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Friday, 27 March 2026
1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy. 
1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) win Olympics gold for figure skating
1965 Richard P Blackmur, US, critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61
1967 A second professional basketball league, the American Basketball Association, is formed by representatives of the NBA.
1967 In this year, Bolivia formally adopts its constitution
1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
1969 Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81
1970 Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97.
1971 Idi Amin is recorded as becoming ruler of Uganda, following a coup that ousts President Milton Obote.
1972 Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
1973 James R Schlesinger is recorded as becoming director of the CIA (until July)
1973 Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA
1973 Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs Pakistan, Wellington.
1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70
1974 Barbra Streisand's inaugural #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary".
1974 Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80
1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia.
1975 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1975 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1976 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV.
1976 "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV.
1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR)
1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating the TRS-80 computer.
1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL record for a defenseman.
1978 Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65.
1979 Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide.
1980 In this year, FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors.
1980 The U.S. learns of an FBI sting operation named "Abscam" that targeted members of Congress using agents posing as Arab businessmen.
1980 William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68.
1981 Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88.
1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC
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