Watergate reached its climax and President Richard Nixon was forced to resign in a deep state contrived coup. The Vietnam War was still a major event in the early 1970s. Tragic events dominated the era, including the deadliest earthquake of the century, the Jonestown massacre, the Munich Olympics massacre, the taking of American hostages in Iran, and the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Culturally, disco became extremely popular, M*A*S*H* premiered on television, and “Star Wars” hit theaters. In the landmark case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court made abortion legal.
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![Film Director Roman Polanski Faces a Fresh Rape Accusation from a French Woman Alleging he Violently Raped her in 1975.](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Polanski7NewAccusers-640x480-300x225.jpg)
Film Director Roman Polanski Faces a Fresh Rape Accusation from a French Woman Alleging he Violently Raped her in 1975.
![Iranian Hostage Crisis: A Covert CIA Operation to Stall the Iranian Revolution & Spearhead the Political Demise of Jimmy Carter](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1979/11/iran-hostages-300x200-300x200.jpg)
Iranian Hostage Crisis: A Covert CIA Operation to Stall the Iranian Revolution & Spearhead the Political Demise of Jimmy Carter
!['Life of Brian' Movie Released: Predicts Insanity of Left](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LifeofBrian-300x169.jpg)
‘Life of Brian’ Movie Released: Predicts Insanity of Left
![CIA's "Operation Cyclone" Begins - Stirring The Hornet's Nest Of Islamic Unrest](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/op-cyclone-300x166.jpg)
CIA’s “Operation Cyclone” Begins – Stirring The Hornet’s Nest Of Islamic Unrest
![Village Voice Breaks a Story on How Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem and MS Magazine were CIA Funded to Subvert American Culture](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1979/05/steinem1-217x300.jpg)
Village Voice Breaks a Story on How Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem and MS Magazine were CIA Funded to Subvert American Culture
![San Francisco Mayor Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are Murdered with All the Earmarks of Mind Control](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1978/11/milk-moscone-white-300x168.jpg)
San Francisco Mayor Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are Murdered with All the Earmarks of Mind Control
![Jonestown: A CIA Mind Control Experimentation Camp Turns into a Massacre (Not a Kool-Aid Suicide) when Congressman Ryan & Team Show up to Investigate](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1978/11/jonestown-massacre-300x188.jpg)
Jonestown: A CIA Mind Control Experimentation Camp Turns into a Massacre (Not a Kool-Aid Suicide) when Congressman Ryan & Team Show up to Investigate
![Was AIDS a Man-Made Virus Introduced When a Group of Gay Men Were Inoculated at the New York Blood Center with a Hep-B Trial Vaccine?](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1978/11/hiv-aids-300x224.jpg)
Was AIDS a Man-Made Virus Introduced When a Group of Gay Men Were Inoculated at the New York Blood Center with a Hep-B Trial Vaccine?
![Did Hillary Clinton Commit Fraud in Her First Cattle Futures Trade where She Turned $1000 Investment into a $100,000 Phenomenon in Under 10 Months?](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1978/10/hillary-cattle-futures-scam-300x156-300x156.png)
Did Hillary Clinton Commit Fraud in Her First Cattle Futures Trade where She Turned $1000 Investment into a $100,000 Phenomenon in Under 10 Months?
![MMR Vaccine Approved after only 42-Day-Trials](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shocking-MMR-vaccine-trial-results-released-gastrointestinal-upper-respiratory-illness-reported-300x169.jpg)