Daily News front page December 12, 1978, Headline: INSIDE JOB SEEN IN $5M JFK HEIST

First video game 'Pong," mother with son, Germany, circa 1976

Cars lined up at a gas station in Maryland in February 1974.

Hawaiian men paddling an outrigger canoe at sunset on the water

Outrigger Canoe

President Richard Nixon sitting at a big table signing a document while two Native American people stand to the side, looking on.

Pres.Nixon Signs A Bill For The Indians

Bob Marley sings at the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica on April 22, 1978.

Gloria Guinness, Truman Capote, and Barbara "Babe" Paley in 1957.

Line of people at Rationing Board, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1943.

Ford assassination attempt, September 5, 1975.

Kenny Loggins at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois, February 26, 1983.

The 1970s was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.

1970s

The 1970s was a decade marked by the Watergate scandal, the growing women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements, and 1970s fashion and music.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

World War I

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Ratha Tep, based in Dublin, is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She also writes books for children.

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Iván Román is a freelance journalist, editor and communications consultant based in Washington, D.C. who has focused primarily on the country’s increasingly diverse racial and ethnic communities, its complex challenges regarding immigration, and Caribbean and Latin American affairs.

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Lesley Kennedy is a features writer and editor living in Denver. Her work has appeared in national and regional newspapers, magazines and websites.

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Farrell Evans is an award-winning journalist who writes about sports and history.

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Donald L. Fixico (Muscogee, Seminole, Shawnee and Sac &amp; Fox) is a Regents' and Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University.  He is the author and editor of 18 books on American Indians and the West.

Donald L. Fixico

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Native American history spans an array of diverse groups and leaders, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Tecumseh, and events like the Trail of Tears, the French and Indian War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Native American History

Kelli Y. Nakamura is an associate professor of history at Kapi’olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Kelli Y. Nakamura

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From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.

Women’s History

The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.

Vietnam War

Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.

Crime

In the early 20th century, America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage. The era was defined by the temperance movement, Progressive-era activism, the sinking of the Titanic and World War I.

Early 20th Century U.S.

The history of art and entertainment tells the complex story of human civilization through visual art, design, literature, music, film and television. It ranges from cave drawings of the Neolithic period to Renaissance masterpieces to rock 'n' roll and video games.

Arts & Entertainment

World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.

World War II

The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States. At this time the U.S. economy was booming and more (mostly white) Americans could afford new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods. But the 1950s also saw great conflict and division, from the nascent civil rights movement to the crusade against communism at home and abroad in the Korean War.

1950s

The Middle East is a large and diverse region composed of several countries and cultures in north Africa and western Asia. Its complex history includes the Persian Gulf War, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the Yom Kippur War, Zionism and more.

Middle Eastern History

During the 1980s, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged, AIDS ravaged the United States, especially the gay male community, and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

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What Are the Origins of ‘Yacht Rock’?

When President Ford Faced Two Assassination Attempts in One Month

How Dith Pran’s Remarkable Survival Story Exposed Cambodia’s Killing Fields

Inflation: 6 Times Americans Felt the Pinch

How Truman Capote Cultivated New York’s Elite—Then Exposed Their Secrets

How Bob Marley Used the ‘One Love’ Concert as a Gesture for Peace

Native Americans Had a Surprising Ally: Richard Nixon

How Golda Meir Rose to Become the ‘Iron Lady’ of Israel

How Native Hawaiians Have Fought for Sovereignty

How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies

5 of the Most Influential Early Video Games

How the 1970s US Energy Crisis Drove Innovation