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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident, sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (/ˈtuːli/; Danish: Thuleulykken), involving a United States Air …
1969 Curaçao uprising
The 1969 Curaçao uprising (Papiamento: Trinta di Mei, 'Thirtieth of May') was a series of riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands…
1973 FA Charity Shield
The 1973 FA Charity Shield was the 51st FA Charity Shield, an annual English association football match. The game took place on 18 August 1973 at Maine Road in …
1973–74 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1973–74 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league syst…
1974 White House helicopter incident
On February 17, 1974, U.S. Army Private First Class Robert Kenneth Preston (1953–2009) took off in a stolen Bell UH-1B Iroquois "Huey" helicopter from Tipton Fi…
1978 FA Cup final
The 1978 FA Cup final was an association football match between Arsenal and Ipswich Town on 6 May 1978 at the old Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final matc…
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état occurred on 15 October when junior officers of the Armed Forces of El Salvador's Military Youth Movement (MJM) bloodlessly overt…
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
On May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m., Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington experienced a catastrophic explosive eruption which had a volcanic explosivity in…
1980 World Snooker Championship
The 1980 World Snooker Championship, officially known as the 1980 Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons, was a ranking professional snooker…
1980–81 Ipswich Town F.C. season
During the 1980–81 English football season, Ipswich Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. In one of the most successful seasons in the club'…
1981 Irish hunger strike
A five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland culminated in a hunger strike in 1981. The protest began as the blanke…
1981 UEFA Cup final
The 1981 UEFA Cup final was an association football match played over two legs between AZ '67 of the Netherlands and Ipswich Town of England. The first leg was …
1981 World Snooker Championship
The 1981 World Snooker Championship (officially the 1981 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a ranking professional snooker tournament which took place from…
1981–82 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1981–82 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system…
1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
On 6 June 1982, during the Falklands War, the British Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army Westland Gazelle helicopter,…
1982 World Snooker Championship
The 1982 World Snooker Championship (officially the 1982 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 30 Ap…
1982–83 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1982–83 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system…
1983 World Snooker Championship
The 1983 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tourn…
1983–84 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1983–84 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system…
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
In 1984, 751 people suffered food poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, due to the deliberate contamination of salad bars at ten local restaurants wit…
1984 World Snooker Championship
The 1984 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1984 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a ranking professional …
1984–85 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1984–85 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system…
1985 Tour de France
The 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 28 June and 21 July. The course ran over…
1985 World Snooker Championship
The 1985 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1985 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a professional ranking tourna…