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* April 25 - The first victim of the [[Freeway Phantom]], 13-year old Carol Denise Spinks, is found [[murder]]ed behind St. Elizabeths Hospital on a grassy embankment next to the northbound lanes of I-295, about 1,500 feet south of Suitland Parkway in Washington D.C. | * April 25 - The first victim of the [[Freeway Phantom]], 13-year old Carol Denise Spinks, is found [[murder]]ed behind St. Elizabeths Hospital on a grassy embankment next to the northbound lanes of I-295, about 1,500 feet south of Suitland Parkway in Washington D.C. | ||
* May 3 - [[Erich Honecker]] succeeds [[Walter Ulbricht]] as General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | * May 3 - [[Erich Honecker]] succeeds [[Walter Ulbricht]] as General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | ||
* June 10 - The ''[[El Halconazo]]'' massacre takes place in Mexico City. | |||
* July 23 - [[William Tolbert]] is elected President of Liberia. | * July 23 - [[William Tolbert]] is elected President of Liberia. | ||
* August 18 - [[Hugo Banzer]] takes power in Bolivia in a successful military coup. | * August 18 - [[Hugo Banzer]] takes power in Bolivia in a successful military coup. | ||