1970's+World+Events

** World Events ** By: Oanh Chung and Chelsea Nguyen

**The Bhola Cyclone**

On November 12, 1970, the coast of [|Bangladesh] was struck with a deadly cyclone, and it's name was the Bhola Cyclone. The Bhola Cyclone was the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. Its low-laying lands were inundated destroyed, entire villages were destroyed, and in most of the region, most crops were destroyed. There was about 500,000 casualties, and many buildings were destroyed. The cyclone was rated as the most deadliest cyclone throught history. This cyclone not only killed as many people as 500,000, but also displaced more than 500,000 people.



In 1972, the [|Summer Olympic Games] were held in Munich, Germany. At first the games were going well, and it was an enjoyable event; but within 12 days of lighting the Olympic flames, disaster struck. On September 5th, palestinian terrorists invaded the Israeli team. During the invasion of the palestinian terrorists, two men were killed, and nine of the olympic athletes were held hostage. The nine olympic athlete hostages and a west german police officer were killed as well as five of the palestinian terrorists. Shortly after the memorial service for those who had died, the summer olympic games were resumed. This event was also called the Munich Olympics Massacre.
 * The Summer Olympic Games **

In 1974 there was a rise in oil prices, repeated failure of grain crops, and the cost of fertilizer soared. So because the United States was in a crisis, 135 representives of states gathered in Rome (from November 5 to 16) for the first World Food Conference. The conference ended with the adoption of the universal [|Declaration on the Eradication]of hunger and malnutrition which states; Every man, women and child has the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition in order to develop their physical and mental faculties.
 * The World Food Conference **

 Amoco Cadiz was a large oil spill that happened in France, March 16, 1978. The oil spill accident was around the Portsall North Finistere, and the reason the oil was spilled was because the ship's steering mechanism failed. Even with the help of a german tugboat to stop the ship from crashing, but it didnt work, because later at around 10pm, the cargo ran aground. Because of the accident, 227,000 tons of crude oil was spilled. Within 2 weeks, 360km of shoreline was polluted with crude oil.
 * Amoco Cadiz **

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