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1962 - Lieutenant General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of Central Intelligence Agency.

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1964 - US and Panamá agree to resume diplomatic relations.

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1965 - First atomic powered spacecraft (SNAP) launched.

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1968 - North Vietnam agrees to meet US representatives to set up preliminary peace talks.

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1972 - Official US gold price raised from $35 per ounce to $38.

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1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City.

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1974 - In the USA, 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states in the east, south and midwest killed approximately 315.

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1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's first meeting with US President Jimmy Carter.

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1978 - 50th Academy Awards - Annie Hall, Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win.

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1978 - Larry King moves his radio show from Miami, Florida to Washington, DC.

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