Skylab III crew ends 84 days in space. People magazine debuts. President Richard M. is named an unindicted co-conspirator. Golda Meir resigns as prime minister of Israel. Her successor is Yitzak Rabin.
Colonial government is overthrown in Portugal.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee begins hearings to consider whether to impeach President Richard M. Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. Richmond County voters defeat a referendum for a unified Augusta-Richmond government. Isabel Peron succeeds her husband, Juan Peron, as president of Argentina, becoming first woman head of state in the Western hemisphere. The White House turns over portions of the tapes July 30-Aug. Richard M. Nixon resigns from the presidency, the only U.S. chief executive ever to leave office voluntarily before the end of his term.