Nobel
Peace Prize Awarded To Dr. Henry Kissinger
Great Britain, Ireland, And Denmark Formally Join The Common Market
On National TV, Nixon Accepts Responsibility, But Not Blame, For Watergate; Accepts
Resignations Of Haldeman And Ehrlichman, Fires Dean As Counsel
In The "Saturday Night Massacre," Nixon Fires Special Watergate Prosecutor
Archibald Cox And Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus; Attorney General Elliot
L. Richardson Resigns
Spiro T. Agnew, U.S. Vice President Since 1969, Resigns And Gerald Ford Named To Replace
Him
A Ceasefire Is Signed, Ending Involvement Of American Ground Troops In The War In Vietnam
Lyndon Baines Johnson Dies Of Heart Attack Suffered At His LBJ Ranch
Roe V. Wade Case Is Decided By The U.S. Supreme Court Legalizing Abortion
George Foreman Scores A TKO To Win World Heaveyweight Boxing Championship From Joe Frazier
Billie Jean King Defeats Chris Evert At Wimbledon
"Secretariat" Wins Triple Crown: The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, And
Belmont Stakes
Sacheen Littlefeather Stands In For Marlon Brando At The Academy Awards And Refuses His
Best Actor Oscar For His Role In "The Godfather", To Protest The U.S.'s
Treatment Of Native Americans.
The Movies "American Graffiti", "The Exorcist", "The Sting",
"Last Tango In Paris" Are Released
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), The Technology Behind MRI Scanning, Is Developed.
Skylab, The First American Space Station, Is Launched. |
