On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced his resignations from office. It was a shock to a country that had never had anything like that happen before. But, it wasn't the only thing making headlines on that day. What else was being reported under the giant headlines about Nixon?

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“Advertisement: Gentry's Big Star.” The Winston County Journal (Louisville, Mississippi), August 8, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Berea Man Convicted In U.N. Dynamite Case.” The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), December 4, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Eviction Plan Ends in Suicide.” Corpus Christi Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) , August 8, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Fuse Burned on Dynamite Found at U. N. .” The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), August 8, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

“Brown v. Williams.” Google Books. Google. Accessed February 26, 2022. https://bit.ly/3tc9xYw.

Cinone, Danielle, and Sophia Parker. “Watergate Scandal That Led to the Resignation of President Richard Nixon.” The US Sun. The US Sun, March 31, 2021. https://www.the-sun.com/news/2147451/president-richard-nixon-resignation-trump-impeachment-2/.

Jasen, Georgette. “Evicted Widow, 72, Keeps Death Pledge.” The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey), August 8, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

“Philippe Petit.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 17, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit.

Special, Richard Phalon. “Judge Rules on Ousted Widow's Estate.” The New York Times. The New York Times, November 8, 1974. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/08/archives/judge-rules-on-ousted-widows-estate-relationship-established.html.

“Sports Complex Site Suicide Left an Estate of $500,000.” The New York Times. The New York Times, August 10, 1974. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/10/archives/sports-complex-site-suicide-left-an-estate-of-500000-inheritance.html.

United Press International. “Nixon to Quit.” The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), August 8, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

Wire Services. “Amateur Walks Wire Between 2 Skyscrapers.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), August 8, 1974. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.