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In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal…
The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in…
The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral
The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of the Azores
Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National As
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two…
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two…
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two…
Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan…
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes…
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating…
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating…
Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited…
Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact…
Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact…