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Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nic
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people
Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committe
Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U
Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels…
Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels…
The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United…
The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the…
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian…
Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he…
The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed
Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhang
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U
Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, C
Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh