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Black Panther
Huey Newton (leader Black Panther Party) convicted of voluntary manslaughter of Oakland policeman - 34 months in jail during trial for manslaughter in Oakland -
Vietnam
LBJ orders halt to all bombing in Vietnam -
President Nixon
Nixon defeats Humphrey (narrowest victory since 1912: .7% (43.4-42.7) -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 with three astronauts circles moon ten times & takes photo of earth rising behind the moon -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh dies -
Germany
West Germany: first (postwar) Socialists take power (Willy Brandt & Social Democrats in coalition with Free Democrats) -
Vietnam
Vietnam War Moratorium ** [Peace Day] thruout US
(organized by Sam Brown & David Mixner)
100,000 Boston Common / 40,000 Bryant Park, Manhattan /
30,000 candlelight march past White House (Life)
Washington D.C.: names of 45,000 Americans killed in Vietnam carried
12,000 Chicago
& Presodents of 79 colleges appeal to Nixon to step up withdrawal timetable
(black armbands worn all over the U.S.)
[10 million involved throughout the U.S. -
Vietnam
Nixon announces "Vietnamization" program to shift Vietnam fighting from U.S. troops to U.S.-trained local troops -
Supreme Court
Senate turns down first Supreme Court nominee (Nixon's) since 1930 -
Draft
First Draft Lottery -
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) signed by Nixon creates Environmental Protection Agency -
Intergration
Mississippi integrates first three districts of its public schools -
RIot
Kent State University, Ohio: National Guard fires into crowd at anti-war demonstration, 4 students killed & 8 wounded -
Voting
Voting age lowered to 18 -
Riots
UC Berkeley: Protestors gather around the fence around the land that was People's Park
Afternoon: some throw rocks and set up barricades; police use tear gas to break up
Three senior editors of The Daily Californian fired, but refuse to quit -
Scandal
Five men caught breaking into the Watergate Hotel Democratic campaign headquarters -
Vietnam
B-52s heaviest bombing of North Vietnam -
Vietnam
Nixon makes last attempt to get North Vietnam to submit: 18 days of "carpet" bombing of homes, hospitals, and civilians of Hanoi & Haiphong through Christmas; first B-52 pilots refuse to fly missions -
War
Vietnam ceasefire agreement with US -
Nixon resigns
Nixon resings, Ford takes office -
The President
Congress finally (after nine attempts) passes War Powers legislation, over Nixon's veto - limits President's power to commit armed forces to hostilities abroad without Congressional approval
