The Republic of Sri Lanka is officially formed
Dominion status within the British Commonwealth was retained until 22 May 1972 when the country became the Republic of Sri Lanka.
The Republic of Sri Lanka is officially formed Read more
Dominion status within the British Commonwealth was retained until 22 May 1972 when the country became the Republic of Sri Lanka.
The Republic of Sri Lanka is officially formed Read more
The Rev. Dr. William R. Johnson was the first openly gay person ordained in the United States and perhaps the first worldwide in a mainline Protestant denomination. His ordination took place on June 25, 1972 at the Community UCC in San Carlos, California, authorized by the Golden Gate Association of the Northern California/Nevada Conference UCC.
The Biological Weapons Convention was the world’s first multilateral disarmament treaty to ban the production of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction.
U.S., Soviet Union, and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons Read more
By the 1980s, plastic recycling was widely practiced in many communities across the United States.
World’s first plastic recycling mill opens in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Read more
“Imagine” was “just what John believed: that we are all one country, one world, one people. He wanted to get that idea out.”
John Lennon releases his seminal ode for humanity, “Imagine” Read more
The email was sent from one computer to another computer sitting right beside it in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but it traveled via ARPANET, a network of computers that was the precursor to the Internet.
Ray Tomlinson sends the world’s first ever email, to himself Read more
Salyut 1 (DOS-1) was the first space station of any kind, launched into low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971. The Salyut program followed this with five more successful launches of seven more stations
The Soviet Union launches humanity’s first space station, Salyut Read more
Modern Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation in 1971 after breaking away and achieving independence from Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The country’s borders corresponded with the major portion of the ancient and historic region of Bengal
Bangladesh achieves independence from Pakistan Read more
Mariner 9 was launched successfully on May 30, 1971, and became the first artificial satellite of Mars when it arrived and went into orbit.
U.S. NASA’s Mariner 9 becomes the first articial satellite of Mars Read more
The first portable calculators appeared in Japan in 1970, and were soon marketed around the world. These included the Sanyo ICC-0081 “Mini Calculator”, the Canon Pocketronic, and the Sharp QT-8B “micro Compet”.
The pocket calculator is invented in Japan Read more