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1970-1979

Astronauts land safely in crippled Apollo 13

Apollo 13 -- By AL ROSSITER JR. -- April 17, 1970

Diana Oughton Profile -- The Making of a Terrorist

Weather Underground (Pulitzer) -- By LUCINDA FRANKS and THOMAS POWERS -- September 14, 1970

A cardinal's exile ended

Hungarian Revolution -- By CHARLES W. BELL -- September 29, 1971

A China Notebook

Nixon Visits China -- By WILBUR G. LANDRY -- September 15, 1972

The fall of Spiro Agnew

Watergate Scandal -- By MIKE FEINSILBER -- October 13, 1973

The Transformation of Patricia Hearst

Culture -- By JACK V. FOX, United Press International -- June 03, 1974

Nixon quits on TV tonight Ford to take oath Friday

Watergate Scandal -- By HELEN THOMAS -- August 08, 1974

The light flickers out in Vietnam

Vietnam: Fall of Saigon -- By LEON DANIEL -- May 09, 1975

The king is dead - and his subjects mourn

Culture -- August 17, 1977

Guyana official reports People's Temple mass suicide-murder

Jonestown -- By NIGEL CUMBERBATCH -- November 20, 1978

Iran's shah said to have agreed to give up power

Iranian Revolution -- December 30, 1978

Gas bubble halts reactor shutdown

Three Mile Island Disaster -- By ALICE Z. CUNEO -- March 31, 1979

Ayatollah denounces U.S. embassy hostages taken

Iranian Revolution -- By SAJID RIZVI -- November 05, 1979

Japan has satellite

United Press International -- February 11, 1970

First Earth Day observed in U.S.

United Press International -- April 22, 1970

S. Viets, U.S. in Cambodia

United Press International -- April 30, 1970

Tonkin Act repeal voted

United Press International -- June 24, 1970

Aswan Dam delivering full power

UPI Staff -- July 22, 1970

Jimi Hendrix dead in London

United Press International -- September 18, 1970

31 killed when airplane slams into mountain

United Press International -- October 03, 1970

'Thousands killed' in East Pakistan

United Press International -- November 14, 1970

Plane crash wipes out Marshall football team

United Press International -- November 15, 1970

Novelist commits hara-kiri

United Press International -- November 25, 1970

Ruckelshaus takes over new environment agency

United Press International -- December 02, 1970

Apollo 14 moonwalk decision may come at the last minute

United Press International -- February 01, 1971

Satch made it -- but still late

Milton Richman -- February 10, 1971

4 photographers lost; Reds gun down copter over Laos

United Press International -- February 11, 1971

Federal agents seeking clues to bomb explosion in Capitol

United Press International -- March 01, 1971

Rock Band Said Front for Political Party

By Drew Ven Bergen -- March 16, 1971

Death sentence decreed for Manson, 3 women

United Press International -- March 30, 1971

'The Godfather' premiere excites Hollywood; Overshadows Oscars

By VERNON SCOTT -- April 01, 1971

Zodiac Killer suspected in death of Saratoga High School girl

United Press International -- April 13, 1971

Mariner zips toward Mars

United Press International -- May 30, 1971

Is nuptial cake 7-ft. lemon?

United Press International -- June 12, 1971

Supreme Court sets two standards for federal grants to religious schools

United Press International -- June 28, 1971

3 cosmonauts found dead by recovery crews

United Press International -- June 30, 1971

Pop star Morrison, 27, dies in Paris

United Press International -- July 09, 1971

Heart attack kills Khrushchev, 77

United Press International -- September 11, 1971

Disney traffic force ready

September 27, 1971

Thousands jam Disney's World

October 01, 1971

Over 10,000 visit Walt Disney World on opening day

October 02, 1971

Historic London Bridge is reopened in Arizona

United Press International -- October 10, 1971

Detroit lions Wide Receiver Chuck Hughes collapses, dies

October 25, 1971

Red China gains U.N. position

Bruce W. Munn -- October 26, 1971

Detroit Lions pay final tribute to teammate Chuck Hughes

UPI staff -- October 28, 1971

Duane Allman dies in collision

United Press International -- October 30, 1971

Jet hijacker disappears with $200,000 ransom

Russell Nielsen -- November 25, 1971

David Nolan forms Libertarian Party

April 02, 1972

Baseball strike over, season opens Saturday

United Press International -- April 14, 1972

Apollo 16 lifts off

United Press International -- April 16, 1972

Rhodesia miners trapped

United Press International -- June 06, 1972

Martha Mitchell back on the telephone again

Helen Thomas -- June 23, 1972

High court drops death penalty

United Press International -- June 29, 1972

Judge sentences Arthur Bremer to 63 years in prison

United Press International -- August 04, 1972

Spitz adds seventh victory, seventh world mark

United Press International -- September 05, 1972

Three POWs released by Hanoi

United Press International -- September 17, 1972

Two congressmen aboard plane missing in Alaska

United Press International -- October 17, 1972

Warning light too late; 44 killed in rail crash

Frank L. Spencer -- October 31, 1972

Nixon eases China travel curbs

United Press International -- November 22, 1972

Apollo 17 words remain for next visitor

Edward K. Delong -- December 14, 1972

Nixon orders bomb resumption

United Press International -- December 18, 1972

Apollo 17 lands right on target, in great shape

United Press International -- December 19, 1972

Heavy quake in Managua

December 23, 1972

Clemente dies in crash

United Press International -- January 01, 1973

Court kills 2 laws on abortion

United Press International -- January 22, 1973

Vietnam cease-fire ends longest war in U.S. history

By United Press International -- January 27, 1973

$500,000 voted for bugging probe

United Press International -- February 08, 1973

Hanoi releases 108 American POWs

United Press International -- March 14, 1973

Father's position may have saved his life

United Press International -- April 05, 1973

Martha Mitchell says Nixon should resign

United Press International -- May 06, 1973

Martha suggests Nixon resign; Mitchell shuns statement

United Press International -- May 07, 1973

Skylab rockets off as crewmen watch

Al Rossiter -- May 14, 1973

Riggs-Court match proves male athletes are superior

Ray Means -- May 14, 1973

Secretariat: 31-length romp to glory

June 10, 1973

Niklaus wins 3rd PGA

United Press International -- August 12, 1973

'Hobbit' author Tolkien is dead

United Press International -- September 03, 1973

Martha Mitchell reveals John has left her

Helen Thomas -- September 17, 1973

Peron wins Argentine election claims over half of the votes

United Press International -- September 23, 1973

Buzzing creatures take shook-up fishermen aboard blue spaceship

October 17, 1973

Unidentified Submerged Object sighted on Pascagoula River

November 08, 1973

Nixon signs Alaska oil pipe bill

United Press International -- November 16, 1973

President Nixon: 'I am not a crook'

Eugene Risher -- November 18, 1973

Psychiatrists rule homosexuality no longer 'deviate'

United Press International -- December 16, 1973

Maximum highway speed reduced to 55

United Press International -- January 02, 1974

U.N. forces take over at Suez; Israelis cheer

United Press International -- January 28, 1974

Solzhenitsyn stripped of citizenship by Russia, exiled to West

United Press International -- February 13, 1974

Bomb believed possible cause of DC10 crash

March 04, 1974

Arabs agree to lift U.S. oil embargo

United Press International -- March 18, 1974

715 for Hammerin' Hank

MILTON RICHMAN, UPI Sports Editor -- April 09, 1974

Apelike Lucy may solve puzzle of man

May 20, 1974

Peron ailing, wife steps in

United Press International -- June 29, 1974

Committee votes to impeach Nixon

United Press International -- July 28, 1974

John Dean sentenced

United Press International -- August 02, 1974

Charles Lindbergh, air age hero, dies

Dan Carmichael -- August 26, 1974

Ford offers amnesty on conditional basis

Helen Thomas -- September 16, 1974

Ex-Nazi who saved Jews dies

United Press International -- October 13, 1974

Ehrlichman: 'Man deceived'

United Press International -- December 12, 1974

Activist Says U.S. Firms Could Help End South African Racism

December 19, 1974

Rockefeller assumes VP duties

United Press International -- December 20, 1974

Hue falls, Da Nang threatened

United Press International -- March 26, 1975

Refugees flee Da Nang

Paul Vogle -- March 30, 1975

Communist blitzkrieg down coast makes Saigon increasingly jittery

United Press International -- April 02, 1975

U.S. flies Americans out of Phnom Penh

United Press International -- April 12, 1975

Saudi prince executed for slaying King Faisal

United Press International -- June 18, 1975

Ashe knocks Conners off Wimbledon perch

July 06, 1975

2 backup singers walk out on Elvis Presley during performance

July 21, 1975

Plane crash in Morocco kills all 188 on board

United Press International -- August 04, 1975

Pope designates today 'women's day' as Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes saint

Peter J. Shaw -- September 14, 1975

Big ore vessel sinks in storm

United Press International -- November 11, 1975

East Timor is invaded by Indonesia

United Press International -- December 07, 1975

Powerful bomb kills 11 at LaGuardia Airport

Wendy Wenner -- December 29, 1975

Heavy loss of life feared in earthquake

United Press International -- February 04, 1976

Witness claims Ted Bundy involved

Peter Gillins -- February 24, 1976

Howard Hughes dies; cause still unknown

United Press International -- April 05, 1976

Federal funds get okay for housing in suburbs

United Press International -- April 20, 1976

Bone cancer kills Martha Mitchell

United Press International -- May 31, 1976

Vietnam assumes new name, Hanoi capital

UPI Staff -- July 02, 1976

Israeli forces rescue hostages

United Press International -- July 04, 1976

West Point has no frills for females

United Press International -- July 07, 1976

Comaneci, Romanians have shot at Russians

UPI Staff -- July 19, 1976

After gentle touchdown on Mars, Viking sends back 'Incredible' photos

July 20, 1976

Quake centered at pottery city

July 28, 1976

Ford gets nod as GOP standard-bearer

Steve Gerstel -- August 18, 1976

China mourns death of Mao Tse-tung, 82

Charles R. Smith -- September 09, 1976

New shuttlecraft Enterprise introduced

United Press International -- September 17, 1976

Chinese bid Mao sad farewell

Charles R. Smith -- September 18, 1976

Butz resigns in wake of slur

United Press International -- October 04, 1976

Ghosts of Roman soldiers haunt ancient city of York

By LILLIAN O'CONNELL, UPI Lifestyle Editor -- January 19, 1977

Sacramento terrorized by rapist

United Press International -- May 22, 1977

Nightclub blaze kills over 100

United Press International -- May 29, 1977

'I'll be back' says Janet Guthrie

United Press International -- May 30, 1977

3 Attack Victims Won't Testify in Unsolved Deaths

UPI -- July 09, 1977

U.S. drops Vietnam veto

United Press International -- July 18, 1977

The king is dead - and his subjects mourn

August 17, 1977

Voyager spacecraft is in trouble

United Press International -- August 21, 1977

Treaty ends 'gunboat diplomacy' legacy

Juan J. Walte -- September 07, 1977

One-legged farmhand dies on guillotine

United Press International -- September 10, 1977

Nixon: Martha Mitchell's antics helped Watergate happen

United Press International -- September 10, 1977

Blacks' student leader dies in So. Africa jail

United Press International -- September 13, 1977

Opera world mourns death of Maria Callas

United Press International -- September 16, 1977

Amnesty International, 2 Irish women win Nobels

United Press International -- October 11, 1977

Doctor says Martha the mouth was silenced

United Press International -- October 12, 1977

Members of rock band die in crash

United Press International -- October 21, 1977

Video games just a passing fad, top toy company executive says

December 07, 1977

Margaret Mead: "Oasis of hope for the children"

FRANK T. CSONGOS -- December 12, 1977

India jet disintegrates, 213 dead

United Press International -- January 02, 1978

District supervisors take office in San Francisco

United Press International -- January 09, 1978

Pope Paul VI dead

United Press International -- August 06, 1978

Balloon is over France

Aline Mosby -- August 17, 1978

Sadat, Begin talks underway at Camp David

United Press International -- September 06, 1978

Iran hit by earthquake

Said Rizvi -- September 17, 1978

Airliner, plane collide; 139 die in 'worst crash'

United Press International -- September 25, 1978

William Milligan: 10 personalities in one man?

United Press International -- October 06, 1978

Polish cardinal is Pope John Paul II

United Press International -- October 16, 1978

Pope startles aides with openness

United Press International -- October 23, 1978

Moscone, Milk shot, killed

United Press International -- November 27, 1978

Bodies of five youths found

UPI -- December 22, 1978

CIA mind-control project included assassin-making

United Press International -- January 07, 1979

U.S., Soviets OK SALT II

United Press International -- May 09, 1979

Job racial quotas upheld

United Press International -- June 27, 1979

Anti-disco demonstration takes over Chicago White Sox game

United Press International -- July 13, 1979

Mountbatten assassinated

United Press International -- August 27, 1979

Nobel Peace Prize given to Mother Teresa

United Press International -- October 17, 1979

2 found slain in Goleta, Calif.

United Press International -- December 31, 1979

Events

First Earth Day

Nixon Visits China

India Pakistan War

The Middle East War

Watergate Scandal

Vietnam: Fall of Saigon

U.S. Bicentennial

Three Mile Island Disaster

Iranian Revolution

Weather Underground (Pulitzer)

Hungarian Revolution

Rise of Margaret Thatcher

Audio

1970 Year in Review

Northern Ireland Clashes, Nigeria's War Ends

1970 Election, Nixon's Nominations

Kent State Shootings

Protesting and the Chicago Seven

DeGaulle and Nasser Die

Canadian Kidnappings, Vietnam trials

50th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

Eclipse and the Beatles Split

1971 Year in Review

Economic Crisis

Red China Admitted to UN

Foreign Policy: Red China and Russia

Vietnam Demonstrations

Supreme Court and School Busing

The Pentagon Papers

Calley Trial, Foreign Affairs

Apollo 14 and 15

Middle East Conflict

Attica Prison Taken Over

Louis Armstrong dies

1972 Year in Review

Vietnam War and Deaths

1972 Foregin Affairs: Australia and Canada

Nixon Goes to China

Russia and Disarmament Talks

Northern Ireland Troubles

Worldwide Political Unrest

1973 Year in Review

Vietnam War Ends

Indian Protest/Tennis Battle

Watergate Scandal

Violence Around the World

Oil and Economic Crisis

U.S. and Russia Agree to Work Together on Skylab

Princess Anne's Marriage

Richard Nixon and the Press

Vice Presidency

1974 Year in Review

Ford Becomes President

Ford Pardons Nixon

Oil Crises and Recession

Disasters and Space News

SLA Kidnapps Hearst

Washington Scandals

1975 Year in Review

Ford Visits China

Air Crash/Odds News

Financial Crisis

Foreign Affaris: Peace in the Middle East, Conflict in Ireland, Death of Franco

Patty Hearst Jailed

Busing Protests

Hoffa Dissapearence/1975: International Women's Year

President Gerald Ford Assassination Attempts

Ford shakes up his staff-CIA Operations

1977 Year in Review

Sadat Visits Israel

New York Blackout II

Space Shuttle Enterprise

Miami Demonstrations

Concorde, Elvis Dies

Voyager Heads for Jupiter

Foreign Affairs

Liddy Freed, Carter Administration

1978 Year in Review

1978 Carter Administration

The Camp David Summit

Jonestown Massacre

The Election of Pope John Paul II

PSA Flight 182 Disaster

Hubert Humphrey Dies

Union Miners on Strike

Property Taxes Lowered in California

Supreme Court hears Affirmative Action case

Nixon's first post-Watergate speech

Science: First Birth from Artificial Insemination/World's Longest Space Flight

Assasination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone

1979 Year in Review

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Three Mile Island

The Carter Administration

1979 Business News

Pope John Paul II Visits the U.S.

Egypt-Israel Peace

Skylab Comes Down to Earth

Archive Blog

20 years after death, Princess Diana inspires outreach by sons

20 years after death, Princess Diana inspires outreach by sons

Twenty years ago, the world mourned the sudden death of Princess Diana, a humanitarian, the one-time wife of the future king of Britain and mother of another.

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

In the early hours of Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida, packing winds up to 175 mph that would destroy tens of thousands of homes.

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

One-hundred years ago, on May 18, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective Service Act, the nation's first conscription law since the Civil War.

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

Some 3,000 people died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. On the 15th anniversary, many are taking a retrospective look at the events of the day.

Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

Long-term projects to tame the continuing threat of radiation are underway at the site of the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor 30 years after disaster.

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

The 100th anniversary of the first U.S. military air-combat operation comes Saturday, which was deployed in 1916 to hunt down a fugitive Mexican revolutionary.

First person: John Lennon's Jesus comments 50 years ago sparked blaze

First person: John Lennon's Jesus comments 50 years ago sparked blaze

Fifty years ago today, John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, and he wasn't bothered when it touched a nerve in the U.S. five months later.

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

No space flight fatalities were more dramatic than the seven that happened on Jan. 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke up in mid-flight.

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and "warrior of peace," died by an assassin's bullet 20 years ago. His legacy, in which peace between Israelis and Palestinians was allegedly imminent and then lost, is a pliable one.

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