sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa. President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low-cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. June 20 – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum. June 21 – Britain begins new negotiations for EEC membership in Luxembourg. June 25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of conspiring to oust the government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador. June 27 – Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue in New York City on March 8, 1968. June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo, boss of his eponymous crime family, in the head during an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma. June 30 After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world's first human-occupied space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft die after their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve. New York Times Co. v. United States: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint. The musical fantasy film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, based on the novel Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson, is released. July July – Nordic Council secretariat inaugurated. July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies of a heart failure due to a heroin overdose at the age of 27 in the bathtub of his apartment on the 3rd floor of the Rue Beautreillis 17 in Paris, France. July 4 Michael S. Hart posts the first e-book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, the origin of Project Gutenberg. The first plane lands at Seychelles International Airport in Victoria, Seychelles (Mahe). July 5 – Right to vote: The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18. July 6 – Hastings Banda is proclaimed President for Life of Malawi. July 9 – The United Kingdom increases the number of its troops in Northern Ireland to 11,000. July 10–11 – Coup attempt in Morocco: 1,400 cadets take over the king's palace for three hours and kill 28 people; 158 rebels