1970:––––––––––––––

Current Events:

• IBM introduces the first floppy disk.
• Retail stores in England introduce first bar codes.
• Four students are killed at the Kent State demonstration.
• U.S. troops invade Cambodia.
• The Beatles disband.
• Monday Night Football debuts on ABC.
• Peruvian earthquake kills more than 50,000.
• Life expectancy is 70.8 years.

Welch Events:

• Welch Library receives its first computer and joins the SUNY Medical Communications Network in Syracuse, NY.
• The Library switches to NLM classification after 40 years using The Library of Congress system.
• The Four Doctors painting is restored.