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1972

INTERNET EVENTS

• ARPANET continued to expanded to more parts of the country.

• There were about 2000 people using ARPANET.

• A member, Tomlinson, of a small computing consulting group in Cambridge invented e-Mail.
• People started to have now to have fun, no longer just boring technical data.

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CURRENT EVENTS

• President Nixon shocks the world by visiting communist China.

• "Life Magazine" ceases weekly publication.

• Tropical storm Agnes kills 134 persons from Florida to New York.

• HBO (Home Box Office) subscription cable TV launch

• The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is "cruel and unusual" punishment.

• "Grease" debuts on Broadway.

• U.S. planes bomb Hanoi (Vietnam) for the first time since 1968.

• President Nixon wins re-election by the largest margin since 1936.

• "The Waltons" and "M*A*S*H" premier on television.

• The Oakland Athletics win the World Series.

• The Academy award for Best Picture goes to "The Godfather."

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