1970
Jul 1

New York Abortion-Reform Law Takes Effect

Jan 2

Court Rules Punitive Draft Reclassification of Vietnam War Protesters Illegal

Jan 15

Army Spying on Americans Exposed

Feb 15

Chicago Seven Lawyers Cited for Contempt

Feb 18

The Chicago Eight (Seven): 1968 Chicago Protesters Convicted of Inciting to Riot

Feb 26

Army to End Monitoring Peaceful Protests

Mar 18

Feminists Stage Sit-In at “Ladies Home Journal,” Demand Liberation of Magazine

Mar 23

Eleanor Holmes Norton Named Head of NYC Commission on Human Rights

Apr 1

Grateful Dead Provokes First-Ever FCC Indecency Fine

Apr 2

Massachusetts Declares Vietnam War Unconstitutional

Apr 11

Governor Rockefeller Signs NY Abortion Reform Law

Apr 13

Nine Women’s Liberation Activists Arrested for Sit-in at Grove Press, Pioneering Anti-Censorship Publisher

May 1

Massive Nationwide Student Strike Protests Cambodian Invasion in Vietnam War

May 4

Kent State: Ohio National Guard Shoots and Kills Four Anti-Vietnam War Protesters

May 4

Tax Exemptions for Churches Held Constitutional

May 8

“Hard Hat Riot:” Union Workers Attack Anti-War Demonstrators in NYC

May 10

Protester Hangs American Flag Upside Down, With Peace Symbol, Heads to Supreme Court

May 18

First Same-Sex Marriage Test Case Begins

Jun 3

ACLU Calls Vietnam War Unconstitutional — Cites Lack of Declaration of War

Jun 5

President Nixon Demands Action on Anti-War Protests: Abuses Follow

Jun 11

Rep. Martha Griffiths Forces Proposed ERA Amendment Out of Committee

Jun 19

2nd Circuit: Legality of Vietnam War a “Political Question,” Not a Constitutional Issue

Jun 22

18-Year-Olds Get Right to Vote– But Not Quite Yet

Jun 27

First Gay Pride Parade Held in Chicago

Jun 28

First Gay Liberation Day (Gay Pride March) in New York City

Jul 8

Native-American Tribal Termination “Is Wrong” – President Nixon

Jul 14

President Nixon Approves Huston Plan for Violations of Americans’ Rights

Jul 20

ATF Agents No Longer Allowed to Snoop on Libraries

Jul 27

President Nixon Withdraws Approval of Huston Plan For Spying, Illegal Actions Against Americans

Aug 10

Rep. Shirley Chisholm Speaks Out For the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Aug 26

March Commemorates Women’s Suffrage

Aug 29

Chicano Leader Ruben Salazar Shot and Killed at Protest Rally

Sep 15

VP Spiro Agnew: Rock Music Destroying America’s Youth!

Sep 30

“A Rock Group of Some Sort:” FBI Investigates The Grateful Dead

Oct 10

Your Right to Eat German Food: ACLU Chapter Chairwoman Denied Service at German Restaurant, Sues

Oct 13

Cops Blame ACLU, Supreme Court for Violent Crime

Oct 21

John T. Scopes, of Famous Monkey Trial, Dies

Oct 24

Too Much Sex! President Nixon Denounces Obscenity Commission Report

Oct 30

Secret Oklahoma “Blacklist” of “Troublemakers” Challenged in Lawsuit

Oct 31

Former Chief Justice Earl Warren Speaks Out Against Discrimination

Nov 9

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Constitutionality of Vietnam War

Nov 26

Native-Americans Protest at Plymouth Rock

Dec 8

ACLU Marks 50th Anniversary – Earl Warren is Guest of Honor

Dec 17

Forced Maternity Leave for Pregnant Teacher

Dec 21

No Long Hair on New Jersey Turnpike!

Dec 21

Supreme Court Overturns 18-Year-Olds’ Right to Vote

Dec 24

Congress Passes Family Planning Services Act

Dec 26

President Nixon Signs Public Health Services Act – Federal Support for Family Planning

1970

Find a Day

Go
Abortion Rights ACLU african-americans Alice Paul anti-communism Anti-Communist Hysteria Birth Control Brown v. Board of Education Censorship CIA Civil Rights Civil Rights Act of 1964 Cold War Espionage Act FBI First Amendment Fourteenth Amendment freedom of speech Free Speech Gay Rights Hate Speech homosexuality Hoover, J. Edgar HUAC Japanese American Internment King, Dr. Martin Luther Ku Klux Klan Labor Unions Lesbian and Gay Rights Loyalty Oaths McCarthy, Sen. Joe New York Times Obscenity Police Misconduct Same-Sex Marriage Separation of Church and State Sex Discrimination Smith Act Spying Spying on Americans Vietnam War Voting Rights Voting Rights Act of 1965 War on Terror Watergate White House Women's Rights Women's Suffrage World War I World War II Relocation Camps

Topics

Tell Us What You Think

We want to hear your comments, criticisms and suggestions!
Contact Us