1972 India &Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 points

1973 Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"

1974 Jefferson Starship begins their first tour

1974 Quebec brings in free dental care for all children under eight in the province

1975 "Dr Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5 performances

1975 Pennsylvania is first state to allow girls to compete with boys in High School sports

1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years

1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 performances

1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1977 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 meter (1 15.33)

1978 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb

1978 Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic

1979 House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN

1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident

1981 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4

1981 Emmy 8th Daytime Awards Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time

1982 Following the failure of Argentinean diplomatic efforts to reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British, an Argentine warship lands a party of "scrap dealers" on South Georgia Island, a dependency of the Falkland Islands British crown colony

1982 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27

1984 "Kate &Allie", premieres

1984 In Uzbek a 7.1 earthquake resulted in at least 100 people injured and extensive damage (IX) in the Gazli area

1984 John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York

1984 KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA

1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River

1984 Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering

1984 STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad

1985 "Spin Magazine" begins publishing

1985 In Bolivia a 5.5 earthquake killed 2 people and damage in the Monteagudo area.

1985 New South Wales wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket

1985 Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile

1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 meter (39.43 seconds)

1987 Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company

1987 Hassanali inaugurated as President of Trinidad &Tobago

1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn

1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4 16.85)

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