Some sample questions from this category:
* What female athlete became the first to win {$100,000} in a single year in 1971?
* In what state was George Wallace campaigning for the Presidency when he was shot in an assassination attempt in May 1972?
* Initially elected in 1946, and ousted in 1955, this leader was again elected president of his country in 1973:
* When French president Georges Pompidou died in office in 1974, who succeeded him?
* In 1975, who became the first American born saint for Roman Catholics?
* From what city's airport did Israeli commandos rescue 103 hostages held by Pro-Palestinian terrorists in 1976?
* Where was the world's first test tube baby born in 1978?
* The first official visit to the United States by what top Chinese Communist official was made in 1979?
* In 1980, after 90 years of white rule, Rhodesia became what nation?
* One of the saddest events in American history occurred on May 4, 1970. National Guardsmen on a college campus fired into a crowd of protesting students, killing four. At which college did this occur?
* In 1970, this man was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
* 1970 was not a good year for music. The Beatles broke up, and both of these musicians died drug-related deaths.
* On May 31, 1970, an earthquake killed more than 60,000 people in this country.
* On November 10, 1970, this former head of state died at the age of 79.
* In 1970, Salvador Allende was elected president of this country.
* Six days after I was born, on January 19, US President Nixon nominated this man to the Supreme Court; however, he was rejected by the Senate on April 8.
* On May 15, 1970, this nation was officially barred from all Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee.
* Salvador Allende was elected president of this nation.
* 1972: Summer Olympics in Munich
* In 1972, which 'dinky-di' film was released, starring Barry Crocker?
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