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The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of…
In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first…
Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the…
The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in…
A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer…
Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later…
Night of the Pencils: In the city of La Plata, Argentina, a group of high-school students were kidnapped and later…
TWA Flight 355 is hijacked by five Croatian nationalists. The hijackers surrender upon landing in Paris.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group.
Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the…
Dozens are killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre; afterwards, the…
George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashes at Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, killing 95.
The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins
The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins
South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War
Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost bl
Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost bl