Dec 23 "The Young and the Restless" premiers on TV

Aug 15 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens

Aug 05 USSR launches Mars 6

Aug 19 George Papadopoulos becomes the first president of Greece

Aug 19 Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years

Aug 10 First BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train travels in San Francisco

Aug 23 Intelsat communications satellite launched

Aug 17 Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one

Aug 17 US archaeologists in Greece uncover evidence that people went to sea as early as 7500 BC

Aug 28 An earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people.

Aug 09 USSR launches Mars 7

Aug 30 Kenya bans the hunting of elephants and the trade in ivory.

Aug 20 Saskatchewan Rough Rider fullback George Reed sets all time world pro football rushing record, beating the 12,312 yards held by the NFL's Jimmy Brown

Aug 27 Largest hailstone ever found in Canada falls at Cedoux; weight 290 grams, diameter 114 mm (almost three times bigger than a golf ball).

Aug 28 In Veracruz, Mexico a 7.2 earthquake resulted in more than 600 reported killed, thousands injured

Aug 31 The first heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)

Aug 03 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park. (Isle of Man, UK)

Aug 28 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527

Aug 26 U of Tx (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing

Aug 26 David Eisenhower last sports column

Aug 18 Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record

Aug 14 US bombs Cambodia

Aug 04 Eddie Condon jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

Oct 16 Kissinger & Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize

Oct 17 5 month oil embargo by Arab states against US & Netherlands begins

Oct 02 Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies

Oct 02 Paul Hartman actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 68

Oct 24 Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on NJ Turnpike

Oct 26 Wings release "Helen Wheels"

Oct 25 Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship

Oct 24 John Lennon sues US govt to admit the FBI is tapping his phone

Oct 10 US Vice President Spiro Agnew Resigns

Oct 22 Security Council Resolution 338 -c ease fire to the Yom Kippur War

Oct 24 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus

Oct 18 Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin

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