1973 Naval Advisory Group and Naval forces, Vietnam disestablished and last U.S. prisoners of war left Vietnam.

1974 Mariner 10's, first fly-by of Mercury, returns photos

1975 Evacuation of Danang by sea began

1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students

1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs Pakistan at WACA

1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy

1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad

1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards Mommie Dearest wins

1982 54th Academy Awards "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win

1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected President of Greece

1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist

1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia

1987 US tourist Ginger Meadows taken by crocodile in Prince Regent River, Western Australia.

1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant

1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party

1988 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras

1989 61st Academy Awards "Rainman", Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win

1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering

1989 Sergei Priakin signed by Calgary Flames; first Soviet player allowed to play in North America by Soviet Ice Hockey Federation

1989 The first Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL

1989 US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (New Mexico)

1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 2nd victim, Germaine Montenesdro

1990 Prime Minister Bob Hawke claims victory in Australian election, becoming first Labor winner of four consecutive terms.

1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards Hudson Hawk wins

1992 World Ice Dance Championship in Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)

1993 65th Academy Awards "Unforgiven", Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win

1993 Catherine Callbeck leads her Prince Edward Island Liberals to a 31 seat landslide; first woman in Canada to be elected premier

1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs New South Wales in Sheffield Shield Final

1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border

1994 Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia

1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men win

1997 A boat carrying dozens of Albanians seeking refuge in Italy strikes an Italian navy ship and sinks in Adriatic waters, killing at least 52 people.

2000 A US Air Force report shows a link between Agent Orange and diabetes in veterans who sprayed the chemical in the Vietnam War. Finally

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