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Events

March 1 - Bradford Bishop murders his wife, mother, and three sons, then goes on the run.
March 29 - The National Reorganization Process takes power in Argentina following a successful coup. Their leader, Jorge Rafael Videla, declares himself president.
April 2 - The Battle of the Hotels comes to an end.
May 5 - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are founded by Velupillai Prabhakaran.
June 12 - Juan María Bordaberry resigns as President of Uruguay.
July - Siad Barre dissolves the Supreme Revolutionary Council junta and establishes in its place the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP), a one-party government based on scientific socialism and Islamic tenets.
July 7 - Donald Neilson is found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of blackmail, and is sentenced to five concurrent life sentences.
July 29 - David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam, commits his first confirmed murder, killing 18-year old Donna Lauria by shooting her in the head in the Pelham Bay area of The Bronx. Her friend, 19-year old Jody Valenti, was also shot, but survived.
September 21 - Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, is assassinated in a car bombing in Washington D.C. by members of DINA.
October 6 - The Thammasat University Massacre takes place in Bangkok, Thailand in response to the return of former dictator Thanom Kittikachorn. Official reports state that 46 were killed and 167 were wounded, while unofficial reports state that more than 100 demonstrators were killed.
November 1 - Michel Micombero is overthrown as dictator of Burundi by Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who declares himself president.
December 2 - Fidel Castro is elected President of Cuba.
December 4 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa declares the formation of the Central African Empire, crowning himself Emperor and taking the regnal name Bokassa I.

Births

Villain births

January 13 - Arturo Guzmán Decena
January 20 - Josh Powell & Hendrik Mobus
February 11 - Toni Lawrence
March 13 - Danny Masterson
March 19 - Derek Chauvin
March 29 - Jennifer Capriati
April 14 - Santiago Abascal
April 25 - Omar Thornton
May 16 - Shinji Aoba
June 9 - Hope Rippey
June 18 - Candace Muzny
June 28 - Satam al-Suqami
August 5 - Napoleon Beazley
August 9 - Nawaf al-Hazmi
September 15 - Big Lurch
October 5 - Ramzan Kadyrov
December 7 - Duncan Hunter

Victim births

Unknown - Suzanne Capper

Deaths

Villain deaths

January 8 - Zhou Enlai
September 9 - Mao Zedong
September 19 - Choi Yong-kun
November 19 - Stanislav Vaupshasov
December 15 - Grégoire Kayibanda

Victim deaths

July 29 - Donna Lauria
September 1 - Cary Ann Medlin
September 21 - Orlando Letelier

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 *July 29 - [[David Berkowitz]], the Son of Sam, commits his first confirmed murder, killing 18-year old Donna Lauria by shooting her in the head in the Pelham Bay area of The Bronx. Her friend, 19-year old Jody Valenti, was also shot, but survived.
 *September 21 - Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]], is assassinated in a car bombing in Washington D.C. by members of [[DINA]].
-*November 1 - [[Michel Micombero]] is overthrown as dictator of Burundi by [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]], who declares himself president.
+*October 6 - The [[Thammasat University Massacre]] takes place in Bangkok, Thailand in response to the return of former dictator [[Thanom Kittikachorn]]. Official reports state that 46 were killed and 167 were wounded, while unofficial reports state that more than 100 demonstrators were killed.
+* November 1 - [[Michel Micombero]] is  overthrown as dictator of Burundi by [[Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]], who declares himself president.
 *December 2 - [[Fidel Castro]] is elected President of Cuba.
 *December 4 - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] declares the formation of the Central African Empire, crowning himself Emperor and taking the regnal name '''Bokassa I'''.