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- James Whale directs the film version of The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells.
- Street and Smith purchase Astounding Stories and retool its editorial policy which raises its prominence in the field of science fiction.
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- The Soviet Luna 9 and American Surveyor 1 space probes successfully land on the Moon.
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- The Woodstock Music & Art Fair takes place.
- Charles Manson and his followers commit a series of grisly murders in Southern California.
- ARPANET lays the technical foundations for the Internet.[39]
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- Watergate scandal: Five men arrested for the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.
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- Skylab's first crew arrives at the station.
- Political tensions in the Middle East cause oil prices to skyrocket 70%.
- Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling overturns state laws against abortion.
- The United States is affected by the Arab Oil Embargo; gasoline prices skyrocket as supplies of gasoline and heating oil are in short supply. In response, daylight saving time is started in January (nearly four months earlier than usual), and the national speed limit is lowered to 55 mph.
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- Margaret Thatcher becomes the British Prime Minister.
- The Iran hostage crisis begins. In the aftermath, a second energy crisis develops, tripling the price of oil and sending U. S. gasoline prices over $1 per gallon for the first time.
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- The Orville, created by Seth MacFarlane, starts its original broadcast run on Fox.
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- , directed by Ron Howard, is released.
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- The first image of a black hole is taken.
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