Aug 26 Opening ceremonies usher in the summer Olympics games in Munich, West Germany.

Aug 14 East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156

Aug 17 In New Britain a 7.1 earthquake caused a two-foot tsunami at Pomino on southeast New Britain

Aug 26 Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany

Aug 09 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the Space Shuttle

Aug 23 Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley)

Aug 21 US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched

Aug 01 Brian Cole rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28

Aug 28 Mark Spitz earns the first of seven gold medals, seting a world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

Aug 30 David Barrett 1930- leads the NDP to victory over WAC Bennett's Social Credit Party, taking 39 seats in the British Columbia provincial election; upsetting 20 years of Socred rule

Aug 01 Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London

Oct 05 Herbert Mullin first kills, to prevent earthquakes

Oct 13 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12/23 rescue)

Oct 26 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin

Oct 02 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105

Oct 06 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico

Oct 01 Louis Leakey famed anthropologist, dies at 68

Oct 27 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created

Oct 26 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam

Oct 01 The first games of the World Hockey Association

Oct 13 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die

Oct 12 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk

Oct 30 Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago

Oct 16 The Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of the Employment Practices Relating to the Running-Trades' Employees in the Railway Industry, the Gallagher Commission publishes its report. This looked at the employment practices, particularly hours of work.

Oct 12 Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole

Oct 11 Prison uprising at Washington DC jail

Jul 14 L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri

Jul 21 Jigme Dori Wangchuck king of Bhutan, dies

Jul 13 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov

Jul 06 Brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash

Jul 07 Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon

Jul 01 Ms. magazine begins publishing

Jul 22 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus

Jul 24 Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes king of Bhutan at 16

Jul 21 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)

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