It was the year of The Rumble in the Jungle, when Muhammad Ali took on George Foreman, and the year when Richard Nixon resigned as US president over the Watergate scandal.
Here in the UK, it was the year of two general elections, which saw Harold Wilson return as Prime Minister.
And in Edinburgh, there was a strike by ambulance workers, a gay rights demonstration outside The Scotsman building, scaffolding at the top of the Scott Monument and a visit from American entertainer Phil Silvers.
Scroll through this selection of photos from the Evening News archives and see life was like in Edinburgh 50 years ago.
And in Edinburgh, there was a strike by ambulance workers, a gay rights demonstration outside The Scotsman building, scaffolding at the top of the Scott Monument and a visit from American entertainer Phil Silvers.