jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoSure, 2024 has had lots of news – but compared with 1940, 1968 or 1973, it’s nothing exceptionaltheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down19
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minus-squarepwnicholson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months agoOr what has been called one of the most historic and tumultuous years of a century (1968)… Yeah. Now I gotta look up 1973. Never heard it mentioned in this context… Answer: Roe vs Wade Vietnam War officially ended, US pulls out of Cambodia OPEC oil embargo started Wounded Knee occupation Major flooding of the Mississippi River New tallest building in the world (Sears Tower) Nixon goes to China and US opens official office in Beijing Battle of the Sexes tennis match Secretariat wins first triple crown in 25 years, smashing records “The Miller Test” for obscenity is established by the US Supreme Court Two notable commercial airline crashes with fatalities (both in Boston, interestingly) Egypt and Israel sign peace accord Much of the Watergate scandal played out in 73, though Nixon didn’t resign until August of '74
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months ago Nixon goes to China and US opens official office in Beijing There’s an opera about that. I don’t even like opera (I went because a friend did the costumes) and I really enjoyed it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China Edit: Discovered a French opera company did a production that was televised and put on YouTube. It won’t be as good as seeing it live because it’s a real visual spectacle, but I recommend it regardless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G72JjpMEdKs
Or what has been called one of the most historic and tumultuous years of a century (1968)… Yeah.
Now I gotta look up 1973. Never heard it mentioned in this context…
Answer:
There’s an opera about that. I don’t even like opera (I went because a friend did the costumes) and I really enjoyed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China
Edit: Discovered a French opera company did a production that was televised and put on YouTube. It won’t be as good as seeing it live because it’s a real visual spectacle, but I recommend it regardless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G72JjpMEdKs