| | US and Cuba sign antihijack pact |
| | Militant Indians seize hostages at Wounded Knee S.D. |
| | Last US combat troops leave Vietnam |
| | Syria and Egypt attack Israel on Yom Kuppur |
| | Alaskan pipeline is authorized |
| | Lyndon B. Johnson dies |
| | Actress Betty Grabel dies |
| | Oregon is the first state to decriminalize marijuana |
| | Elvis gives Praiscilla $750,000 in divorce settlement |
| | Pet Rocks become a fad |