Netherlands banned private Sunday driving, with a start date of November 4, to conserve fuel.
The Judiciary Committee voted 21 to 17 to consider impeaching Richard Nixon. The vote was split on party lines.
The Bosphorus Bridge was completed across the Bosphorus connecting Europe and Asia for the first time since Emperor Darius of Persia's pontoon bridge of 512 BC.
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The slaughter of Armenian Christians by Ottoman soldier began in earnest in Adana, Ottoman Empire.
The Adna Massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which would kill over 20,000 people, commenced. Ottoman troops would participate in it.
The Armenians had the first Christian kingdom in the world, and have had a state of one kind or another since 860 BC. Since the conquest of Anatolia by the Turks, they've been subject to repeated atrocities.
The Anglo Persian Oil Company was incorporated. The company became a power in its own right, and extensively exploited what became Iran, setting the stage for what we have today, unfortunately.
Minnesota passed a law banning cigarettes, effective August 1. Too bad that didn't stick.
