As a bank robbery hostage crisis in Stockholm dragged toward its resolution, criminologists coined the term 'Stockholm syndrome' to describe hostages who defended their captors.

DJ Kool Herc hosted a back-to-school party in a Bronx apartment building recreation room, using his 'breakbeat' turntable technique in an event now considered hip-hop's founding moment.

General Augusto Pinochet's military junta stormed the presidential palace, ending Salvador Allende's elected socialist government and his life.

Days after the Pinochet coup, poet Pablo Neruda lay dying in a Santiago clinic as soldiers raided his homes, an emblem of Chile's violent turn.

Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated surprise attack on Israel during the holiest Jewish holiday, triggering a war that reshaped Middle East diplomacy.

NASA launched Skylab 4, sending three astronauts on the longest American spaceflight to date, an 84-day mission plagued by a famous crew strike.

NASA launched Skylab 4, sending three astronauts on an 84-day mission that would become the longest American spaceflight of its era.

NASA launched Skylab 4, sending three astronauts on what became, at the time, the longest human spaceflight in history at 84 days.