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The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
In the Apollo 15 mission US astronauts David Scott and James Irwin drive the vehicle Rover-1 on the surface of the moon
Stanley Kubrick directs Malcolm McDowell in a film of Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange
Greenpeace is founded in Canada to campaign against US nuclear testing
95-year-old Spanish cellist Pablo Casals conducts in New York his Hymn to the United Nations
An Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress but fails when not ratified in sufficient states
The SALT 1 treaty is signed by the US and USSR, limiting anti-ballistic missiles
Bernardo Bertolucci directs Marlon Brando in the sexually explicit film Last Tango in Paris
Five burglars are arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate office building in Washington
Francis Ford Coppola writes and directs The Godfather, the first of three related films
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
The Washington Post publishes the first report that the Watergate break-in was linked to Richard Nixon's re-election campaign
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
The Paris Peace Accords end the US combat role in Vietnam, with nothing achieved and millions dead
Elvis Presley performs in Honolulu in the Aloha Concert, the first programme to be broadcast live round the world by satellite
In the Calder case, the Supreme Court of Canada recognizes Aboriginal title to land
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 last US troops leave Vietnam, ending American involvement in a continuing war between the north and south of the country
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
