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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* February | * January 25 - [[Idi Amin Dada]] deposes [[Milton Obote]] in a successful ''coup d'etat'' and declares himself President of Uganda. | ||
* February 7 - A soldier named Robert Curtis is shot dead by the [[IRA]]. | |||
* March 12 - [[Hafez al-Assad]] declares himself President of Syria. | |||
* 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]]. | |||
* July 23 - [[William Tolbert]] is elected President of Liberia. | |||
* August 18 - [[Hugo Banzer]] takes power in Bolivia in a successful military coup. | |||
* September 30 - The [[Democratic Unionist Party]] is founded by [[Ian Paisley]]. | |||
* November 24 - A man calling himself "[[D. B. Cooper]]" hijacks a Boeing 727 aircraft in the northwest United States, in the airspace between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, extorting $200,000 in ransom before parachuting off the plane to an unknown fate. | |||
* December 20 - [[Yahya Khan]] resigns as President of Pakistan. | |||
* Unknown - The [[Japanese Red Army]] is founded. | |||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
* November | * January 12 - [[Alfredo Beltrán Leyva]] & [[Peter Madsen]] | ||
* March 7 - [[Todd Kohlhepp]] | |||
* April 11 - [[JewWario]] | |||
* April 21 - [[Anwar al-Awlaki]] | |||
* June 27 - [[Dipendra of Nepal]] | |||
* July 26 - [[Kendall Francois]] | |||
* July 28 - [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] | |||
* September 26 - [[Susan Smith]] | |||
* September 30 - [[Joshua Blahyi (General Butt Naked)]] | |||
* November 11 - [[Wade Michael Page]] | |||
* December 15 - [[Tawana Brawley]] | |||
* December 19 - [[Amy Locane]] | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
* May | === Villain deaths === | ||
* February 5 - [[Mátyás Rákosi]] | |||
* April 21 - [[François Duvalier]] | |||
* May 15 - [[Billy Reid]] | |||
* June 28 - [[Franz Stangl]] | |||
* August 29 - [[Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb|Nathan Leopold]] | |||
* October 10 - [[Nardong Putik]] | |||
=== Victim deaths === | |||
* April 25 - Carol Spinks | |||
* July 8 - Darlenia Denise Johnson | |||
* July 27 - Brenda Faye Crockett | |||
* October 1 - Nenomoshia Yates | |||
* November 15 - Brenda Woodward |
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Events
- January 25 - Idi Amin Dada deposes Milton Obote in a successful coup d'etat and declares himself President of Uganda.
- February 7 - A soldier named Robert Curtis is shot dead by the IRA.
- March 12 - Hafez al-Assad declares himself President of Syria.
- April 25 - The first victim of the Freeway Phantom, 13-year old Carol Denise Spinks, is found murdered 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.
- July 23 - William Tolbert is elected President of Liberia.
- August 18 - Hugo Banzer takes power in Bolivia in a successful military coup.
- September 30 - The Democratic Unionist Party is founded by Ian Paisley.
- November 24 - A man calling himself "D. B. Cooper" hijacks a Boeing 727 aircraft in the northwest United States, in the airspace between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, extorting $200,000 in ransom before parachuting off the plane to an unknown fate.
- December 20 - Yahya Khan resigns as President of Pakistan.
- Unknown - The Japanese Red Army is founded.
Births
- January 12 - Alfredo Beltrán Leyva & Peter Madsen
- March 7 - Todd Kohlhepp
- April 11 - JewWario
- April 21 - Anwar al-Awlaki
- June 27 - Dipendra of Nepal
- July 26 - Kendall Francois
- July 28 - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- September 26 - Susan Smith
- September 30 - Joshua Blahyi (General Butt Naked)
- November 11 - Wade Michael Page
- December 15 - Tawana Brawley
- December 19 - Amy Locane
Deaths
Villain deaths
- February 5 - Mátyás Rákosi
- April 21 - François Duvalier
- May 15 - Billy Reid
- June 28 - Franz Stangl
- August 29 - Nathan Leopold
- October 10 - Nardong Putik
Victim deaths
- April 25 - Carol Spinks
- July 8 - Darlenia Denise Johnson
- July 27 - Brenda Faye Crockett
- October 1 - Nenomoshia Yates
- November 15 - Brenda Woodward