1972 President Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique

1973 -Airborne mine countermeasures began off Haiphong during Operation Endsweep. This was a "first" in mine warfare

1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-year contract with White Sox

1973 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius

1973 Supporters of the American American Indian Movement begin their occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, site of the 1890 Sioux massacre.

1974 The first issue of People magazine makes its appearance on newsstands.

1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin

1975 House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill

1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung & Richard Nixon

1977 In Toronto, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones rock group is arrested by the RCMP and charged with possession of heroin with intent to traffic and possession of cocaine

1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic

1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada

1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1979 The Navy took delivery of the last A-4 Skyhawk from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, setting a record for the longest production run for any U.S. military aircraft.

1980 22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers)

1980 Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins elections in Zimbabwe

1980 Terrorists occupies Dominican embassy in Bogota

1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747

1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"

1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw

1982 Earl Anthony becomes first pro bowler to win more than $1 million

1982 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1982 Wayne B. Williams is convicted of murdering two of 28 Atlanta area youngsters whose bodies were found over a 22-month period.

1983 Eamonn Coghlan sets indoor mile record of 3 49.78

1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament

1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 meters)

1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa

1984 WRC-AM in Washington DC changes call letters to WWRC

1985 Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief

1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published

1985 US dollar is worth ƒ3.9355 (Netherlands)

1987 "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS

1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff

1987 Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76 meters)

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