"Old times there are not forgotten"
We learned that President Richard M. Nixon had recorded his official conversations and he tried to withhold them as evidence from investigations under executive privilege. Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew resigned his office and entered a plea of no contest to one charge of income tax evasion resulting from a plea bargin. The United States House of Representatives openly considered whether impeachment of the president would be in order. The two Watergate burglars who chose to stand trial rather than plea guilty as did five others, received guilty verdicts. Record levels of economic achievement were accompanied by record level inflation. The United States Supreme Court struck down most laws restricting abortion as a medical procedure and the draft calls were terminated. Secretariat won horse racing's Triple Crown, the ninth horse to do so.
New book titles: Gravity's Rainbow, Recovery, The Ascent of Man and The Taking of Pehlam One Two Three.
At the movies: American Graffiti, Dillinger, Paper Moon and The Sting.
On stage: A Little Light Music, Lorelei, Raisin and The Hot L Baltimore
Emmy awards: Laurence Oliver for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cloris Leachman for A Brand New Life and Richard Thomas and Michael Learned for The Waltons.
January 22
A Vietnam peace agreement was signed in Paris, France terminating United States presence in that reunited country.
February 28
Wounded Knee, South Dakota was occupied by American Indian Movement protesters.
May 14
Skylab, the first American space station was launched into Earth orbit.
June 30
Classmate Michele Ellen Wender-Zak received a Ph.D. in an English discipline from Ohio State University.
October 17
Eleven Middle East nations anounced an embargo on oil shipped to the United States and other nations who support Israel.
December 6
Gerald R. Ford of Michigan took the oath of office as Vice President of the United States, under provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution.