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1975 Apple records closes down 
1975 US Navy departs Vietnamese waters at end of evacuation.
1975 USS Midway off-loaded at Utapao, Thailand, over 40 USAF helicopters used in South Vietnam evacuation operations
1977 "The King and I" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.
1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa
1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour.
1980 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes.
1982 Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives
1982 Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1982 Helmut Dantine
1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA.
1983 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
1984 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66.
1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
1986 In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 26th Europe Cup II
1986 In Vancouver BC, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Expo '86;
1986 Radiation released from the Chernobyl accident reach France, Britain
1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver British Columbia.
1986 Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956)
1988 Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4800000
1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
1990 South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38.
1991 Hal Bell, dies at 65.
1992 Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic
1992 Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34
1993 Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82.
1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
1994 Dr Kevokian are discovered innocent on assisting suicides
1994 Michael Bolton are discovered to have plagiarized Isley Brothers "Love is Wonderful Thing"
1994 Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65
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