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‘I very firmly believe that what unites America today is infinitely more important than those things which divide us.’ Richard Nixon 37th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Aug. 9, 1974
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• RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire Jan. 9 in Hong Kong harbor. • Japanese soldier Soichi Yokoi is discovered Jan. 24 in Guam. He had spent 28 years in the jungle as one of the last holdouts from World War II. • The British Army kills 14 unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry, Northern Island on Jan. 30 — an incident known as “Bloody Sunday.”
• President Nixon makes an eight-day visit to the People’s Republic of China on Feb. 21 and meets with Mao Zedong. • The U.S. returns Okinawa to Japan after 27 years of occupation May 15. • A Red Army Faction bomb explodes at the U.S. Army Supreme European Command in Heidelberg, West Germany, on May 24, killing three U.S. soldiers. • President Nixon and Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev sign the Salt I treaty May 26 in Moscow. • AP photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of 9-yearold Phan Thi Kim Phuc running after
being burned by napalm June 8. • Actress Jane Fonda visits North Vietnam in July. • Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match Sept. 1 in Reykjavik, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion. • Eleven Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered Sept. 5 after 8 members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village. • En route to the Gulf of Tonkin, an antiwar protest led by African-Americans and interpreted by some as a race riot involving more than 200 sailors, breaks out aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk on Oct. 12. Nearly 50 sailors are injured.
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U.S. News
• Six men rob the safe deposit boxes of The Pierre hotel in New York City on Jan. 2 for at least $4 million. • The U.S. holds its last draft lottery Feb. 2. President Nixon would announce that those drafted would not be sent to Vietnam on June 28. • U.S. airlines begin inspecting passengers and baggage Feb. 5. • Pioneer 10 launches from Cape Kennedy on March 2. It will become the first man-made satellite to leave the solar system. • Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification March 22. • “The Godfather” is released in the United States on March 24. • Women officially run the Boston Marathon for the first time April 17. • Alabama Gov. George Wallace is shot and paralyzed May 15 during a rally in Laurel, Md. • Hurricane Agnes hits the East Coast on June 14, killing 117 people. • Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Wa-
tergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., on June 17. • The Supreme Court rules that capital punishment is unconstitutional. It would reverse itself in 1976. • Milwaukee Police arrest comedian George Carlin on July 21 for public obscenity after he recited “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television” at Summerfest. • “The Price is Right” premieres Sept. 4 on CBS. • The television series “M*A*S*H” begins its run Sept. 17 on CBS. • The FBI hires its first female agents Oct. 25. • President Nixon wins re-election Nov. 7, defeating Democratic Sen. Goerge McGovern in a landslide. • The Dow Jones Inustrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time Nov. 14. • Atari releases its arcade version of “Pong” on Nov. 29, kicking off the first generation of video games to have commercial success. • The last manned moon misison, Apollo 17, launches Dec. 7. “The Blue Marble” photo of earth is taken.
BORN THIS YEAR: Dwayne Johnson, actor, athlete (May 2). Above left: Shaquille O’Neal, NBA star (March 6); Jennifer Garner, actress (April 17); Octavia Spencer, actess (May 25); Brad Paisley, singer, songwriter (Oct. 28).
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“Last Tango in Paris” “Solaris” “Cabaret” “Jeremiah Johnson” “The Poseidon Adventure” “The Last House on the Left” “The Way of the Dragon” “Pink Flamingos”
• “Heart of Gold,” Neil Young • “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Roberta Flack • “Beautiful Sunday,” Daniel Boone • “Let’s Stay Together,” Al Green
• “Alone Again (Naturally),” Gilbert O’Sullivan • “Clair,” Gilbert O’Sullivan
Music • • • •
“American Pie,” Don McLean “Popcorn,” Hot Butter “Without You,” Harry Nilsson “Nights in White Satin,” The Moody Blues
Movies
• “The Godfather” • “Deliverance”
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• Income per year .... $11,800 • Minimum wage .......... $1.60 • New house ............ $27,550 • Rent ................................ $165 • New car...................... $3,100 • Gallon of gas ................... 55¢ • Gallon of milk . ............. $1.33 • Loaf of bread .................. 25¢ • First-class stamp ...............8¢ • Movie ticket ................. $1.70
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