Nov 28 East Timor declares independence from Portugal

Nov 26 Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination

Nov 11 Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 years)

Sep 01 NYC transit fare rises from 35. to 50.

Sep 05 US President Gerald Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento

Sep 16 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)

Sep 09 The United States launch the Viking 2 spacecraft to Mars

Sep 06 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum while in New York for the US Open.

Sep 22 Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif

Sep 18 Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF

Sep 09 Viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing

Sep 05 Wings release "Letting Go"

Sep 09 Czech tennis player Martina Navratilova defects to the West

Sep 06 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey

Sep 01 NBC-TV broadcasts its last Monday Night Baseball game as the Montreal Expos defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5.

Sep 03 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die

Sep 01 Gunsmoke goes off the air

Sep 16 Papua New Guinea independence

Sep 30 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls NY)

Sep 26 The Chief of Naval Operations approved the popular name Tomahawk for the Navy's Sea Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM).

Sep 21 Thirteen die in coalmine gas explosion at Mt Kianga-Moura, Queensland.

Sep 17 Rollout of first space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)

Sep 05 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme makes an attempt on the life of US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, CA.

Sep 24 Ian Hunter actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75

Sep 08 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools

Jun 08 USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing

Jun 24 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK

Jun 16 Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD

Jun 26 Indira Gandhi convicted of election fraud

Jun 21 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth

Jun 08 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35

Jun 29 20.57 cm (8.10") of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec)

Jun 30 Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado

Jun 30 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman

Jun 05 Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close)

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