Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed by the Administration, and attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and deputy attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned. Cox was dismissed by Robert Bork, who later became an unsuccessful Supreme Court nominee, but who nonetheless was influential in the philosophy of the current Supreme Court.
The Sydney Opera House was inaugurated and opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
Saudi Arabia and Algeria halted petroleum exports to the U.S., the embargo now becoming a full-blown disaster.
