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1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill. 
1965 Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car
1966 -19ºF (-28ºC), Corinth MS (state record).
1966 -27ºF (-33ºC), New Market AL (state record).
1967 Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies
1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"
1968 Communist forces launch a series of surprise attacks against South Vietnamese targets on the inaugural day of the Tet Offensive
1968 Vietcong launch Tet-offensive.
1968 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert on the roof of Apple
1969 US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere.
1969 Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75
1970 Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82.
1971 Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his inaugural Test bowl, vs England.
1972 Bloody Sunday British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die.
1972 British soldiers shoot and kill 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. This inspired the U2 song Sunday, Bloody Sunday
1972 Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth
1972 Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
1973 Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts
1973 KISS plays their inaugural show (Coventry Club in Queens NY).
1973 Winnipeg-based Investors Growth Fund of Canada inaugural foreign mutual fund to sell units in Japan.
1973 Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
1974 Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wkts v South Africa 1910-11 series), dies.
1975 In this year, Ontario starts Wintario lottery to raise money for sports, recreation and cultural activities and facilities
1975 Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
1976 George Bush is recorded as becoming 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
1976 William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA.
1976 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80
1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever.
1977 Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (New South Wales vs Queesland).
1978 Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio.
1979 Iran announces that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is returning, ending his exile in France
1979 Rhodesia agrees to new constitution
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