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.
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
The Soviet Union's Luna 17 uncrewed space mission launched.
Fiji gains independence from Great Britain.
Khmer Republic established.
The US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded.
The Soviet Union launches the Luna 16.
The largest farm worker strike in US history began.
Venera 7 launched by the Soviet Union.
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.
The legal age required for voting in the USA was reduced to 18.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force.
Rhodesia declares itself an independent republic.
The Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight.
A 7.1 magnitude Earthquake in Tonghai, China, claimed over 10,000 lives.
A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank, Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and injuring 88.
The first Wendy's restaurant opened in Columbus, Ohio, US.
Apollo 12 lifts off.
The first quintuplets of the century were born in London, UK.
Siad Barre staged a military coup against the government the day after the death of Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, the then president of Somalia.
Donald and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store in San Francisco, California.
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens its doors to participants and spectators.
After parading around New York City, the Apollo 11 crew was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
NASA's Apollo 11 safely returned to Earth after being the first manned mission to the moon.
Football War ends.
Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
NASA's Apollo 11 orbited the moon.
