5th » Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
26th » Apollo program: launch of 'Apollo 15' on the first Apollo "List of Apollo mission types e.g J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
26th » Nicolette Milnes-Walker completes sailing non-stop single-handedly across the Atlantic, becoming the first woman to successfully do so.
30th » Apollo program: 'Apollo 15' Mission David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module 'Falcon' land on the Moon with the first Lunar Roving Vehicle named Lunar Rover.
30th » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japan Air Self-Defense Force Japanese Air Force North American F-86 Sabre F-86 All Nippon Airways Flight 58 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
31st » Apollo program: 'Apollo 15' astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.