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British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on…
Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the…
Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt.
Tandy Corporation announced the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
Tandy Corporation announced the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that…
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that…
Great American Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California
In a wine competition in Paris (wine bottle pictured), French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wine
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to…
More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to…
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the…
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the…
Japan completed its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of…
An unidentified flying object over Tehran in Iran was observed by multiple civilians and military personnel, which has…
Two bombs placed by the CIA-linked Cuban dissident group Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations exploded…
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing
South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam
South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam