August 9, 1974 — Nixon resigns the Presidency in disgrace
After the long, slow death of a thousand cuts that was the Watergate scandal, Nixon’s decision to resign from the...
November 19, 2015
Crime & Law
November 21, 1974 — The Birmingham Pub bombing takes place
On November 21, 1974, two pubs in central Birmingham, the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town were bombed...
November 14, 2015
April 17, 1975 — Phnom Penh falls to the Khmer Rouge and Year Zero begins
The Khmer Rouge were a Communist movement allied to the Viet Cong. When the United States military pulled out of...
November 4, 2015
August 23, 1977 — Jared Fogle born
Jared was not especially exceptional until he managed to lose a lot of weight, something he attributed to eating at...
September 18, 2015
December 30, 1978 — Dennis Nilsen commits his first murder
Also known as ‘The Kindly Killer’ and ‘The Muswell Hill Murderer’, Dennis Nilsen was 33 years old when he made...
August 29, 2015
September 19, 1979 — The Star Hotel in Newcastle closes down
The Star Hotel in Newcastle wasn’t what you would have expected from a town like Newcastle in the late Seventies....
July 9, 2015
January 18, 1980 — Paul McCartney is arrested for marijuana possession in Tokyo
It was a scandal briefly, and then completely forgotten. While passing through customs at Tokyo (on his way to tour...
June 19, 2015
March 24, 1980 — Archbishop Oscar Romero is assassinated
Oscar Romero was a passionate advocate of social justice and human rights. As the Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador (the...
June 9, 2015
August 14, 1980 — Dorothy Stratten is murdered
Dorothy Stratten was a former Playboy playmate of the year, and an up-and-coming actress at the time of her death....
May 29, 2015
August 17, 1980 — Azaria Chamberlain disappears
It became one of the most controversial court cases in Australian history. On August 17, 1980, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain...
May 24, 2015
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