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1971 inaugural British soldier killed in Northern Ireland. 
1971 Probably inaugural gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley results in the deaths of 65 and leads to over $½ billion damage
1971 San Fernando, California an earthquake measuring 6.5 lasted about 60 seconds, took 65 lives, injured more than 2000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million
1971 Satchel Paige is recorded as becoming inaugural negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1972 British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1973 Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
1974 "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1974 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60
1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1975 USS Enterprise responded to calls for disaster relief from the island nation of Mauritius which was struck on by Typhoon Cervaise
1975 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82
1976 In Los Angeles conductor arranger Percy Faith dies at age 67.
1977 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
1978 Ottawa orders 11 Soviet embassy officials deported for allegedly trying to infiltrate the RCMP Security Service.
1978 Ted Bundy results in the deaths of Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City FL; later executed.
1978 The inaugural 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.
1978 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12
1979 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey.
1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
1979 Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
1979 Nigeria amends constitution.
1979 C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
1980 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106
1981 Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55.
1981 Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55.
1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s.
1984 Russian leader Yuri V. Andropov dies at age 69
1984 Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun).
1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen.
1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
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