September 9-14, 1970 Elvis is on tour for the fist time since 1957. The Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix stop of the nine city tour is included in Elvis - That's The Way It Is.

November 1970. More touring. Eight cities this time

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December of 1970. In one of the oddest pairings ever - Elvis meets Richard Nixon at the White House.

January 16, 1971.Elvis accepts accept the honor of being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (The Jaycees). He is very proud of this - and rightly so.

Elvis spends late January and early February in Las Vegas at another month-long engagement at the International Hotel.

May 1971 finds Elvis recording in Nashville, working on the album Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas.

In June of 1971 Elvis' two room birthplace in Tupelo is opened to the public. A stretch of Highway 51 South, which runs past Graceland, is renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard. (The new street signs won't appear until January of '72)

June 1971. More recording in Nashville, mostly for the gospel album He Touched Me, which will win Elvis his second Grammy Award.

July-August. A change of venue this time for a two-week engagement at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

August 9 - September 6, 1971. Back to Las Vegas at the International Hotel, which has been renamed the Las Vegas Hilton International Hotel. Again, he breaks all his own attendance records. Elvis now has a 5 year contract with the Hilton to appear twice a year.

November 5-16, 1971. Elvis goes on a 12-city concert tour.

Late 1971. Priscilla moves out, taking Lisa Marie with her.

January 26 - February 23, 1972. Back to the Hilton in Vegas.

During March and April of 1972, Elvis films on and off stage during his 15-city concert tour. This tour started in Buffalo NY and ended in Albuquerque NM. The footage is part of the documentary Elvis on Tour, which recoups it's production costs after only three days in theatres and grabs a Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary.

June 9-11, 1972. Entertainment history is made as Elvis, in advance, sells out all four engagements at Madison Square Garden. Among the 80,000 attendees were John Lennon, George Harrison, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Art Gurfunkel. His stirring rendition of "An American Trilogy" was a highlight. Surprisingly, this was Elvis' first live concert in New York City.

Priscilla files for divorce in July 1972. Elvis has begun seeing Linda Thompson, a relationship that will last until late 1976.

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