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= __1970's Main Events__ =

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=__ Cigarette Ads were Banned From TV and Radio __ = 

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In January 2, 1971 Cigarette ads were banned from TV and radio. On July 1, 1971 the government passed a law stating that health labels had to be on the front of the box in able to sell. Too help stop smoking, post offices put posters up in their front windows saying, “Over 100,000 doctors stopped smoking!” =====

=__ Hurricane Celia Hits Hard! __=

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====It was the first major hurricane of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season. Fifteen people died, and four hundred sixty six were injured. It was the third named tropical cyclone. Hurricane Celia began as a tropical wave which formed off the eastern coast of Africa on July 23. The wave reached the eastern Caribbean Sea on July 28 and began to become more organized. The low was declared a tropical depression a few days later while slowly developed. Celia was very harmful, but we are glad that hardly any one was killed. ====

=__ Oil Shortage and Loss in the U.S __= ====In 1973, there was a sudden and unpredicted interruption of the supply of petroleum to the world. The result was alarming, with citizens no longer able to drive their cars, long lines at the gas pumps, and a lot of posturing by elected officials on just what to do about it. It started in October, 1973, when the O.A.P.E.C ( the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) proclaimed an oil embargo in response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military during the Yom Kipper War, it lasted until March, 1974. ====

= __The First Test Tube Baby was Born! __ = ==== On July 25, 1978 at 11:47 p.m. Louise Joy Brown was born. She was the first successful test tube baby. She was born in Britain weighing 5 lb’s and 12 ounces. ====