February 2, 1971 — Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda
Idi Amin was already fairly notorious by 1971. As the commander in chief of Uganda’s armed forces, he had recruited...
September 4, 2016
Crime & Law
July 22, 1971 — The Tamano oil spill
Early in the morning of July 22, 1971, the oil tanker Tamano briefly ran aground in Casco Bay, Maine. No...
August 9, 2016
September 13, 1971 — The Attica Prison Riot ends
The Attica Correctional Facility is located in Attica, New York state. Rioting broke out there on September 9, 1971. The...
August 4, 2016
November 12, 1971 — The story of the My Lai Massacre goes public
The facts of the matter are distressingly simple: United States Army troops, under the immediate command of 2nd Lieutenant William...
May 19, 2016
December 4, 1971 — Montreux Casino burns to the ground
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention liked to say that they brought the house down when they played. One...
May 14, 2016
June 17, 1972 — The Watergate Burglary goes awry
On the morning of June 17, 1972, a young journalist named Bob Woodward was working the court beat in Washington...
May 4, 2016
January 22, 1973 — The Roe v. Wade case is decided
One of, if not the, most controversial cases in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, Roe v. Wade...
March 9, 2016
August 8, 1973 — Dean Corll is murdered by his accomplices
Dean Corll was an American serial killer. Born in 1939 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he served in the military briefly,...
January 19, 2016
February 4, 1974 — Patty Hearst kidnapped by the SLA
Patricia Hearst was 19 years old when she was kidnapped from her apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army. Heir to...
December 24, 2015
July 27, 1974 — Nixon impeached by Congress
It is the single greatest scandal to have ever touched the office of the President of the United States: Richard...
November 29, 2015
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