The largest US underground bomb was detonated on Amchitka Island, a remote Alaskan island.
Prospero became the first British satellite to have been launched successfully by a British rocket.
Walt Disney World Resort officially opened in Florida.
Athlete Beth Bonner became the first woman to win the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:55:22.
Qatar's Independence from the United Kingdom.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono left the UK and headed to New York City, US.
Bahrain declared independence from Britain.
Stanford prison experiments begin.
The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
After being the first man to sail the world non-stop in the wrong direction, Chay Blyth returned to the UK.
NASA's Apollo 15 Lunar mission landed on the Moon's surface with the first Lunar Rover.
US President Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs.
The New York Times publishes the 'Pentagon Papers'.
The US Mariner 9 was launched – it went on to become the first satellite to orbit Mars.
The Dahlerau train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in West Germany, claimed 46 lives.
The USSR attempted to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to Mars.
Amtrak began operating as the United States' passenger railroad company.
Starbucks first opened its doors in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Charles Manson is sentenced to death in the gas chamber.
East Pakistan declared its independence from Pakistan, forming Bangladesh.
A 100 feet (30 meter) high wave destroys a Peruvian mining camp and kills hundreds of people.
A speech by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman helps spark the Bangladesh war of independence.
Led Zeppelin started their first tour at Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK.
The first Dutch abortion clinic began to perform artificially-induced abortions.
Great Britain ditched their Pence and Shillings currency values for decimal varieties.
The NASDAQ holds its first trading day.
NASA's Apollo 14 mission landed on the Moon.
NASA's Apollo 14 spacecraft was launched and headed for the moon.
Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda.
A chemist in Berkeley, California, US, announced that they successfully synthesized hormones that are responsible for human growth.
66 football fans die in the Ibrox disaster.
America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.
Elvis Presley met President Richard Nixon in the White House.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency was formed in the US under Director William Ruckelshaus.
Fiji gains independence from Great Britain.
Khmer Republic established.
The US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded.
The largest farm worker strike in US history began.
The Royal Navy began rationing rum.
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Peru, killing as many as 70,000 people.
The Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
Engineers begin drilling the world's deepest hole.
A fire broke out in the Britannia Bridge in North Wales.
The Red Army Faction (RAF) begins operations.
Twenty million Americans mobilized to call for greater protections for our planet. This became the world's first Earth Day.
An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, leaving the spacecraft crippled.
Mikis Theodorakis is freed.
Apollo 13 was launched successfully but ran into difficulties two days later.
Earth Day is celebrated for the first time.
The inaugural San Diego Comic-Con comic book convention took place.
