watergate

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HEADLINES:
- Terrorists Hijack the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, killing 11 Israeli Athletes.
- Five people are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel. (AKA - The Beginning of the End for both President Nixon and the Republican Party)
- Mustachioed Speedo Wearing Swimmer Mark Spitz swims to heights at the Summer Olympics, winning a then-record Seven Gold Medals.
- President Nixon visits Russia and China.
- The Last TWO Moon Missions (Apollo 16 & Apollo 17) Take Place. NASA also announces the Space Shuttle Program.
- Idi Amin takes over Uganda.
- The last ground troops leave Vietnam.
- Sapporo, Japan hosts the Winter Olympics, 32 years after it was originally supposed to Host.

COLUMBUS in 1972:
- The First Community Festival (Comfest) takes place at 16th and Waldeck Avenues near the OSU Campus.
- Tom Moody takes office as Mayor of Columbus on January 1, beginning 28 straight years of Republican Leadership in the City of Columbus (the first 12 were by Moody).
- Archie Mason Griffin, a freshman fullback from Eastmoor High School in Columbus shatters records (which have since been shattered, sans the Heisman one) for Ohio State, in the first year that the NCAA allows Freshmen to compete.
- The OHSAA High School Football Playoffs are held for the first time. The Eagles from Bishop Watterson are Class AA Runners-Up in Football.
- Bishop Ready wins the Class AA Boys Basketball Championship.

SPORTS CHAMPIONS:
NCAA Basketball - UCLA Bruins (6th Straight)
College Football - University of Southern California Trojans
Big Ten Football - The Ohio B*ckeyes
Super Bowl VI - Dallas Cowboys
NFL (1972 Season) - The Team of Perfection, the Miami Dolphins
NBA - Los Angeles Lakers (first Title in Los Angeles; Lakers also won a record 33 straight games that season)
Stanley Cup - Boston Bruins
World Series - Oakland Athletics

Tonight on the show, the time machine is headed to 1974. The Watergate Scandal reaches its breaking point as President Nixon has nowhere else to hide. A deadly tornado hits Ohio in April. President Nixon resigns.

SONG LIST:
(Hour # 1)
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"The Air That I Breathe" - The Hollies
"The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace
"Seasons in the Suns" - Terry Jacks
"Come and Get Your Love" - Redbone
"Jet" - Paul McCartney and Wings
"Living for the City" - Stevie Wonder
"Dancing Machine" - The Jackson Five
"The Entertainer" - Marvin Hamlisch
"I Shot the Sheriff" - Eric Clapton
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Billy, Don't Be a Hero" - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
"Bennie and the Jets" - Elton John

(Hour # 2)
"Karn Evil No. 9" - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
"Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
"Jungle Boogie" - Kool and the Gang
"Rock the Boat" - The Hues Corporation
"Midnight at the Oasis" - Maria Muldaur
"The Joker" - The Steve Miller Band
"Work to Do" - The Average White Band
"Call on Me" - Chicago
"Will It Go Round in Circles?" - Billy Preston
"The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
"Help Me" - Joni Mitchell
"The Cats In the Cradle" - Harry Chapin
"I Can Help" - Billy Swan
"The Sound of Philadelphia (T.S.O.P.)" - M(other)F(ather)S(ister)B(rother)

The World in 1974 - LINKS:
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1974.html
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1974.html
http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1974
http://www.mrpopculture.com/1974
http://hubpages.com/education/biggest-headlines-of-1974
http://www.inthe70s.com/generated/time1974.shtml
http://seventies1970s.com/1974sports.htm

CENTRAL OHIO IN 1974:
- A deadly tornado strikes Xenia in April.
- Former Governor Jim Rhodes defeats incumbent John Gilligan in November.
- The Rhodes Tower is built in Downtown Columbus, while the old Franklin County Courthouse closes.
- Junior Ohio State running back Archie Griffin wins the Heisman Trophy.