory limits (often...
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but censuses in the early 21st century showed a marked increase in the number of Protestants and Muslims living in the city. Evangelical andcharismaticChristian groups began growing in the 1970s, and together with immigration this has increaseddiversity. The number ofDublinersprofessing no religion, ...
Americans celebrated the firstEarth Dayin April 1970, and Congress passed theNational Environmental Policy Actthat same year. TheEndangered Species Actand theClean Water Actsoon followed. TheOPEC oil embargoand subsequentenergy crisisof the 1970s drew further attention to the issues of conservation and...
The Great Wall of China inspires wonder among its millions of visitors each year. Read on to learn about its unique history and how to visit. By Melanie Lieberman Updated on March 27, 2023 Fact checked by Olivia Young Photo: Getty Images ...
A fairly good countercyclical movement of the Japanese labor share has been observed by Iyoda (1987) for the years 1950 to 1985. It was clearer in the revised estimate based on the asset basis for 1970 to 1985, taking into consideration stock valuation adjustment and statistical discrepancies. ...