1958:
Events
-Los Angeles Valley College becomes San Fernando Valley State College.
-Matador becomes campus mascot
-U.S. Supreme Court rules schools must integrate
-Nikita Khrushchev becomes premier of the U.S.S.R.
Facts
Student Enrollment: 2,525
Semester Tuition: $29
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Population: 174,881,904
World Population: 2.945 billion
Unemployment: 7.4%
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1968:
Events
Presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Eugene McCarthy visit campus
Janis Joplin performs on campus
Facts
Student Enrollment: 15,600
Faculty: 619
Semester Tuition: $57.50
President: Lyndon B. Jonson
U.S. Population: 200,706,052
World Population: 3.556 billion
Unemployment: 3.8%
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1972:
Facts
San Fernando Valley College officially renamed California State University Northridge
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1977:
Facts
Student Enrollment: 28,023
Semester Tuition: $95
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1978:
Events
Sony introduces the Walkman, the first portable stereo.
First test-tube baby is born in London.
98% of all American households have a television.
Facts
President: James Earl Carter, Jr.
U.S. Population: 222,584,545
World Population: 4.302 billion
Unemployment: 6.4%
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1988:
Events
Salman Rushdie publishes The Satanic Verses
Vice-President George H.W. Bush wins the presidential election, defeating Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis
Facts
President: Ronald W. Reagan
U.S. Population: 244,498,982
World Population: 5.104 billion
Unemployment: 5.7%
Student Enrollment: 31,576
Semester Tuition: $342
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1994:
Events
6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake, causes $400 million in damage to the CSUN campus
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1998:
Events
Northern Ireland Good Friday Accord is signed after 30 years
of violence
President Clinton is impeached
An estimated 76 million viewers watch the last episode of Seinfeld.
Facts
President: William J. Clinton
U.S. Population: 270,298,524
World Population: 5.918 billion
Unemployment: 4.7%
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2006:
Student Enrollment: 34,560
Semester Tuition: $1,260
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2008:
Events
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck southwest China on May 12, leaving 88,000 people dead or missing.
Prop 8 passes in California banning same-sex marriage.
Michael Phelps wins a total of eight gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing
Facts
Student Enrollment: 36, 208
Semester Tuition: $1,688
President: George W. Bush
U.S. Population: 303,824,640
World Population: 6.706 billion
Unemployment: 7.2%
