Sep 17 A meeting between Egyptian and Israeli leaders creates a framework for Middle East peace

Sep 01 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia

Sep 16 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran

Sep 22 Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit

Sep 28 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord

Sep 06 Begin &Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace

Sep 26 Railroad clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service

Sep 03 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29

Sep 08 Martial Law declared in Tehran and other cities, Iran, as riots take place

Feb 11 16 Unification church couples wed in New York NY

Feb 11 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens

Feb 05 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded

Feb 09 Ottawa orders 11 Soviet embassy officials deported for allegedly trying to infiltrate the RCMP Security Service

Feb 08 U.S. senate deliberations are broadcast live on radio for the first time.

Feb 13 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Feb 28 The Department of Defense authorized fullscale development of the Sikorsky Aircraft's SH-60B LAMPS MK III helicopter. The aircraft was designed primarily for antisubmarine and antiship missions and to be deployed aboard frigates, destroyers and cruisers.

Feb 15 England all out 64 for first loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott Captain)

Feb 16 The first Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)

Feb 10 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA

Feb 15 Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola FL

Feb 09 The first satellite of the new Navy Fleet Satellite Communications System was launched. This system satisfies the need for worldwide tactical command control and communications for the entire fleet.

Feb 22 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly TN

Feb 14 First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments

Feb 06 Muriel Humphrey fills the U.S. senate seat of her late husband, Minnesota senator and former U.S. Vice President, Hubert Humphrey.

Feb 08 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait

Feb 11 Pacific Western Airlines aircraft crashes at Cranbrook, killing 43 people; snowplow on runway during PWA jet's landing

Feb 27 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

Feb 06 Snowstorm hits New England (54" (137cm))

Feb 23 20th Grammy Awards Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone win

Feb 07 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert

Feb 20 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus

Feb 26 Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," premieres in New York NY

Feb 18 The first Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI

Feb 12 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances

Feb 09 Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City FL; later executed

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