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1967 Military coup in Greece 
1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC.
1967 Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games).
1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77.
1968 Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
1968 Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69.
1969 Record 1152 starters compete in Boston Marathon.
1970 Canadian Pacific unveils Canada's inaugural double-deck passenger train comprising nine air-conditioned cars built by Canadian Vickers Limited at a cost of $2.8 million. The cars went into operation April 27 on the Montreal Lakeshore suburban service
1971 Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81.
1971 Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81.
1972 Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission lands on the Moon
1972 John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16).
1972 Moonwalk in the Descartes Highlands by CAPT John W. Young, USN Commander of Apollo 16. He was the ninth man to walk on the moon. LCDR Thomas K. Mattingly II, USN was the Command Module Pilot. During the 11 day, 1 hour and 51 minute mission, 213 lbs. of lunar material was collected. Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14)
1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched.
1973 Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66
1975 In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his inaugural Boston Marathon in 2 9 55.
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu steps down after 10 years
1975 Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70.
1975 In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his inaugural Boston Marathon in 2:9:55.
1976 A Cadillac convertible, the"last" American-made rag-top automobile, rolled off the assembly line at GM’s Cadillac production facility in Detroit, MI. This ended a tradition that began in 1916
1976 Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing.
1977 Broadway play "Annie" opens, inaugural of 2377 performances.
1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84.
1978 Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37.
1980 In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his 3rd Boston Marathon, Rosie Ruiz is disqualified as women's champ as she had not run the entire course
1981 Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 and 1 in only Test for England), dies.
1982 Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80.
1982 M Watt discovers asteroid #2991.
1982 Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80.
1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?].
1983 Walter Slezak actor, commits suicide at his NY home at 80.
1984 "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour.
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose".
1984 Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph.
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