* August 15: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair takes place in Bethel, New York, attracting over 400,000 people.
* September 28: The Beatles release their final studio album, Abbey Road.
* November 19: The Apollo 12 mission lands on the Moon, with astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean becoming the third and fourth humans to walk on the lunar surface.
* December 25: The U.S. and the Soviet Union sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), aimed at limiting the development of nuclear weapons.