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If you weren't feeling old before, you will now! :-)
News
- January
26: A bomb explodes aboard a Yugoslav Airlines DC-9 at
33,000 feet. Incredibly, a stewardess survives the crash.
- February
3-13: Japan becomes the first Asian nation to host the
Winter Olympics.
- February
21-28: Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to
visit China.
- March 30:
Provisional government in Northern Ireland is suspended and
direct rule from London is reinstated.
- April 15:
Bombing of North Vietnam by the U.S. begins again.
- May 3:
J. Edgar Hoover dies ending a 48-year reign of terror as
director of the FBI. L. Patrick Gray is named as acting FBI
director.
- May 15:
The island of Okinawa is returned to Japan by the United States.
- May 15:
President candidate and noted-racist George C. Wallace is shot
while campaigning in Maryland. He is left paralyzed but does not
withdraw from the race, finishing third.
- June 17:
Five "third-rate buglers" are arrested after breaking into the
Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex in
Washington.
- July 18:
Unhappy with the assistance he is getting from the Soviets and
hoping to warm relations with the West, Egypt's Anwar Sadat
orders Soviet military advisors out of the country.
- August
26-September 11: The Summer Olympics are held in Munich,
Germany. Arab terrorists murder 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.
- September
1: Temperamental Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to
win the world chess title.
- September
23: Martial law is declared in the Philippines by President
Ferdinand Marcos.
- October
24: Jackie Robinson, who was the first black baseball player
to play in the major leagues, dies at age 53.
- November
7: Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew easily win reelection over
George McGovern and R. Sargent Shriver.
- November
14: The Dow-Jones Industrial Average reaches 1,000 for the
first time.
- December
19: NASA's Apollo mission ends with the splash-down of
Apollo 17. The Apollo 17 astronauts would be the last people of
the century to walk on the moon.
- December
29: An Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 crashes into the
Everglades killing 99 of 163 onboard
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Movies
- The Godfather
- Cabaret
- The Candidate
- Cries and
Whispers
- Deliverance
- Diamonds are
Forever
- Frenzy
- The
Heartbreak Kid
- The Last
Tango in Paris
- Pink
Flamingos
- Poseidon
Adventure
- Solaris
- What's Up
Doc?
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Billboard
- A Horse With
No Name America
- Alone Again
(Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan
- Black and
White 3 Dog Night
- Crocodile
Rock Elton John
- Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road Elton John
- I Can See
Clearly Now Johnny Nash
- I'm Just A
Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) Moody Blues
- Long Cool
Woman The Hollies
- Little Willy
The Sweet
- My
Ding-a-Ling Chuck Berry
- Papa Was A
Rollin' Stone The Temptations
- Back Stabbers
The O'Jays
- Nights In
White Satin The Moody Blues
- If You Don't
Know Me By Now Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
- Betcha By
Golly, Wow The Stylistics
- I'll Be
Around The Spinners
- I'm Still In
Love With You Al Green
- If Loving You
is Wrong Luther Ingram
- Oh, Girl The
Chi-Lites
- Day Dreaming
Aretha Franklin
- Talking Loud
& Saying Nothing James Brown
- Outa-Space
Billy Preston
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Albums
- Allman
Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
- America
- Aretha
Franklin - Amazing Grace: Complete Recordings
- Bette Midler
- The Divine Miss M
- Bonnie Raitt
- Give It Up
- Can - Ege
Bamyasi
- Carly Simon -
No Secrets
- Chicago -
Live in Japan
- Chicago - V
- Curtis
Mayfield - Superfly
- Dr. John -
Dr. John's Gumbo
- Eagles
- Elton John -
Honky Chateau
- George
Harrison - Concert for Bangla-Desh
- Johnny Nash -
I Can See Clearly Now
- Joni Mitchell
- For the Roses
- Lou Reed -
Transformer
- Loudon
Wainwright III - Album III
- Marlo Thomas
& Friends - Free To Be... You And Me
- Neil Young -
Harvest
- Nick Drake -
Pink Moon
- Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Paul Simon
- Randy Newman
- Sail Away
- Roberta Flack
& Donny Hathaway
- Rolling
Stones - Exile on Main Street
- Ry Cooder -
Into the Purple Valley
- Stevie Wonder
- Music of My Mind
- Stevie Wonder
- Talking Book
- Three Dog
Night - Seven Separate Fools
- Todd Rundgren
- Something-Anything?
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Television
- All in the Family
- Flip Wilson Show
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Gunsmoke
- Sanford and Son
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