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1.2 March
March 1
-
Watergate scandal
: Seven are indicted for their role in the
Watergate
break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
March 1
-
Pierre Messmer
finishes his first office as
Prime Minister of France
March 3
– A
DC-10
of
Turkish Airlines
from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris. All 346 dead
March 8
-
Charles de Gaulle Airport
opens in
Paris
,
France
March 18
-
Oil embargo crisis
: Most
OPEC
nations end a five-month
oil
embargo against the
United States
,
Europe
and
Japan
.
March 10
- Ten miners die in a
methane
gas explosion at Golborne Colliery near Wigan Lancs
March 20
- Ian Balls fails in his attempt to kidnap Her Royal Highness
Princess Anne
and her husband Captain
Mark Phillips
in
The Mall
, outside
Buckingham Palace
,
London
.
March 29
-
Mariner 10
approaches
Mercury
1.3 April-May
April 1
- the
Local Government Act 1972
comes into effect in
England and Wales
, creating six new
metropolitan counties
and completely redrawing the administrative map
April 3
-
The Super Outbreak
, the largest series of
tornado
es in history, hits 13 states and one Canadian province. By the time the last of 148 tornadoes hit early the following morning, 315 died and over 5,000 were injured.
April 10
- In
Israel
,
Golda Meir
resigns as Prime Minister
April 25
-
Coup
in
Portugal
restores
democracy
(see
Carnation Revolution
)
April 28
- Last Americans evacuated from
Saigon
May 4
- All female
Japan
ese team summits
Manaslu
and become the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak.
May 9
- The
United States House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee opens formal and public
impeachment
hearings against
President
Richard M. Nixon
May 17
-
Los Angeles, California
police raid
Symbionese Liberation Army
headquarters, killing six members, including
Camilla Hall
May 17
- Thirty-three people die from bombings in
Dublin
and
County Monaghan
,
Ireland
May 18
-
Nuclear test
: Under project
Smiling Buddha
,
India
successfully detonates its first
nuclear weapon
becoming the sixth nation to do so.
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