Apr 21 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched

Apr 22 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on the Moon

Apr 02 Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo

Apr 11 200,000 Hydro-Quebec workers, teachers, and hospital staff go on 2-week strike; largest in history

Apr 01 Major league baseball players stages first collective strike

Apr 06 Bomb explosion at the Cuban Trade Commission in Montreal kills one person.

Apr 08 Major league baseball players stages first collective strike

Apr 19 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson

Apr 01 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Apr 03 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2142 Landau

Apr 20 Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2

Apr 23 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface

Apr 10 In Southern Iran a 7.1 earthquake struck the Fars Province of southern Iran killing over 5,000 and injuring 1,700.

Apr 08 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Apr 25 Paula the cat, a ten month old tabby, survives a fall from the 26th floor of an apartment building.

Apr 02 44th Academy Awards presented

Apr 25 George Sanders actor (Mr Freeze-Batman), dies at 65

Nov 30 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"

Nov 30 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)

Nov 22 Chuck Thacker, a computer scientist at Xerox PARC, started designing the Alto computer, designed to improve the quality of machine-human interactions

Nov 14 Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for first time (1003.16)

Nov 07 President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)

Nov 27 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres andSpikes to Indians for Nettles andMoses

Nov 11 US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army

Nov 22 The United States loses its first B-52 of the war. The eight-engine bomber was brought down by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile near Vinh on the day when B-52s flew their heaviest raids of the war over North Vietnam.

Nov 28 Los Angeles Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels

Nov 07 Richard Nixon re-elected as the US president

Sep 21 Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines

Sep 05 The Olympic Games in Munich, Germany are marred by tragedy when PLO terrorists hold the Israeli delegation hostage; 11 Israelis are killed during the ordeal.

Sep 14 "The Waltons" TV program premiers

Sep 16 First TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie

Sep 05 Israeli athletes held hostage by Arab guerrillas at the Munich Olympics

Sep 16 Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies"

Sep 08 Jim Ryun (US) &Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide &fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold

Sep 30 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)

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