Musical 'Grease' opened at the New London Theatre.
NASA's Explorer 49 was launched into Earth's orbit to research long-range radio waves within the Milky Way.
The world's first supersonic airliner crashes.
Secretariat made history when he finished the Kentucky Derby in record time.
Motorola employee, Martin Cooper, made the first public call from a cell phone.
Baseball player Roberto Clemente was elected to the Hall of Fame.
The photograph known as Burst of joy is taken.
Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' debuted on Billboard's Top 200 chart.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather won five Golden Globe awards.
The final episode of Monty Python's 'Flying Circus' season 3 was aired on BBC.
Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.
Pong was released. It was the first commercially successful video game.
Home Box Office, otherwise known as HBO, was launched.
The tennis player Chris Evert won the first WTA Tour Championship in Florida.
Singer David Bowie performed for the first time at New York City's Carnegie Hall.
Massacre begins at Munich Olympics.
Elton John's 'Honky Chateau' became his first #1 album in the US, which was a significant turning point in his career.
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney found Atari, Inc.
118 die in the Staines Air Disaster.
Major record label Columbia Records signed singer Bruce Springsteen.
Nick Út takes his famous 'napalm girl' photo.
Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.
The first episode of 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' is aired.
The first installment of 'The Godfather,' starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, premiered in New York City.
The band 'Wing's' debut single 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish' was released by Apple Records.
The first scientific hand-held calculators (HP-35) hit the markets with a hefty price tag at $395.
Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.
Stanley Kubrick's X-rated film 'A Clockwork Orange' premiered, which was based on the book by Anthony Burgess.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 and extorted a ransom of $200,000 before parachuting out of the plane with the money and was never seen again.
Athlete Beth Bonner became the first woman to win the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:55:22.
Rolling Stone Magazine featured the Hulk on the front cover.
John Lennon released his second album, 'Imagine.'
John Lennon's most iconic hit, 'Imagine,' was released in the UK.
The New York Times publishes the 'Pentagon Papers'.
Rock star Paul McCartney's 'Ram' album went Gold.
The Dahlerau train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in West Germany, claimed 46 lives.
Stephen Schwartz's musical 'Godspell' premiered off-Broadway.
Amtrak began operating as the United States' passenger railroad company.
The Rolling Stones release Sticky Fingers.
In the Fight of the Century, Joe Frazier triumphs over Muhammad Ali.
Led Zeppelin started their first tour at Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK.
Astronaut Alan Shepard was the first to hit a golf ball on the Moon.
Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' single was released.
The Beatles song 'Helter Skelter' was played in court as evidence for Charles Manson's trial.
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.
Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit to break up The Beatles.
Walt Disney's 'Aristocats' was released.
Elvis Presley met President Richard Nixon in the White House.
The US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded.
