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October 4, 1976. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after it was revealed several days before, by John Dean in Rolling Stone magazine, that Butz made extremely racist and vulgar comments about black Americans back in August.

October 4, 1976. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after it was revealed several days before, by John Dean in Rolling Stone magazine, that Butz made extremely racist and vulgar comments about black Americans back in August.

u/OkTechnologyb — 10 days ago

October 4, 1976. Barbara Walters joins Harry Reasoner as a co-anchor on ABC Evening News.

u/OkTechnologyb — 11 days ago