American swimmer Mark Spitz wins a record seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics. John Lennon begins a long battle to obtain permission to stay permanently in America. An agreement is signed in Paris to stop the fighting in Vietnam. The first planeload of POWs return home to the US from the Vietnam War. The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to the Washington Post for its investigation of the Watergate scandal.
Blue Eyes Is Back.
David Bowie retires his Ziggy Stardust character at Hammersmith Odeon in July 1973. Weeks later she is seen helping her captors rob a San Francisco bank. Faced with impeachment over Watergate, President Nixon resigns, to be succeeded by Vice President Ford. Muhammad Ali knocks out George Forman and regains his heavyweight title. The use of telephone answering machines becomes popular.