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=__**Cigaretts are Banned From TV**__=

==== In April in the 70’s congress passed the public health cigarette smoking banning the advertisement of cigarette on TV and radios starting on January 2, 1971. The Virginia slims was the last commercial shown, with a 60 second review from flapper to Female Lib shown at 11:59 PM on January 1st during the break on __The Tonight Show.__ After 1971, most tobacco advertising was done in magazines, newspapers and on billboards. Cigarettes cause cancer, bad breath, yellow nails, and yellow teeth. ====

=__**The 1977 New York City Blackout**__=

= The blackout occurred while the city was worried over financial issues. It was the second blackout in twelve years. There was lots of violence but also a lot of helping.The police could only stand and watch what was happening. From the 1977 blackout, 6 times the average rate of firefighters responded to 1700 false alarms Only NYC was apart of the blackout. New Yorkers looked to Con Edison for an explanation for the blackout. Edison said the blackout was caused by a natural phenomenon that they had no control over, an act of God. Then people said it was the electrical company’s fault. = =**__Nixon Resigns__**=  President Richard Nixon Resigned Office but did not admit to be apart of the Watergate incident. Nixon was caught because he used a homemade tape recorder that NEVER STOPPED. Nixon was the first president ever to resign from office. The Watergate scandal was a political scandal resulting from a break in into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C. He used his power to do dirty, rotten things. The scandle began when 5 men broke and entered into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office.

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