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ANTI-SHAH DEMONSTRATORS 12-11-78. Demonstrators fill the streets of Tehran in opposition to the Shah of Iran, whom they claim is a "puppet'’of the United States. Marchers called for the Shah's overthrow in favor of exiled Moslem leader Ayatullah Khomeini.
Abortion March In the early 1900s, women's right advocates demonstrated for the right to share in their own government by means of the vote. In the early 1970s some of them demanded the right to control their own bodies — through abortion. New York and a few other states responded with liberalized abortion laws.
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Kent State Killings Students at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, come to the aid of a fellow student who was wounded when, on May 4, 1970, national guardsmen fired tear gas and then bullets, killing four students and injuring several others. The guardsmen were on the campus to
put down antiwar demonstrations,
which had culminated in the burning of a university building.
ANCIENT TREASURES OF KING TUT 12-2078. The treasures of Tutankhamun are displayed for the public at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Included is the much-publicized solid gold mask, which is adorned with colored glass, carnelian and minerals.
