President Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit China. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company recalls 3 million cans of Coke because some of the aluminum lids are found to be contaminated. Alabama Governor George Wallace, a controversial presidential candidate because of his white supremacist sympathies, is shot by a sniper and paralyzed from the waist down but plans to continue his quest for the White House. American swimmer Mark Spitz wins a record seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics. What was the year? | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | Trivia Archives