Pentagon Papers published
1971 · Event
The New York Times publishes a leaked secret history of US decision-making in Vietnam, fuelling antiwar sentiment.
On these timelines: Watergate, USA, Master, The Vietnam War, Cold War
More from Watergate
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Resignation of Richard Nixon (1974)
- Break-in at the Watergate (1972)
- The 'smoking gun' tape is released (1974)
- The Saturday Night Massacre (1973)
- Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender the tapes (1974)
- The Senate Watergate hearings open (1973)
- Butterfield reveals the White House tapes (1973)
Around 1971
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)