Henry Kissinger

United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.

en Santiago de Chile, el socialista Salvador Allende (1908‑1973) asume como presidente constitucional. Es el primer presidente marxista que accede al Gobierno a través de elecciones. Será derrocado de manera cruenta el 11 de septiembre de 1973 por su general Augusto Pinochet bajo las órdenes del estadounidense Henry Kissinger (1923‑2023), quien tres años después recibirá el premio Nobel de la paz.

U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, which at that time considered the U.S. one of its foes, and the visit ended 25 years of separation between the two sides. Before even being elected president, Richard Nixon had talked of the need for better relations with the PRC, with which the U.S. did not maintain diplomatic relations as it recognized the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan as the government of China. Early in his first term, Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger began sending subtle overtures hinting at warmer relations to the PRC government. After a series of these overtures by both countries, Kissinger flew on secret diplomatic missions to Beijing, where he met with Premier Zhou. On July 15, 1971, the President announced that he would visit the PRC the following year.

The Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.

Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.

Vietnam War: Henry Kissinger announces that North Vietnam has left private peace negotiations, in Paris.

Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Henry Kissinger (secretario de Estado de los EE. UU.) firma un acuerdo de paz con Le Duc Tho (presidente de Vietnam).

Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (born 1923)