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President Nixon’s morning begins with his last meal in the White House, consisting of his favorite foods: pineapple with cottage cheese on top, and a glass of warm milk.
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Pro-Nixon protestors carry signs and effigies in Tokyo, Japan.
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The new World Trade Center complex in New York City opens to the public.
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BREAKING: In a television address to the American public, Richard Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.
The years-long Watergate Scandal has come to a close.
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Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by Basque terrorist group ETA.
They planted a bomb in his car that, in front of photographers’ cameras, went flying.
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Governor of California Ronald Regan calls on President Nixon to resign.
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Nixon slept two hours. He spent most of the night pacing barefoot in blue pajamas.
At 4 AM, his wristwatch battery went dead. He considers it a prophetic omen.
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Zimbabwean pilot Joyce Mujuru shoots down a Rhodesian helicopter, achieving the first recorded female air-to-air kill in Africa. She takes the nom-du-guerre Teurai Ropa (“Blood Spiller.”)
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Cardinal Jean Daniélou, French Roman Catholic Cardinal, dies while visiting a brothel in Paris. He was 69.
A prostitute at the brothel says he was simply visiting to declare his chastity to her, but police doubt the story.
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President Nixon has signed a letter of resignation.
Henry Kissinger post-dates the letter with the time of Nixon’s upcoming departure in blue crayon.
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Folk singer John Denver, who is an avid pilot, buys a Learjet so he can fly himself to concerts.
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President Ford leaves for work as his wife, Betty, wishes him goodbye.
Ford became President nine days ago, but he has not yet moved into the White House, so he still has to commute like everyone else.
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The National Socialist League, a neo-Nazi organization exclusively for gay men, is founded by Jim Cherry and Russell Veh in Los Angeles. There are at least 400 members.
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The Cleveland Indians host a “ten cent beer night” to promote a baseball game against the visiting Texas Rangers.
The 25,000 fans are permitted to buy unlimited quantities of 10-cent, 12-ounce beers, and they indulge heavily.
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Designer Syd Mead’s concept art for the American home of 2021.
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In reaction to the announcement of Nixon’s resignation, spontaneous parties have broken out on the streets of Washington, DC. Thousands of young people pour out to celebrate.
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Gerald Ford has taken the oath of office to become President of the United States.
“My fellow Americans,” he says in his inaugural address, “our long national nightmare is over.”
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Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warns Israel not to use nuclear weapons in the ongoing Yom Kippur War, or else the United States will cease financial aid to Israel. In this warning, Kissinger unintentionally signals that Israel may have nuclear weapons.
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The Presidency of Richard Nixon officially ends as he and his family leave the White House for San Clemente, California.
Before boarding helicopter Marine One, Nixon throws up his trademark “double victory” sign.
Then, the whole White House waves him goodbye.
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An overhead view of downtown Houston, Texas, which mainly consists of automobile parking:
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Two teenage girls smoking marijuana at Cedar Woods in Leakey, Texas.
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Famous pole-sitter Richard “Dixie” Blandy, who has been sitting on a pole for 125 days, dies when the 50-foot (15m) pole on which he’s sitting collapses beneath him. He was 72.
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Residents of Sitka, Alaska awake in a panic, thinking that the nearby Mount Edgecumbe volcano is erupting and that it will kill them all.
But this turns out to be a juvenile April Fools’ prank: some teenagers dragged 100 tires 3,200ft (960m) up the slope and lit them on fire.
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In an emotional speech, President Nixon gives a final farewell to White House Staff.
After the speech, Henry Kissinger says to Nixon: “history is going to record that you were a great President.”
“Henry, that depends on who writes the history,” Nixon replies.
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In an interview with Film Quarterly magazine, filmmaker George Lucas says he’s working on a new project - “The Star Wars.”
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82-year-old Spanish dictator Francisco Franco falls too ill to govern and temporarily cedes power to Prince Juan Carlos.
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Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia declares himself President for Life.
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James P. Cannon, American Trotskyist and leader of the Socialist Workers Party from 1938 to 1953, dies in Los Angeles. He was 84.
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Senator Joseph R. Biden, (D-DE), is seen here at Union Station, Washington DC where most days, after the Senate adjourns, he catches the Metroliner to Wilmington for home. He makes the four-hour commute almost daily to be with his motherless sons Beau, 4, and Hunter, 3.
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The AK-74, an improved variant of the AK-47 designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, enters service with the Red Army.
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Breaking: White House sources say that President Nixon has met with Vice President Gerald Ford to inform him that he will resign in a speech to the American public tonight.
Reporters and the public crowd at the White House, seeking further answers.
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President Nixon travels to Palm Beach, Florida, to inspect the Mar-a-Lago estate.
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[Fourth-Wall Break]
It has come to my attention that I have erred twice in this post. Corrections:
1. The bomb was not in the car, but in a tunnel under the street.
2. The two photos of the car in the air are not originals, but rather a reenactment from later.
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In Toronto, a litter of five 15-day-old motherless kittens are adopted by Symphony, a two-year-old Malemute, who keeps the kitties warm.
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A massive Terracotta Army is discovered in Xi’an, China. It is considered perhaps the greatest archeological find of the decade.
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At a fundraising dinner with supporters, President Nixon says that he will not be impeached, and that he will finish his term in 1977.
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The New York City District Attorney says he will drop all charges against French highwire artist Philippe Petit if he performs for free for children in Central Park.
Petit agrees.
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Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau carries his son, Justin, into work.
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Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with President Nixon and tells him that he should resign.
Senator Barry Goldwater also meets with Nixon and tells him that he has “totally lost” the support of Congress and the American people.
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“Stalingrad,” the ninth episode of the ITV/Thames Television documentary The World at War, premieres.
This is the only episode of the series that features no interviews, a deliberate choice given that most people present at the battle were killed or died in captivity.
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American thoracic surgeon Henry Heimlich publishes an article in the Journal of Emergency Medicine noting a new maneuver he has developed to prevent choking.
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Former White House aide John Dean pauses while reading a prepared statement before the Senate Watergate Committee.
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San Francisco bicyclists protest in front of City Hall. They are seeking a dedicated bike lane on Market Street.
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Journalist Hunter S. Thompson sitting on the beach in Mexico.
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The IRS announces that President Nixon owes $432,787.13 in back taxes and an additional $43,644 in penalties and interest.
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Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock celebrates his 75th birthday by pulling out reels of all 53 of his films and showing them off as a resume.
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[Fourth-Wall Break]
Proudly introducing next year’s PFP! In two days, say hello to 1974 Live:
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At a school in Ma’alot, Israel, Palestinian terrorists take 26 children hostage and then execute them.
In total, 31 people are killed and 70 are injured.
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For the first time in the history of the “Miss World” beauty pageant, the reigning titleholder has her crown revoked.
Majorie Wallace of the US (Miss World 1973) is dethroned for “being too promiscuous.”
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David Bowie begins recording his new album, “Young Americans,” at Sigma Sound in Philadelphia.
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The new Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania goes online and begins supplying energy to the state.
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Chilean President Allende, whose bodyguards have left him, appears on the balcony of La Moneda Palace to beg his people to come to his aid. Nobody comes except for one adolescent Socialist, who brings a machine gun to the balcony to defend Allende from the Army.
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India becomes the world’s sixth nuclear power with the successful detonation of a nuclear weapon at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.
The test intentionally took place on the ceremonial birthday of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, and the operation was code-named “Smiling Buddha.”
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Killdozer, a made-for-TV movie about a killer bulldozer, premieres on ABC.
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In Belgrade, 81-year-old Marshal Josip Broz Tito is elected President for Life of Yugoslavia.
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[Fourth-Wall Break] Regular news coverage will be suspended tomorrow, September 11, to cover the 1973 Chilean Coup de État in real time.
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The maximum speed limit on all US highways is lowered to 55mph (89kph) in an effort to conserve energy in the ongoing oil crisis.
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A military coup by left-wing officers overthrows Portugal’s authoritarian Estado Novo regime after 41 years of rule and immediately ends all wars in which Portugal is involved.
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Hiroo Onoda, an Imperial Japanese soldier who has been hiding and fighting WWII in the Philippines for 29 years, is located by Japanese explorer Norio Suzuki, who tells Onoda that WWII is over.
Onoda replies that he will not surrender until ordered by a superior officer.
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announces on national radio that he has divorced three of his five wives.
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23-year-old actor Robin Williams performing as a mime in Central Park, New York City.
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In a spectacular, beautiful, and very dangerous stunt, 24-year-old French highwire artist Philippe Petit, who broke into the World Trade Center overnight, walks between the twin towers for over an hour before the NYPD coax him onto the roof and arrest him.
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@ThisIsAFakeNam8
@TastingHistory1
Would love to see Max’s reaction to eating this.
Probably:
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Hiroo Onoda, an Imperial Japanese soldier who has been hiding and continuing to fight WWII in the Philippines for 29 years, surrenders after his superior officer from the war, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, flies to the Philippines and personally delivers the order.
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Christine Chubbuck, a 29-year-old news announcer for WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida, dies by suicide.
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President Nixon celebrates in Florida. He is confident this will be a good year for him.
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[Fourth-Wall Break]
This is, far and away, the most-viewed 50 years ago tweet in the 11,000-tweet history of this account.
I’m blown away. Thanks for taking this to the stars. 🌠🚀
Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by Basque terrorist group ETA.
They planted a bomb in his car that, in front of photographers’ cameras, went flying.
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President Ford is off to pick a Vice President.
Today he had a private meeting with Senator Barry Goldwater. George H.W. Bush has also thrown his hat into the ring.
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Marshal Georgy Zhukov, supreme commander of the Red Army during WWII, dies of a heart attack in Moscow. He was 77.
Here he is pictured as a soldier during WWI; during WWII; in 1958; and in 1971.
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At 8:01 AM this morning, the first purchase of a product with a Universal Product Code (UPC, or “bar code”) was made: a 67-cent package of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum from a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
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Monty Python actor John Cleese plays football while filming his new picture, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” which will premiere early next year.
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[Fourth-Wall Break]
Donald Sutherland, an august actor with a career spanning more than 60 years, passed away at age 88 today. 🧵of stories from this account that include him:
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Basil Brown, a vegetarian activist in Croydon, England, dies from liver damage after consuming 70 million servings of Vitamin A through 10 gallons (38 liters) of carrot juice.
His skin turned bright yellow and he was rushed to the hospital, but it was too late.
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Lawyer and Cincinnati city councilman Jerry Springer resigns from office after it’s discovered that he solicited a prostitute last month.
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A homosexual pride parade takes place in Occidental Square, Seattle.
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Swedish group ABBA wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in The Dome, Brighton, with the song “Waterloo.”
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[Fourth-Wall Break]
This story alone resulted in a lot of angry DMs saying things such as “it didn’t happen” and “the kids deserved it, they were Zionists.” Many of the tweet’s comments say the same.
Please be civil in the comments and respect the dead.
At a school in Ma’alot, Israel, Palestinian terrorists take 26 children hostage and then execute them.
In total, 31 people are killed and 70 are injured.
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A large anti-Israel demonstration takes place in London:
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Lewis Strauss, one of the founding members of the US Atomic Energy Commission and rival of J. Robert Oppenheimer who spearheaded a hearing to revoke Oppenheimer’s security clearance in 1954, dies of cancer in Brandy Station, Virginia. He was 77.
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American singer Cass Elliot, a member of band the Mamas & the Papas and an independent artist, dies in London of heart failure linked to morbid obesity. She was 32.
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Protestors against police violence in The Bronx, New York City.
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[Fourth-Wall Break]
At 1.2 million views and climbing, this is now the most-popular post in this account’s five-year history.
I’m flying high with excitement, I hope I never crash!
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Road signs in Australia are changed from imperial measure to metric, all on the same day.
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The skeleton of MI-6 intelligence officer Sir Peregrine Henniker-Heaton is found sitting in an armchair in his home in London, three years after his disappearance on October 5, 1971.
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Ivor Bell, leader of the Provisional IRA terrorist group in Northern Ireland, walks out of Maze Prison in Belfast only seven weeks after capture.
Bell stole a release form, posed as another prisoner, and simply walked away.
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Commuters boarding an ICG Electric train at South Shore Station, Chicago.
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The Indians join the Rangers to defend against the fans with baseball bats, and they successfully hold off under siege conditions for 20 minutes until Cleveland Police arrive to restore orders.
It is considered one of the greatest sports disasters of all time.
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Three men, US Airforce Airmen Dale Shelby Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts rob a Hi-Fi store in Ogden, Utah.
They take five hostages and force them to drink bleach and insert pens into their ears. Then, the three Airmen rape their victims and fatally shoot them.
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In an effort to save energy, President Nixon bans gasoline sales on Sundays across the United States.
Pictured is a lone car on the road in Portland, Oregon.
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South Korean President Park Chung Hee issues an emergency declaration making it illegal to “oppose, misrepresent, or defame” him. The South Korean press immediately stops reporting on him.
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