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...
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Politics & War
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
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
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