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Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nassar dies. Anwar Sadat becomes president
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The first issue of the women’s magazine Essence is published.
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Leroy “Satchel” Paige is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. He is the first former Negro Baseball League player to be inducted.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation of schools.
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The U.S. Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that had given Presidents Johnson and Nixon sweeping powers in the Vietnam War.
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Apollo 15
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Five men are caught breaking in to the Watergate Complex where the Democratic Party offices are – the start of the Watergate Scandal.
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The National Black Feminist Organization is developed by Eleanor Holmes Norton.
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U.S. signs peace pact and troops pull out of Vietnam. Bombing of Cambodia stops, ending 12 years of U.S. combat in Southeast Asia.
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Nixon Resigns
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South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko dies in police custody.
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The movie Star Wars is released to great acclaim and box office.
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Elvis Presley is found dead.
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The world's first test-tube baby is born.
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Cult leader Jim Jones' followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
