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| Ali Ali, Muhammad |  |
| Atlanta Boxing licence restored, returns to the ring but not as world champion |
| The Supreme Court reverses Ali's conviction of imprisonment for not serving in the Army |
| Georgia Ali is granted a license to box in Georgia because it was the only state in America without a boxing commission |
| Nov The New York State Supreme Court rules that Ali was unjustly denied a boxing license |
| Arrest of Davis Davis, Angela | |
| 13th Oct New York Arrested in NYC on kidnapping, murder & conspiracy charges |
| Battle of Fishhook Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st May 32,000 troops from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry attacked enemy forces, command facilities, and logistical depots in the Fishhook |
| Battle of Fishook Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st May Fishhook The two-month long operation as a militarily success, it in sets back North Vietnam's plans to invade South Vietnam by two years and thus gains valuable time for Vietnamization |
| Battle of Parrot's Beak Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th April Fishhook 32,000 U.S. troops attack the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak for 2 months |
| Burial of Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
| 18th Sep Seattle Although Hendrix had verbally requested to be buried in England, his body is returned to Seattle and he is interred in Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington |
| Ceasefire Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th Oct Washington Says standstill ceasefire depends on "mutual withdrawal", unacceptable to the Vietcong |
| Chairman FRB Burns Burns, Arthur Frank | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board |
| Composition of Bowie Visconti, Anthony | |
| Produces the seminal album and single "The Man Who Sold the World" for David Bowie |
| Composition of CSN&Y Young, Neil | |
| Crosby, Stills , Nash & Young release "Deja Vu", USA no 1 Album |
| Composition of Doors Morrison, James Douglas "Jim" | |
| The Doors record what proves to be their last LP with Morris on, "L.A. Woman" |
| Composition of Harrison Spector, Phil | |
| 15th Oct George Harris on & Phil Spector begin work on the final mixing of the album, "All Things Must Pass" |
| Composition of King King, Riley B "BB" | |
| BB King's song "The Thrill Is Gone" crosses over to the pop charts |
| Composition of Simon & Garfunkel Garfunkel, Art | |
| Simon & Garfunkel release "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
| Composition of Simon & Garfunkel Simon, Paul | |
| Simon & Garfunkel release "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
| Composition of Wonder Wonder, Stevie | |
| "If You Really Love Me" is a no 1 hit & Stevie Wonder is just 20 yrs old |
| Composition of Young Young, Neil | |
| Releases "After the Goldrush" |
| Concert of Jimi Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
| 28th Jan The second and final Band of Gypsys at a twelve-act show in Madison Square Garden dubbed the Winter Festival for Peace. |
| 6th Sep Fehmarn Hendrix's final concert, he is greeted with some booing and jeering by fans at the Isle of Fehmarn Festival in Germany in a riot-like atmosphere reminiscent of the failed Altamont Festival |
| Conference of Paris Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| 21st Feb Paris Meets Le Duc Tho at the Paris Conference but their discussions do not yeild results |
| 21st Feb Paris Tho asks for a South Vietnanamese Government with Vietcong representatio |
| Coup d'Etat Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 8th Mar Lon Nol demands that Communist forces leave Cambodia and closes the port of Sihanoukville to supplies destined for Communist forces in the border bases and in South Vietnam |
| 8th Mar Results in the neutralist Prince Norodom Sihanouk's replacement by by his pro-Western Defense Minister, General Lon Nol |
| 18th Mar The neutralist Sihanouk is replaced by pro-USALon Nol |
| Death of Hendrix, John Allen Hendrix, John Allen | |
| 18th Sep London Jimi Hendrix is found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent |
| 18th Sep London Spent the night with his German girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking nine Vesperax sleeping pills, then asphyxiating on his own vomit |
| Death of Liston, Sonny Liston, Sonny | |
| 30th Dec Death of Sonny Liston |
| Defeat Nth Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June River Mekong USAtroops leave Cambodia after defeating Nth Vietnam in the Mekong River Delta |
| Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 1st May Kent State University antiwar protests turn violent when the Reserve Officers' Training Corps building is torched &, Governor of Ohio, James Rhodes , dispatches the National Guard to Kent State |
| 1st May President Nixon calls anti-war students "bums blowing up campuses" |
| 4th May Kentate University At Kent State University in Ohio, National Guardsmen shoot and kill four student protesters and wound nine & in response to the killings, over 400 colleges and universities across America shut down |
| 4th May Kentate University Nixon announces a USAand South Vietnamese "Incursion" into Cambodia, triggering a protests across campuses in the USA culminating on 4 May with the death of 4 students at Kent State University |
| 4th May Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 students at Kent State University in Ohio |
| 4th May 100,000 protesters surround Government buildings including the White House and historical monuments, Nixon exits the White House to visit to the Lincoln Memorial and chats with young protesters |
| 9th May Nixon visits the Lincoln Memorial demonstration |
| Director CIA Bush Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Appointed Representative to the UN |
| Doobie Brothers Hartman, John | |
| Founder Member of Doobie Brothers |
| Doobie Brothers Johnston, Tom | |
| Founder Member of Doobie Brothers |
| Doobie Brothers Shogren, Dave | |
| Founder Member of Doobie Brothers |
| Doobie Brothers Simmons, Pat | |
| Founder Member of Doobie Brothers |
| Education of Clinton Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| Yale Takes up a scholarship at Yale Law School |
| Education of Rice Rice, Condoleezza | |
| Denver Graduates from St. Mary's Academy, at age 19, Rice earns her BA in political science |
| Electric Lady Studios Hendrix, John Allen | |
| Aug New York The Electric Lady Studios are opened |
| Government Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Appointed Envoy to the Vatican |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 2nd Nov Helsinki 3rd round of SALT talks open in Helsinki |
| Head University Commission Scranton Scranton, William | |
| Appointedd of a University Commission |
| Invasion of Cambodia Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 26th April Nixon decides to invade Cambodia |
| 30th April 32,000 U.S. troops attack the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak for 2 months |
| 30th April American & South Vietnam forces invade Cambodia to clear out the Communist sanctuaries |
| 30th April Authorizes groundin "incursions" into Cambodia |
| 1st May Fishhook 32,000 troops from the 1st Cavalry Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry attacked enemy forces, command facilities, and logistical depots in the Fishhook |
| 30th June Cooper-Church amendment to limit USAtroops in Laos and Cambodia passed Senate 58-37 |
| Invasion of Japan Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June Sihanouk The USAwithdraws from Vietnam after saving Nol's government |
| Invasion of Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 30th June Cooper-Church amendment to limit USAtroops in Laos and Cambodia passed Senate 58-37 |
| Invasion of Vietnam Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th April In a televised speech, President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 150,000 Americans from Vietnam within a year |
| Invention Mouse Engelbart, Douglas | |
| Patents the "X-Y position indicator for a display system" |
| Massacre My Lai Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 12th Nov My Lai Goes on trial for his part played in the My Lai massacre |
| Negotiations Peace Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| June Paris Le Duc Tho & Kissinger meet in Paris for 3rd round of talks |
| Nuclear Warfare Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 5th Mar The Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force |
| 16th April Vienna The main rounds of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) open in Vienna |
| 19th April Helsinki The United States deploys the first missile with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), the Minuteman III |
| 2nd Nov Helsinki 3rd round of SALT talks open in Helsinki |
| 18th Dec A large radioactive cloud is released after a 10 kiloton underground test in Nevada, the test, code named Baneberry, is part of theNuclear tests in which radioactivity is deliberately vented out from underground, the cloud reaches Canada |
| Operation Baneberry Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 18th Dec A large radioactive cloud is released after a 10 kiloton underground test in Nevada, the test, code named Baneberry, is part of theNuclear tests in which radioactivity is deliberately vented out from underground, the cloud reaches Canada |
| Peace Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| An international conference reaches a settlement |
| Nixon & Kissinger support a cease-fire |
| 20th Feb Paris Begins secret talks in Paris with Le Duc Tho |
| Peace Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 20th April Washington Announces the withdrawal of 60,000 troops in 1970 & 90,000 in 1971 |
| 7th Oct Washington Cease-fire proposals are rejected by North Vietnam |
| 7th Oct Washington Proposes "standstill cease-fire" on TV as part of five point peace plan for Indochina |
| 7th Oct Washington The standstill cease-fire is supported by McGovern, Hatfield & the press |
| 8th Oct Washington Says standstill ceasefire depends on "mutual withdrawal", unacceptable to the Vietcong |
| Publication of Arendt Arendt, Hannah | |
| Publication of, "On Violence" |
| Publication of Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest Miller | |
| Publication of, "Islands in the Sun" |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "Of a Fire on the Moon" |
| Publication of Millet Millet, Kate | |
| Publication of, "Sexual Politics" |
| Publication of Reuben Reuben, David | |
| Publication of, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" |
| Purchase Air West Hughes, Howard | |
| Hughes purchases Air West |
| Rebellion Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Reports that campuses might explode threatening "the survival of the nation" |
| Reform of Black GIs Goodell, Charles | |
| 25th Sep Proposes Legislation to bring back all GIs by the end of the year |
| Reform of Universities Scranton, William | |
| Heads a commission which reports divisions are "as deep as any since the Civil War" |
| Retirement Liston, Sonny | |
| 25th May Liston wins his last fight by knockout against Chuck Wepner |
| 25th May Winner of 50 fights out of 54 with 39 knock-outs |
| SALT Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 16th April Vienna The main rounds of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) open in Vienna |
| Siege of Siagon Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 6th May Saigon In Saigon over the past week, 450 civilians are killed during Viet Cong terrorist raids throughout the city, the highest weekly death toll to date |
| Siege of Sontay Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 21st Nov Sontay The USAraid Sontay in North Vietnam to free prisoners of war |
| Treaty of Non Proliferation Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 5th Mar The Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force |
| Trial of Calley, Jnr Calley, Jnr, William | |
| 12th Nov My Lai Goes on trial for his part played in the My Lai massacre |
| University Commission Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Washington Founds a Commission to assess unrest in Universities & Colleges |
| Victory Ali Ali, Muhammad | |
| Oct Ali returns to boxing after 3 yrs and stops Jerry Quarry with a cut after three rounds |
| Dec Ali stops Bonavena in the 15th, paving the way for a title fight against Joe Frazier |
| Victory Ali Quarry, Jerry | |
| Ali returns to boxing after 3 yrs and stops Jerry Quarry with a cut after three rounds |
| Weather Report Moreira, Airto | |
| Founder Member of Weather Report |
| Weather Report Mouzon, Alphonse | |
| Founder Member of Weather Report |
| Weather Report Shorter, Wayne | |
| Founder Member of Weather Report |
| Weather Report Vitous, Miroslav | |
| Founder Member of Weather Report |
| Weather Report Zawinul, Josef | |
| Founder Member of Weather Report |
| World Champion Ellis, Jimmy | |
| 16th Feb Frazier finally becomesa recognized champion when WBA world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis defended against him at Madison Square Garden and Frazier emerged victorious with a 5th round knockout |
| World Champion Frazier, Joseph William | |
| 16th Feb Frazier becomes undisputed WBA World heavy weight champion |
| 16th Feb Frazier finally becomesa recognized champion when WBA world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis defended against him at Madison Square Garden and Frazier emerged victorious with a 5th round knockout |
