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Events

January 1 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa stages a successful coup d'état of the Central African Republic and declares himself president.
January 10 - The Ku Klux Klan attack the home of Civil Rights Movement leader Vernon Dahmer, burning down his home and killing him.
March 18 - The Grey Wolves are founded.
April 4 - The National Renewal Alliance is founded.
May 6 - Both Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in the Moors murders.
May 16 - Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China initiate the Cultural Revolution.
May 25 - Gertrude Baniszewski and her daughter Paula are both found guilty of the murder of Sylvia Likens and are sentenced to life in prison.
July 6 - Malawi declares independence from the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Hastings Banda is named president.
July 28 - Yakubu Gowon is installed as the military head of state of Nigeria following a military coup.
August 1 - The University of Texas tower shooting: Charles Whitman perpetrates a mass shooting from atop the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin, killing 14 people and injuring 31 others.
August 24 - Bruce Greatbatch gives the order for the Chagossias to be forcibly removed of the island of Diego Garcia.
September 29 - The Nigerian military government under Yakubu Gowon launches a pogrom against the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria, leaving about 30,000 dead.
November 28 - Michel Micombero successfully abolishes the Burundian monarchy and declares himself the first President of Burundi.

Births

February 12 - Leszek Pękalski
April 2 - Bill Romanowski
April 12 - Giuseppe Coluccio
September 19 - Eric Rudolph

Deaths

Villain deaths

April 21 - Josef Dietrich
June 28 - D. C. Stephenson
August 1 - Charles Whitman
September 2 - Yasuji Okamura
September 6 - Hendrik Verwoerd
September 14 - Hiram Wesley Evans
November 5 - Dietrich von Choltitz

Victim deaths

January 10 - Vernon Dahmer
August 1 - Kathy & Margaret Whitman

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 == Events ==
 * January 1 - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] stages a successful ''coup d'état'' of the Central African Republic and declares himself president.
+* January 10 - The [[Ku Klux Klan]] attack the home of Civil Rights Movement leader Vernon Dahmer, burning down his home and killing him.
+* March 18 - The [[Grey Wolves]] are founded.
+* April 4 - The [[National Renewal Alliance]] is founded.
+* May 6 - Both [[Ian Brady]] and [[Myra Hindley]] are sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in the Moors murders.
+* May 16 - [[Mao Zedong]] and the [[Communist Party of China]] initiate the Cultural Revolution.
+* May 25 - [[Gertrude Baniszewski]] and her daughter [[Paula Baniszewski|Paula]] are both found guilty of the [[murder]] of Sylvia Likens and are sentenced to life in prison.
+* July 6 - Malawi declares independence from the United Kingdom. Prime Minister [[Hastings Banda]] is named president.
+* July 28 - [[Yakubu Gowon]] is installed as the military head of state of Nigeria following a military coup.
 * August 1 - The University of Texas tower shooting: [[Charles Whitman]] perpetrates a [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] from atop the Main Building tower at the University of Texas at Austin, killing 14 people and injuring 31 others.
-* November 28 - [[Michael Micombero]] successfully abolishes the Burundian monarchy and declares himself the first President of Burundi.
+* August 24 - [[Bruce Greatbatch]] gives the order for the [[Expulsion of the Chagossians|Chagossias to be forcibly removed]] of the island of Diego Garcia.
+* September 29 - The Nigerian military government under Yakubu Gowon launches a [[pogrom]] against the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria, leaving about 30,000 dead.
+* November 28 - [[Michel Micombero]] successfully abolishes the Burundian monarchy and declares himself the first President of Burundi.
 == Births ==
+* February 12 - [[Leszek Pękalski]]
+* April 2 - [[Bill Romanowski]]
+* April 12 - [[Giuseppe Coluccio]]
+* September 19 - [[Eric Rudolph]]
 == Deaths ==
+=== Villain deaths ===
+* April 21 - [[Josef Dietrich]]
+* June 28 - [[D. C. Stephenson]]
+* August 1 - [[Charles Whitman]]
+* September 2 - [[Yasuji Okamura]]
+* September 6 - [[Hendrik Verwoerd]]
+* September 14 - [[Hiram Wesley Evans]]
+* November 5 - [[Dietrich von Choltitz]]
+=== Victim deaths ===
+* January 10 - Vernon Dahmer
+* August 1 - Kathy & Margaret Whitman