March 22 [1972] is the anniversary of Baird v. Eisenstadt, his U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized birth control for single people, and was quoted 6 times in the abortion decision the following year.

1964 - Bill Baird established the nation's first aboveground abortion referral and birth control clinic (Well before it was legal).

1965 - Baird was the first to lead a demonstration outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in NY City to protest the Church's anti-birth control interference.

1965 - Baird established the nation's first birth control and abortion club on a college campus (Hofstra University - NY)

1965 & 1966 Baird was arrested and jailed in New York and then New Jersey for challenging anti-birth control statutes.

1967 Baird established the nation's first "abortion slush fund" to help students pay for illegal abortions.

1967 Baird leads march against catholic church saying "... no religion has a right to impose its dogma on others."

1971 Baird was arrested for giving a speech to NOW members where a 14 month old baby was in the audience. Police contended that the baby's morals were endangered. The baby's mother was arrested too.  

1974 A baby was denied a Catholic baptism in Marlborough, Massachusetts because the mother refused to denounce Bill Baird as the devil. (Covered by Time, Newsweek, etc.)

1976, 1979 - Supreme Court cases (Baird v. Bellotti I and Baird v. Bellotti II) won the right of teenagers to have abortions without parental vento. The High Court said, "The Bill of Rights never said "for adults only".

1978 Baird created the first clinic defense manual. 

1979 Baird's clinic was firebombed with 50 people inside. His staff caught Peter Burkin, the terrorist who was given less than two years in a mental institution.