I was bemoaning the state of the world: Brexit, Trump, Putin, UK Political Parties (May and Corbyn as well as north of the border) and thinking how messed up everything was. Then a good friend reminded me of how bad it was all in the past and how things at least got better! (Eventually for the people who didn't get killed in the meantime). He wrote in an email:
1973 wasn't a particularly "good year" -
August 15 – The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia.
Middle East:
For us (UK) the 'Troubles' and
USA
- January 20 – President Richard Nixon is sworn in for his second term.
June 25 – Watergate scandal: Former White House counsel John Dean begins his testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.
today is easy peasy ...
Answer: Keep Calm and Wargame It! More details followed ...
Money
Inflation has risen to 8.4%
IRA
March – Two IRA bombs exploded in London, killing one person and injuring 250 others. Ten people were arrested hours later at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being involved in the bombings.
- 8 September – The IRA detonated bombs in Manchester and Victoria Station in London.[21]
- 10 September
- IRA bombs at King's Cross and Euston railway stations in London injured 13 people.[21]
- The fashion store Biba re-opened in Kensington High Street.[22]
- 12 September – Further IRA bombs exploded in Oxford Street and Sloane Square.[21]
War
- January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
And so it goes ...
Yes, easy to get hung up on the current situation and lose our sense of perspective!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Aaron
You might find the graphs on this page of interest
ReplyDeletehttps://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace
And this is worth a read -
ReplyDeletehttps://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty#extreme-poverty-in-a-historical-perspective
1973 gave us Aladdin Sane, Band on the Run, Elton John's best ever album, Springsteen's second and the Greatest Album Ever Made - Dark Side of the Moon.
ReplyDeleteITV started to show "The World at War" and "The Wombles" had started on the Beeb and we got Dr Who 10th anniversary celebrations (with instructions on how to make your own Dalek in the Radio Times).
The previous year had brought us the core of the Airfix Waterloo range.
As someone just entering their teenage years the early 70s were fab.
Military Modelling many years ago had a series of articles on wargaming the Cod War.
ReplyDeleteNigel
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for those visualisations
Thank god for the wargaming products of "living in interesting times" and the classic music that Dad's can dance to
ReplyDeleteManOfTin:
ReplyDeleteCheck out "Don't throw that bloody spear at me" *David Manly) for a recent post of Cod War [Scallop War] a few weeks ago in The Channel