Daily News front page December 12, 1978, Headline: INSIDE JOB SEEN IN $5M JFK HEIST

President Gerald Ford wearing a WIN (Whip Inflation Now) button on his lapel during Republican campaigns in North & South Carolina.

Supporters of Chol Soo Lee gathered at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on August 9, 1982.

In this Dec. 28, 1975, file photo, Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Drew Pearson (88) nears the end zone on a game-winning 50-yard touchdown pass play in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Bloomington, Minn. Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach explained his game-winning throw by saying, "I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary. Staubach and Pearson have connected again as part of a project to create a digital collectible of their famous Hail Mary for the Dallas Cowboys against Minnesota in 1975. It's part of an emerging product in sports memorabilia called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. (AP Photo/File)

The Watergate Whistleblower Who Was Held Hostage, Drugged and Discredited, Martha Mitchell

Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the 1972 Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive

First video game 'Pong," mother with son, Germany, circa 1976

Cars lined up at a gas station in Maryland in February 1974.

Hawaiian men paddling an outrigger canoe at sunset on the water

Outrigger Canoe

The 1970s was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.

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The 1970s was a decade marked by the Watergate scandal, the growing women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements, and 1970s fashion and music.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have played vital roles in shaping the nation—from building the Transcontinental Railroad to advocating for labor law changes to fighting in multiple wars. They made these contributions while also facing persistent discrimination and violence throughout U.S. history.

Asian American and Pacific Islander History

Iván Román is a freelance journalist, editor and communications consultant based in Washington, D.C. who has focused primarily on the country’s increasingly diverse racial and ethnic communities, its complex challenges regarding immigration, and Caribbean and Latin American affairs.

Iván Román

Phil Sheridan spent more than 30 years reporting and writing on sports for Philadelphia-area newspapers. He worked 18 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer and four years at ESPN.

Phil Sheridan

Chris Mueller is the co-host of the PM Team with Poni and Mueller on Pittsburgh's 93.7 The Fan, Monday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET. On Twitter, find him @ChrisMuellerPGH, which is mostly a respository for dog and food pictures.&nbsp;

Chris Mueller

Suzanne McGee

<a href="http://www.kieranmulvaney.com/bio.htm">Kieran Mulvaney</a> is the author of At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions, and The Great White Bear: A Natural &amp; Unnatural History of the Polar Bear. He has also covered boxing for ESPN, Reuters, Showtime and HBO.

Kieran Mulvaney

Cate Lineberry is a bestselling author and former editor for National Geographic and Smithsonian&nbsp;magazines. Her latest book is Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero.

Cate Lineberry

Aaron Randle

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Kelli Y. Nakamura is an associate professor of history at Kapi’olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Kelli Y. Nakamura

From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.

Women’s History

The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."

1960s

Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.

Crime

The U.S. government, with its three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, is responsible for governing the 50 states and all districts and territories of the United States.

U.S. Government and Politics

In the early 20th century, America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage. The era was defined by the temperance movement, Progressive-era activism, the sinking of the Titanic and World War I.

Early 20th Century U.S.

Minhae Shim Roth is a writer and reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area.&nbsp;

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The Middle East is a large and diverse region composed of several countries and cultures in north Africa and western Asia. Its complex history includes the Persian Gulf War, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the Yom Kippur War, Zionism and more.

Middle Eastern History

During the 1980s, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged, AIDS ravaged the United States, especially the gay male community, and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

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How Golda Meir Rose to Become the ‘Iron Lady’ of Israel

How Native Hawaiians Have Fought for Sovereignty

How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies

5 of the Most Influential Early Video Games

How the 1970s US Energy Crisis Drove Innovation

How Gerald Ford Tried to Fight Inflation

How Asian Americans United to Free a Wrongfully Convicted Prisoner from Death Row

Martha Mitchell: The Socialite Turned Watergate Whistleblower

Why Did the Beatles Break Up?

Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive

How Roger Staubach and Drew Pearson Made the ‘Hail Mary’ Pass Famous

Compared to His Sons, Archie Manning’s NFL Career Flopped