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1975 - Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colorado (Ted Bundy victim).

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1975 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500 metre (37.99 seconds).

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1976 - Birth of Laurent Gras; hockey forward (Team France 1998).

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1976 - Failed coup in Nigeria.

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1977 - Eight is Enough premieres on ABC-TV.

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1977 - Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered.

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1977 - US House of Representatives begin 90-day test of televising its sessions.

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1977 - Chevrolet general manager Robert Lund drives the 500,000th Corvette, a white Stingray T-Top, off the assembly line in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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1978 - Oakland Athletics trade Vida Blue to San Francisco Giants for seven players and US$390,000.

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1978 - Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas.

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