What had us sitting on the edge of seats back then? Or what had us laughing or crying? Let's take a look.
3rd -- New York City's population is set at 7,964,200
4th -- John Lindsay is relected mayor of New York
5th -- Black Panther leader Bobby Seale was given 4 years for contempt of court during the Chicago Seven trial
7th -- Israel allows TV broadcasts on the Sabbath for the first time.
8th -- North Vietnamese troups strike deep into the Mekong Delta
14th -- Apollo 12 is launched
16th -- South Vietnamese villagers claim American GIs killed 567 unarmed civilians at My Lai
17th -- US and USSR hold SALT talks in Helsinki
19th -- Apollo 12 astronauts walk on the moon
19th -- US sergeant says he witnessed the massacre at My Lai
20th -- Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as US delegate to the Paris peace talks
21st -- First British satellite is launched from Cape Kennedy
23rd -- US steps up bombing raids over Laos
24th -- US orders murder charges against Lt William Calley as a result of the My Lai massacre
24th -- US and USSR sign nuclear non-proliferation treaty
25th -- John Lennon returns the Order of the British Empire award to protest UK support of the Vietnam war
25th -- President Nixon orders the destruction of germ warfare weapon stockpile
27th -- The Rolling Stones play at Madison Square Garden
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