TOTAL US DEAD 1

 TOTAL RI DEAD 0

 1974    Hank Aaron  breaks Babe Ruth's  47-year-old record by hitting his 715th home run..  . .   . .    Little House on the Prairie  debuts on TV.     . .  . .     Paul McCartney and Wings  release Band on the Run.    .  .  . .    Mel Brooks has a good year with Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.    . . 

 1974     The House Judiciary Committee opens impeachment proceedings against the president.   . .  . .President Nixon announces his resignation. The next day, Vice President Ford is sworn in as President. . .  . . Busing to integrate schools begins in Boston, leading to sometimes violent protests.. .  . .    Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.    . . 

 1974  President Ford offers clemency to draft evaders and deserters . .  . .  North Vietnamese launches major offensive against the South  . .  . .  US cuts aid to South Vietnam by 30 percent    . .  

 TOTAL US DEAD 61

 TOTAL RI DEAD 0

 1975    Jaws  is released in the theaters.    . .   . . Pet rocks and mood rings are popular Christmas gifts.  . .  . .     Martina Navratilova  requests political asylum in the U.S.    .  .  . .    Saturday Night, later renamed Saturday Night Live, debuts.     .  .  . .    Paul Simon wins the Grammy for Still Crazy After All These Years .   .  . 

 1975     Vincent A. Cianci inaugurated as Providence mayor...    . .  1975     American spacecraft Apollo links with the Soviets' Soyuz 140 miles above earth and astronauts shake hands.   . .  . . Jimmy Hoffa disappears. . .  . . President Ford is the target of two assassination attempts. . .  . . RI Sen. John Pastore announces retirement after 42 years of public service . . 

 1975  North Vietnam presses into the South . .  . .  Thieu resigns as South Vietnamese president  . .  . .  Americans airlift 14,000 homeless children from South Vietnam    . .  . .  April 29-30: North Vietnamese army attacks Saigon; US evacuates personnel; Saigon falls; War ends . .