1970 4 died at Kent State University just about 10 clicks down the road from where I call here.
There have been songs that memorialize the event. We all know Ohio, but here are two more. One from Joe Walsh who was a local at the time of the shootings and the other from Steve Miller.
“People seem to forget it was black folks that saved my life,” Denny said. “On one hand, there were some out there to try to kill me or do me in. On the other hand, they are trying to save me because I’m not the enemy, and believe me I am not the enemy.”
“They didn’t care. I didn’t care. And what was really cool is when I got blood in the hospital," Denny said. "Did anyone check to see what color that blood was? Probably red.”
At the time of the interview 10 years ago, Denny had long since forgiven the men who assaulted him.
1986 – A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.
1967 – Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: СоÑз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
On this day in Philly history in 1970, the first Earth Day celebration was held in Philadelphia. Organized by a 33-member committee, Philadelphia’s Earth Day was widely viewed to be the most successful event of its kind in the country. Held at Fairmount Park, the event hosted a stacked lineup of cultural and political icons: Senator Edmund Muskie, Ralph Nader, Nobel prize-winning biochemist George... Wald, philosopher Alan Watts, and poet Allen Ginsberg. There were musical performances, too, from the cast of “Hair” and the rock ‘n’ roll band Redbone. Earth Day was just one facet of “Earth Week,” which was organized in late 1969 by a group of graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning students. Inspired by a speech from U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson that called for a nationwide “environmental teach-in,” word of the Penn students’ plans quickly spread, and attracted the attention of politicians and activists across the country. This first Earth Day counted participants in 2,000 universities, 10,000 primary and secondary schools –nearly 20 million Americans in total. Earth Day is now observed in 192 countries.
I forgot the Philly connection, but remember it now. I was a senior in hs in Philly then. It was indeed a beautiful day as the picture shows. We were let out early that day to mark the occasion. 44 years ago, wow !
On this day in Philly history in 1970, the first Earth Day celebration was held in Philadelphia. Organized by a 33-member committee, Philadelphia’s Earth Day was widely viewed to be the most successful event of its kind in the country. Held at Fairmount Park, the event hosted a stacked lineup of cultural and political icons: Senator Edmund Muskie, Ralph Nader, Nobel prize-winning biochemist George... Wald, philosopher Alan Watts, and poet Allen Ginsberg. There were musical performances, too, from the cast of “Hair” and the rock ‘n’ roll band Redbone. Earth Day was just one facet of “Earth Week,” which was organized in late 1969 by a group of graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning students. Inspired by a speech from U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson that called for a nationwide “environmental teach-in,” word of the Penn students’ plans quickly spread, and attracted the attention of politicians and activists across the country. This first Earth Day counted participants in 2,000 universities, 10,000 primary and secondary schools –nearly 20 million Americans in total. Earth Day is now observed in 192 countries.
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On this day in Philly history in 1970, the first Earth Day celebration was held in Philadelphia. Organized by a 33-member committee, Philadelphia’s Earth Day was widely viewed to be the most successful event of its kind in the country. Held at Fairmount Park, the event hosted a stacked lineup of cultural and political icons: Senator Edmund Muskie, Ralph Nader, Nobel prize-winning biochemist George... Wald, philosopher Alan Watts, and poet Allen Ginsberg. There were musical performances, too, from the cast of “Hair” and the rock ‘n’ roll band Redbone. Earth Day was just one facet of “Earth Week,” which was organized in late 1969 by a group of graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning students. Inspired by a speech from U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson that called for a nationwide “environmental teach-in,” word of the Penn students’ plans quickly spread, and attracted the attention of politicians and activists across the country. This first Earth Day counted participants in 2,000 universities, 10,000 primary and secondary schools –nearly 20 million Americans in total. Earth Day is now observed in 192 countries.
