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
Politics & War
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
June 27, 1976 — Air France Flight 139 is hijacked to Entebbe
Air France Flight 139 was carrying 246 passengers and 12 crew on a routine flight from Athens to Paris when...
October 9, 2015
September 12, 1977 — Steve Biko dies in prison
Steve Biko was born in King William’s Town, south Africa in 1946. He went to the University of Natal, where...
September 19, 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
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