Events 601 - 633 of 633
- Dec 17 "Diamonds are Forever", 7th James Bond film, last starring Sean Conner, also starring Jill St. John is 1st released in West Germany
- Dec 17 Cease fire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir
- Dec 17 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
- Dec 18 1st Candlelight Processional at the EPCOT Center, Disney World
- Dec 18 CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
- Dec 18 People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) formed by Jesse Jackson in Chicago
- Dec 18 Three members of the Irish Republican Army die when the bomb they were transporting explodes prematurely in King Street, Magherafelt, County Derry.
- Dec 18 US dollar devalued 7.9% in Holland ($1=Ÿ3,245)
- Dec 19 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons)
- Dec 19 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
"A Clockwork Orange"
Dec 19 Stanley Kubrick's film and cult classic "A Clockwork Orange" based on the book by Anthony Burgess and starring Malcolm McDowell premieres
"Ms." Magazine
Dec 20 First preview issue of "Ms." magazine is published in the US launched by Gloria Steinem
- Dec 20 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns
- Dec 21 A publican is killed as he tried to remove a bomb from his pub, Northern Ireland
Kurt Waldheim Secretary General
Dec 21 UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th Secretary-General
- Dec 22 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Dec 22 UN General Assembly ratifies former Austrian President Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General
- Dec 22 USSR performs underground nuclear test
PM Visits Northern Ireland
Dec 23 British Prime Minister Edward Heath visits Northern Ireland and expresses his determination to end the violence
Nixon Commutes Hoffa's Sentence
Dec 23 US President Richard Nixon commutes remaining 8 years of Teamsters labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa's 13-year jail term for bribery and fraud
One Survives Amazon Plane Crash
Dec 24 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later
- Dec 25 Longest game in NFL history as Miami Dolphins beat KC Chiefs, 27-24 in 2OT in AFL playoff game; duration: 82 minutes and 40 seconds
- Dec 25 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) formed by Jesse Jackson
- Dec 25 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul
Ali vs. Blin
Dec 26 Muhammad Ali finishes off German Jürgen Blin with a thundering right cross for a 7th-round knockout in a non-title heavyweight boxing contest in Zurich, Switzerland
Ballon d'Or
Dec 28 Ballon d'Or: Ajax forward Johan Cruyff wins award for best European football player ahead of Inter forward Sandro Mazzola and Manchester United winger George Best; first Dutch national and Ajax player to win award
- Dec 28 Hashish now falls under the Dutch Opium Law (Opiumwet)
- Dec 30 A member of the Irish Republican Army is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Santry, Dublin.
- Dec 30 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)
- Dec 30 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Dec 31 Edmund Compton, then Northern Ireland Ombudsman, is replaced by John Benn
- Dec 31 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Dec 31 Lt Gen Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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