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Abortion March In the early 1900s, women’s right advocates demonstrated for the right to share
in their own government by means of the vote. In the early 1970s some of them demanded the
right to control their own bodies — through abortion. New York and a few other states responded
with liberalized abortion laws.
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ANTI-SHAH DEMONSTRATORS 12-11-78. Demonstrators
fill the streets of Tehran in opposition to the Shah of
Iran, whom they claim is a "puppet” of the United
States. Marchers called for the Shah’s overthrow in
favor of exiled Moslem leader Ayatullah Khomeini.
Kent State Killings Students at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, come to the aid of a fellow
student who was wounded when, on May 4, 1970, national guardsmen fired tear gas and then
bullets, killing four students and injuring several others. The guardsmen were on the campus to
put down antiwar demonstrations, which had culminated in the burning of a university building.
ANCIENT TREASURES OF KING TUT 12-20-78. The
treasures of Tutankhamun are displayed for the
public at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Included is the much-publicized solid gold mask,
which is adorned with colored glass, carnelian and
minerals.