| | TV show Hee Haw premieres |
| | Sesame street begins on PBS stations |
| | Dustin Hoffman and John Voight star in Midnight Cowboy |
| | John Wayne wins Academy Award in True Grit |
| | Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival becomes a top album |
| | Mario Puzo's The God Father becomes a best selling book |
| | Measles vaccine is made available |
| | Bowie Kukn becomes baseball commissioner |
| | Jonny Unitas is named Player of the Decade |
| | Unisex look comes into fashion |
| | New Words; headhunter, hunk, command module, downers, uppers |
| | During Chicago 8 trial, Booby Seale is bound and gagged by judge for disruption |
| | John Lenon and Yoko Ono marry |