January 12, 1970 — The Nigerian civil war ends with Biafra’s surrender
In 1960, Nigeria achieved independence from the British Empire. Following independence, Nigeria was divided primarily along ethnic lines and in...
October 24, 2016
Politics & War
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
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
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
August 22, 1972 — Jane Fonda visits North Vietnam
Jane Fonda, daughter of Henry Fonda, and a well-respected actress in her own right, was also a prominent anti-war activist...
April 24, 2016
December 9, 1972 — The Whitlam government is elected in Australia
It was time. After 23 years in the wilderness, the Australian Labor Party was once again elected by the Australian...
April 4, 2016
January 2, 1973 — Amin’s regime denounced by US Ambassador
Thomas Patrick Melady was not, in the general run of things, a man given to hyperbole. He was one of...
March 24, 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
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 was 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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