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Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do…
A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape,…
Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the…
As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign…
Turkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37%…
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung…
A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378…
Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed…
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the…
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the…
Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the…
A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservat
Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New
Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard
Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate
Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes,