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San Antonio & the World |
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Passmore Elementary and Anson Jones Middle School open. |
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Hurricane Celia strikes Corpus Christi.
First Earth Day rallies are held. |
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Hobby Middle School opens. |
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Voting age is lowered to 18 by 26th Amendment.
Washington Senators baseball team becomes Texas Rangers. |
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60/20 year-round school plan is presented for the first time. |
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ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) is invented.
A network connects 23 computers for the first time, foretelling the Internet.
Apple computer is introduced. |
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Kindergarten is introduced into Texas Public Schools.
Early Childhood Education classes begin in NISD.
Pease Middle School, Adams Hill Elementary School, and Paul Taylor Field House open. |
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"I'd like to teach the world to sing" is the new Coca-Cola theme song that everyone is singing.
Former President Lyndon Johnson dies at Brooke Army Medical Center.
Brooks AFB researchers put first scale to measure zero gravity on Skylab Space Station. |
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Nellie Reddix becomes the first African American and the second woman to serve on the school board.
Esparza Elementary, Pease Middle School, and Boone Elementary School (named after NISD's 2nd Superintendent) open. |
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Watergate scandal escalates, forcing President Richard Nixon to resign. Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president.
Disco music and bell bottom pants are the rage. |
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Driver's Education is first offered in NISD high schools.
Stevenson Middle School opens. |
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Lila Cockrell becomes the first woman mayor of San Antonio.
Vietnam War ends.
Roots by Alex Haley becomes a bestseller.
Ford introduces the Pinto.
USAA opens its home office in San Antonio. |
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| 30,109 students are enrolled in Northside. |
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Pet Rocks and Mood Rings are the latest fads.
"The Bionic Man" is the newest hit TV show. |
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| Clark High School opens. Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady, and Attorney General Ramsey Clark, son of Justice Clark, speak at the opening ceremonies. |
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"Charlie's Angels" is a popular TV show.
Singer Elvis Presley dies.
"Star Wars" hits the big screen |
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| Carlos Coon Elementary School opens. |
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"The Brady Bunch" is the popular TV show.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen establish Microsoft.
Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, is born in England. |
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Promise Program for Gifted & Talented is started in Northside.
Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) testing is approved by the Texas Legislature to be given to 3rd, 5th, and 9th grade students. |
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3M introduces Post-It notes.
A radiation leak poisons four workers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. |
