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Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashes in Semey, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan), killing all 63 aboard
Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate
Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes,
The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the
The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the
The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141
The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship
Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalist
Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago sign the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago…
Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago sign the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago…
Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago sign the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago…
Juvénal Habyarimana seizes power over Rwanda in a coup d'état.
Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators…
Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends.
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands…
A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages…