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| 1973 |
| | | Richard Nixon appoints Gerald Ford as his vice-president in place of the disgraced Spiro Agnew | |
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| 1973 |
| | | US author Erica Jong publishes her first novel, Fear of Flying | |
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| 1974 |
| | | US tennis player Chris Evert wins the first of three victories at Wimbledon and of seven in the French Open | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Jimmy Connors wins both Wimbledon and the US Open, on each occasion defeating the veteran Ken Rosewall | |
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| 1974 |
| | | The US Supreme Court orders President Nixon to hand over White House tapes of conversations relevant to Watergate | |
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| 1974 |
| | | The House Judiciary Committee takes the first steps in the process of impeaching President Nixon, citing obstruction of justice | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Faced by the prospect of impeachment over Watergate, President Nixon resigns | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Richard Nixon is succeeded as US president by his vice-president, Gerald Ford | |
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| 1974 |
| | | President Ford pardons ex-president Nixon for his part in the Watergate affair, thus removing the possibility of criminal charges | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Muhammad Ali regains the world heavyweight title, beating George Foreman in Zaire in a fight that becomes known as the Rumble in the Jungle | |
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