| | Giant oil slick contaminates Santa Barbara coast |
| | James Earl Ray sentenced to 99 years for killing Marten Luther King |
| | Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger appointed by Nixion |
| | First Draft Lottery is held |
| | Dwight D. Eisenhower dies |
| | Horror film actor Boris Karlof Dies |
| | First commercial 747 airplane goes into service |
| | Concord makes first Trans-US flight Seattle to New York |