Music History

Led by Betty Friedan, the new feminist movement in the US organized a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.

James Brown met President Richard Nixon at the White House and supported his bid for re-election, alienating a significant part of his audience.

The day was proclaimed by presidential proclamation in the United States as Women's Equality Day to commemorate the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of 1920, which granted American women the right to vote on the same basis as men.

Sonny Bono announced his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He said he was frustrated by bureaucracy surrounding the renovation of his Italian restaurant. He won the 1988 election and served as mayor until 1992. In 1996, he subsequently won a seat in Congress.