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Events relating to north america
A Little Night Music, with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim, has its premiere in New York
Activists of the American Indian Movement survive a ten-week siege at Wounded Knee, winning international attention
US choreographer Twyla Tharp creates Deuce Coupe, set to songs by the Beach Boys
Roe v. Wade establishes in US law that prohibiting abortion violates a woman's right to privacy
The Sears Tower opens in Chicago, displacing the Empire State as the tallest building in the world
Paul Newman and Robert Redford star in the film The Sting
The score of the film The Sting revives interest in Scott Joplin and ragtime
Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow conjures up weird events in wartime London
The Watergate scandal claims its first senior victims with the resignation of two of Nixon's closest advisers, Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman
US author Stephen King publishes Carrie, the first of his many best-selling horror novels
William Friedkin directs a horror movie, The Exorcist, from a novel by William Peter Blatty
Henry Kissinger, previously head of the National Security Council, is appointed US secretary of state
US vice-president Spiro Agnew resigns when convicted on charges of bribery
Richard Nixon appoints Gerald Ford as his vice-president in place of the disgraced Spiro Agnew
Arab oil-exporting countries cause an economic crisis by denying oil to western countries supporting Israel
US author Erica Jong publishes her first novel, Fear of Flying
US tennis player Chris Evert wins the first of three victories at Wimbledon and of seven in the French Open
Jimmy Connors wins both Wimbledon and the US Open, on each occasion defeating the veteran Ken Rosewall
The US Supreme Court orders President Nixon to hand over White House tapes of conversations relevant to Watergate
The House Judiciary Committee takes the first steps in the process of impeaching President Nixon, citing obstruction of justice
Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Kirov company while on tour in Canada
Faced by the prospect of impeachment over Watergate, President Nixon resigns
Richard Nixon is succeeded as US president by his vice-president, Gerald Ford
President Ford pardons ex-president Nixon for his part in the Watergate affair, thus removing the possibility of criminal charges
Muhammad Ali regains the world heavyweight title, beating George Foreman in Zaire in a fight that becomes known as the Rumble in the Jungle
