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A bomb explodes in the men's room at the White House. The Weather Underground claims responsibility. Capitalism continues undeterred.
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In Turkey, four United States airmen are freed unharmed after five days in the hands of leftist kidnappers.
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President Nixon orders the mining of Haiphong Harbor.
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President Nixon has a recording device in the White House, and he and his chief of staff H.R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the CIA to obstruct an FBI investigation of the break-in at the Watergate hotel.
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President Nixon is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
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The first hand-held mobile phone call was made.
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At Wounded Knee, six members of the American Indian Movement are wounded in a gun battle with federal marshals.
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The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens impeachment hearings against President Nixon.
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President Nixon announces his resignation effective August 9.
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Vice President Gerald Ford becomes the 38th President of the United States.
