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1972 Birenda, is recorded as becoming leader of Nepal. 
1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
1972 US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244998)
1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51.
1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77.
1974 Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61.
1975 Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold.
1975 In this year, John Lennon releases "#9 Dream"
1976 "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
1976 Lance Gibbs is recorded as becoming highest Test wicket-taker at 308
1978 Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
1980 Ontario to rebate up to $700 in sales tax for purchasers of 1979 model cars; effort to help slumping car sales.
1980 Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41
1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies.
1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
1981 38th Golden Globes Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 Gaetan Boucher 1958- skates the 1000m in a world record time of 1:13.39; native of Charlesbourg, Quebec will go on to win gold in the 1000m and 1500m, and a bronze in the 500m at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics
1981 Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1 13.39).
1982 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
1982 In Ottawa Ontario Pierre Elliott Trudeau urges end to Polish martial law on the 'Let Poland be Poland' TV broadcast; supporting the Polish Solidarity movement
1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network
1984 NBC TV news reporter Edwin Newman retires after 35 years with the network.
1985 South African President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence.
1986 Mary Lund of Minnesota, is inaugural female recipient of an artificial heart
1986 Ohio records a 5.0 earthquake seventeen people treated for minor injuries and some damage (VI) sustained in the Painesville-Mentor area.
1987 44th Golden Globes Platoon, Marlee Matlin win
1987 Cut-price airline People Express flies its last flights before becoming part of Continental Airlines
1987 United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary contract with USX Corp
1988 Barge sinks near Anacortes WA, spills 70000 gallons of oil
1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1990 George Cohon, head of Canadian franchise subsidiary opens inaugural McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Pushkin Square, the world's biggest McDonald's Moscow Russia
1990 McDonald's opens its inaugural fast-food restaurant in Moscow.
1990 The inaugural ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing
1991 An earthquake measuring 6.6 occurs in the Hindu Kush Region . Estimated 200-400 people killed, many injured and many homes destroyed or damaged in Konar, Nangarhar and Badakhshan Provinces, Afghanistan
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