Congress passes the Equal Rights Amendment and submits it to states for ratification. Five men are arrested for breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters, at the Watergate complex in Washington, marking the beginning of the scandal that destroys President Richard Nixon's presidency. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein begin investigating. The U.S. signs Paris peach accords, ending the Vietnam war during the beginning of '73. In Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court rules that women have the right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Airlines begin screening passengers to prevent hijackings.
Federal Express is founded. Nike, Inc. is founded. Gas prices skyrocket after Arab nations embargo oil exports to the U.S. in retaliation for U.S. aid to Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Pablo Picasso dies. Nixon resigns amid the Watergate scandal and is pardoned for all crimes by President Gerald Ford.