Feb 01 The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)

Feb 18 John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show

Feb 05 Bob Douglas is first black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

Feb 14 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon

Feb 17 The Volkswagen 'Beetle' becomes the most successful production model, selling over 15 million vehicles

Feb 03 11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia)

Feb 05 US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers &baggage

Feb 29 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party

Feb 15 President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time

Feb 18 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy

Feb 28 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China

Feb 29 Hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year

Apr 16 2 giants pandas arrive in the US, from China

Apr 04 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating

Apr 18 T Smirnova discovers asteroids #1902 Shaposhnikov, #2192 Pyatigoriya & #2250 Stalingrad

Apr 28 The courts awarded the Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because the winner was given drugs before the race

Apr 10 An agreement banning the use of biological weapons is signed by 46 countries

Apr 21 Moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. LCDR Thomas K. Mattingly II, USN was the Command Module Pilot. During the 11 day, 1 hour and 51 minute mission, 213 lbs. of lunar material was collected. Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)

Apr 21 John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)

Apr 16 Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)

Apr 10 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars

Apr 21 Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon.

Apr 05 Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub

Apr 04 Adam Clayton Powell Jr (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63

Apr 27 Kwame Nkrumah president of Ghana, dies at 62

Apr 27 Apollo 16 returns to Earth

Apr 01 Pacific Great Eastern Railway changes its name to British Columbia Railway.

Apr 10 US, USSR &70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons

Apr 27 NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported

Apr 30 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio

Apr 19 Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth

Apr 25 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12

Apr 05 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike

Apr 07 "Crazy" Joe Gallo mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party

Apr 13 Baseball players' strike ends after 13 days

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