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
Politics & War
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
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
November 11, 1975 — The Whitlam government is dismissed by the Governor-General
On November 11, 1975, then Governor-General John Kerr dismissed the ALP government of Gough Whitlam and installed Leader of the...
October 24, 2015
August 26, 1978 — Pope John Paul I is appointed
Albino Luciani was the Patriarch of Venice, prior to his ascension to the throne of St Peter. He was much...
September 14, 2015
September 29, 1978 — Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days in office
One of the briefest reigning popes, Pope John Paul I (his papal named honoured his two immediate predecessors, John XXIII...
September 9, 2015
April 1, 1979 — Iran officially proclaimed an Islamic Republic
Although the revolution against him began in January 1978, the Shah did not flee Iran until January of 1979. Ayatollah...
August 14, 2015
May 4, 1979 — Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
One of the most controversial British heads of state since King Charles I, Margaret Thatcher was 64 when she became...
August 9, 2015
July 23, 1979 — Ayatollah Khomeini bans western music from Iran
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was a decisive turn against Western influences, and a new, theocratic constitution that effectively made...
July 24, 2015
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