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The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Co
The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the loca
The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor
The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed
The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed
The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at t
Ahmad al-Ghashmi, the president of the Yemen Arab Republic, is killed when a bomb exploded in a suitcase carried by a So
Ahmad al-Ghashmi, the president of the Yemen Arab Republic, is killed when a bomb exploded in a suitcase carried by a So
The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of…
One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese…
Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a…
During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia…
Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the…