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1974 In this year, Labour Party claims British parliamentary election 
1974 Taiwan police shoot into crowd.
1974 The United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after a seven-year break.
1974 The US and Egypt re-establish diplomatic ties for the inaugural time since 1967
1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89
1975 More than 40 people die when a London subway train crashes into the end of a tunnel.
1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83.
1976 18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win
1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1977 A killer whale born in captivity at Marineland, Los Angeles CA
1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1978 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
1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73.
1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY.
1979 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes).
1980 Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies.
1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan.
1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1983 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1983 Statistics Canada reports Canadian Gross National Product fell 4.8% in 1982; sharpest decline since 1933
1984 In this year, 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson claims 8
1984 Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- goes for a walk in an Ottawa blizzard and decides to resign; announces decision the following day; Canada's 15th Prime Minister
1984 Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies.
1985 In Toronto Ontario, publisher Ernst Zundel convicted for distributing hate literature in a book that said the mass extermination of Jews in Germany in World War II never occurred.
1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC.
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade.
1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm.
1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death.
1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59.
1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83.
1988 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada.
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