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Timeline: 1972-1976

January 26, 1973: The military draft officially ends.

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February 10, 1973: Harvard’s administration assuages fears that the energy crisis gripping the northeast will affect the University. The University is heated by waste steam created by the Cambridge Electric plant.

March 19, 1973: After voting in the beginning of the month to revive a union, graduate students and teaching fellows begin a strike to protest a new financial aid plan.

March 27, 1973: Marlon Brando refuses to accept an Oscar for best actor, citing the treatment of American Indians by the film industry.

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