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British paratroops open fire on a civil rights march in Derry, killing thirteen, in what becomes known as Bloody Sunday
The British government suspends the parliament at Stormont and imposes direct rule from Westminster
An Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress but fails when not ratified in sufficient states
In an orgy of ethnic slaughter in Burundi, Tutsis klll some 100,000 Hutus
The SALT 1 treaty is signed by the US and USSR, limiting anti-ballistic missiles
Ultimos Ritos ('Last Rites'), an oratorio by John Tavener, has its first performance in Haarlem in the Netherlands
Bernardo Bertolucci directs Marlon Brando in the sexually explicit film Last Tango in Paris
Jean-Marie Le Pen founds a neo-Fascist party in France, the National Front
Sally Priesand becomes the first woman in the USA to be ordained a rabbi, and only the second in history
Five burglars are arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate office building in Washington
Spanish director Luis Buñuel satirizes social conventions in his film Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Francis Ford Coppola writes and directs The Godfather, the first of three related films
Peter Maxwell Davies's opera Taverneris performed at Covent Garden
Eleven Israeli athletes are killed by Palestinian 'Black September' terrorists at the Munich Olympic Games
The Orleans House Gallery is opened to the public, mounting a regular series of temporary exhibitions
US swimmer Mark Spitz wins seven gold medals in the Munich Olympics
The Tuskegee syphilis experiment in Alabama becomes a major scandal after a whistle-blower reveals the details
Aung San Ssu Kyi maries Michael Aris, an English academic specializing in the history of Buddhism
Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines, citing the danger of a Communist takeover
English dramatist Caryl Churchill's first play, Owners, is produced in London
The Washington Post publishes the first report that the Watergate break-in was linked to Richard Nixon's re-election campaign
English poet James Fenton publishes his first collection, Terminal Moraine
Richard Nixon is re-elected US president with a landslide victory over Democrat George McGovern
Chess player Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become the first US world champion
Gough Whitlam is Australia's prime minister after Labor party victory
