Episodes Nearest to March 16, 1977: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Committing a Crime
    date March 16, 1977map Jefferson, Alabamatags Prostitution, Birmingham, Alabama, Seventies

    In 1977, a Jefferson county, Alabama man learned the price of being with a prostitute. According to police records, a man paid a prostitute twenty dollars and took the woman to a friend’s house. The next morning, the man woke up and discovered that the prostitute took all of his belongs, including his car, a suitcase full of clothes, his wallet, money, and the pants he was wearing.

    Learning...

  2. Apple creates a business plan.
    date 1977map Santa Clara, Californiatags Apple logos, Apple marketing, Computers, Apple Computer, Inc, Apple

    Steve Job’s vision for Apple Computer was to sell to everyone, not just to computer engineers. He turned to some friends for advice about how to do that. Noah Bushnall was someone Jobs worked with at Atari, Inc. and Mike Markkula was someone from Intel. Apple was going to need a catchy logo. The Apple logo was made my Rob Wayne, a co-founder of Apple Computer. It was only used for the Apple I...

  3. Native American Education Improves Under U.S. Government
    date 1976map District of Columbia, District of Columbiatags Race Relations, Politics, Law, Government, Education, Native-Americans

    The Third Annual Report to the Congress of the United States outlined the needs, concerns, funding, and progresses of the Indian educational system set forth by the government. The National Advisory Council on Indian Education created this report in 1976 in Washington, D.C. The president of the United States appointed this council in order to assist the 570 native groups affected by the regulations...

  4. The Start of Apple Computer, Inc.
    date April, 1976 to 1976map Santa Clara, Californiatags Apple Computer, Inc, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Computer, Apple, Silicon Valley

    Apple Computer, Inc has not been around for very long, but for the time it has been around it has made significant progress. Many do not realize how it started or how new it still is. The company was founded by two men named Stephen Wozniak (Woz) and Steve Jobs who both live in the Silicon Valley in California.  Wozniak was fascinated by computers in high school and dropped out of the engineering...

  5. Making Money
    date June 24, 1975map Jefferson, Alabamatags Seventies, Birmingham, Alabama, Prostitution

    Prostitution in Birmingham, Alabama and the surrounding areas was bad in the seventies. It was so bad that in June of 1975 the city of Homewood passed a new ordinance that reduced the number of hours prostitutes were allowed to be on the street. The week before the ordinance was passed, three prostitutes were arrested for working out of a motel. Mayor Bob Waldrop said that Homewood was working to...

  6. Vietnam Veteran Claims Agent Orange Illness
    date 1979map Jefferson, Louisianatags War, Health

    Upon returning home from Vietnam, Marine Lance Corporal Kenneth Pullen claimed that he had been a victim of Agent Orange poisoning. Since his honorable discharge in 1967, eight years before the war ended, Pullen suffered from a wide variety of illnesses. Doctors diagnosed him with having anything from jungle rot to trench foot, to Buerger’s Disease to arthritis. No doctor has been able to give...


  7. date October 5, 1974map Suffolk, Massachusettstags african americans, Race Relations, Education

    South Bostonians, mostly Irish-Americans, felt frustrated and angry after just three weeks of forced busing in 1974 according to the New York Times. Federal Judge W. Arthur Garity ordered busing because he felt that “the local school authorities operated a deliberately segregated system.” During the three weeks school was open, there had already been altercations, including “a lunch-tray...

  8. Sexist Laws: Are Prostituion Laws Sexist?
    date August 30, 1974map Jefferson, Alabamatags Seventies, Birmingham, Alabama, Women, prostitution laws

    In 1974, the city of Birmingham, Alabama prostitution ordinance survived the first challenge in court. A federal judge denied a request from a Foxy Entertainment employee who called the ordinance unconstitutional. A woman, Lynn Floyd, is appealing her prostitution conviction. Floyd’s suit says that the ordinance is unconstitutional because it seems to only apply to women.

    Linda LeMoncheck...

  9. Do You Believe in Miracles? – The Ultimate Cold War Faceoff
    date February 22, 1980map Essex, New Yorktags Cold War, Olympics

    “Do you believe in Miracles?” This was the question Sportscaster Al Michaels asked in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980, seconds before the United States ice hockey team achieved victory against the reigning Soviet Squad in the XIII Olympic Winter Games.[1] The Soviet team had been a heavily favored, extremely experienced juggernaut. Team U.S.A. was a group of mostly college kids that...

  10. Cordless Tools spread in the Building Industry
    date 1980map Lebanon, Pennsylvaniatags Economy, construction

    In 1961, Black and Decker invented cordless power tools. Brian Hoy, who worked as a general contractor for over 30 years, found the convenience of these tools to be among the best technological changes in the industry especially for small jobs. He stated “cordless tools are one of the greatest tools to have come to the trade because of their eases of use.” One reason is because contractors do...

  11. Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia, 1793.
    date August 3, 1973 to October 28, 1973map Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniatags Thomas Jefferson, epidemic, Yellow Fever, Benjamin Rush

    In 1793, Philadelphia was the site of the most fearsome epidemic to strike the young nation. By July, the city's inhabitants were remarking on the extraordinary number of flies and mosquitoes that swarmed around the dock area. Caribbean refugees brought Yellow Fever. In one epidemic alone, 5,000 residents — nearly one-tenth of the population — perished. Hardly a family was untouched. Many people...

  12. Ronald Reagan Signals a Change in US Policy Toward Central America
    date November 16, 1980map District of Columbia, District of Columbia, New York, New Yorktags Cold War, Ronald Reagan, Containment, International Relations

    Only days after Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential victory, an article in the New York Times explored how his conservative politics would change the nature of the conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Alan Riding wrote “Reagan Impact Felt in Central America” as a broad overview of the actions and reactions that happened in the region due to anticipated changes in United...

  13. Subcommittee formed to better manage aliens.
    date May 24, 1981map District of Columbia, District of Columbiatags Immigration, aliens, American Immigration

    The fourth wave of immigration to the United States, created by the Immigration Act of 1965, was due to the economic situations of émigrés. Seeking a better lifestyle, many immigrants were being admitted legally, though many also entered as illegal aliens. By the time Ronald Reagan entered the Oval Office in 1981, many immigration policies needed authorization by Congress. Moreover, since the...

  14. The Bishop: Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios
    date 1981map Gratiot, Michigantags India, Religious Studies, Makarios, Bishop, Alma College

    As the Bishop of the American Diocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church, Thomas Mar Makarios was invited by Reverend David McDaniels to speak at Alma College after hearing him speak at a college in Ohio in 1981.  The Bishop was thought to be a perfect candidate to further the knowledge of the students as “a worldwide figure in an Orthodox tradition which [we], as Americans, know next to nothing about”...

  15. Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Examined by HEW
    date July 26, 1972map Madison, Illinoistags African-Americans, Health/Death, Medicine, Tuskegee, Syphilis, Study

    On July 26, 1972 The Alton Evening Telegraph, a newspaper in Alton, Illinois, released an article discussing The Department of Health Education and Welfare's investigation of the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment. Although the experiment was conducted in Alabama, the news was a national story. Jean Heller, the author of the article, found this study so disturbing that she decided to...

  16. Birmingham's Air Pollution Crisis and Federal Intervention
    date November 18, 1971 to November 20, 1971map Jefferson, Alabamatags Clean Air Act, Air Pollution, NEPA, EPA, Environmentalism, Birmingham, Alabama

    Birmingham’s pollution trouble had long been a recurring theme. For years, many had simply lived with the pollution as an everyday part of life. However, in 1971 the County Health Department issued pollution alerts on two separate occasions with daily particulate counts well above national averages. These measurements collected over separate areas of the city could not be ignored any further as...


  17. date August 13, 1971map Harris, Texas, San Francisco, California, Sedgwick, Kansas, Oakland, Michigantags african americans, Law, Education

    In 1971, schools attempting to overcome segregation faced fierce opposition in the North. The year before the South passed the North in integration of schools and the North’s integration record continued to decline in the 1960s. The question facing Americans was whether the busing plans would overcome the opposition. Some cities moved forward with the forced integration via busing, but other...

  18. John Kerry Denounces the War in Vietnam
    date April 23, 1971map Washington, Virginiatags Diplomacy/International, Politics, War

     

    Speaking to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, former Army Captain John Kerry explained the atrocities and falsehoods that the soldiers on the ground were forced to carry out while serving in the Vietnam War from 1966-1970.  He made it clear that the actions of the United States government and military leaders should not vanish into thin air.

    According to...

  19. The Fight of Ultimate Rivals
    date March 8, 1971map New York, New Yorktags Civil Rights, Boxing

    The night of March 8, 1971 is one that will never be forgotten in sports history. This was the night of an international sports spectacle. This was the night that Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier attempted to settle the controversy over the world heavyweight boxing championship at Madison Square Garden. Never before had a boxing match meant so much, cost so much, viewed so much, or edged out the My...

  20. Vietnam Veteran Testifies in Winter Soldier Investigations
    date January 31, 1971map Wayne, Michigantags Diplomacy/International, Politics, War

    On returning home from Vietnam, some veterans were asked to testify before Congressional committees regarding their actions during the war. Rusty Sachs, a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 362, testified before Congress and explained his recollection of destroying villages and killing innocent civilians. Approximately twenty other soldiers testified from various branches of the armed...

  21. The Game That Ended Segregation in Sports
    date September 12, 1970map Jefferson, Alabamatags football, Segregation

     

    On September 12, 1970 University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant played the University of Southern California at Legion Field in Birmingham Alabama. The Trojans ran up and down the field on that hot September night. The final score was USC 42, Alabama 21. The Trojans dominated the game rushing on the ground for 485 rushing yards to Alabama's 32. This demanding win for...

  22. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: Still Movin' and Groovin'
    date 1970map Orleans, Louisianatags 10th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orelans

    Adam Mims

    Dr. Benson

    History 321-Urban America

    The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: Still Movin' and Groovin'

    In the beginning of 1970, the city of New Orleans and the music industry as a whole would be drastically changed in a way that would bolster its prominence like no other. This change would soon come to existence as being called the...

  23. The Rebirth of Zora
    date 1970map Orange, Floridatags From Sun to Sun, Female Authors


    The collaboration between Zora Hurston and the Directors of The Museum in folklore entitled “From Sun to Sun” was revolutionary for both the museum and for the African American population at the time. The Museum was known at the time at Rollins to be “a house for the arts”. The theatre worked together with Hurston to present a series of one act plays, musical...

  24. Alma College Men's Soccer
    date 1970map Gratiot, Michigantags Soccer, College Sports

    Men’s soccer began as a club team in 1970. Soccer became a varsity sport for the 1975-1976 season after Coach Beaumont successfully argued that if Alma College wanted to promote its connection to Scotland, the College should not ignore Scotland’s national sport.

    Although instrumental to the foundation of men’s soccer, Beaumont only coached for the first season. The most successful coach...

  25. Spatial History Engine: Hamilton Hotel
    date 1970map Orange, Floridatags Winter Park, Florida, Orlando, Hamilton Hotel

    Built in the 1920’s, the Hamilton Hotel was built as more modest accommodations than the only other hotel in town. The other hotel, the Seminole Hotel, boasted of visitors of such caliber as Henry Flagler, William Rockefeller, and even United States President Grover Cleveland. The Hamilton Hotel was the first in Winter Park to have a bathroom in each room;  while it may seem strange to not have...