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The Beatles break up
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U.S. President Richard Nixon orders an invasion of Cambodia, widening the war in Vietnam
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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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Kenneth Gibson is elected the first African-American mayor of Newark, NJ.
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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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President Nixon makes an unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong.
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The mobile phone is invented
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The National Black Feminist Organization is developed by Eleanor Holmes Norton.
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Beverly Johnson becomes the first black model on the cover of Vogue or any other major fashion magazine
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The Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual punishment, so it's a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment.
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The Congressional Black Caucus is established in Washington D.C.
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Andrew Young is the first African-American to become a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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The world's first test-tube baby is born.
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The Sugar Hill Gang records “Rapper’s Delight.”
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In art, Judy Chicago debuts "The Dinner Party" sculpture piece in San Francisco with plates and fabric runners honoring 39 important women in history.
