Mar 03 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa

Mar 12 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army

Mar 21 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"

Mar 04 "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey

Mar 23 Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, proclaims its independence

Mar 16 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win

Aug 14 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule

Aug 15 Bahrain gains independence from Britain

Aug 28 25 people die and 1,150 are rescued when the Greek liner Haleanna catches fire.

Aug 07 Apollo 15 returns to Earth

Aug 15 Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.

Aug 29 Hank Aaron becomes the first player in baseball's National League to drive in 100+ runs in 11 seasons.

Aug 04 The US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft

Aug 14 British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland

Aug 27 Humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies.

Aug 31 Dave Scott becomes first person to drive a car on the Moon

Aug 03 Paul McCartney announces the formation of his group Wings

Aug 15 Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents

Aug 13 Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car"

Aug 04 US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft

Sep 09 Detroit Red Wings hockey star Gordie Howe retires.

Sep 10 Shoe-slapping statesman Nikita Krushchev, former Premier of Russia, dies.

Sep 21 John Lennon & Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest

Sep 04 ABC-TV pulls the plug on The Lawrence Welk Show after 13 seasons.

Sep 13 Police storm the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, ending a four-day siege that killed 43 people.

Sep 16 Six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses

Sep 09 1,000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison

Sep 13 9 hostages & 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison

Sep 13 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR

Sep 04 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)

Sep 03 John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return

Sep 03 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain

Sep 09 Forty-three people are killed when prisoners seize control of New York's Attica prison.

Sep 03 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

Sep 13 The World Hockey Association is founded.

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