- Surely something interesting happened in this year.
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1972
Something something vietnam war.
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1973
30 years left until ss13 comes out
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Big year of Troubles
The Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico sends a transmission to the Messier cluster using their radio telescope, which we can expect to arrive there in the year 27,000
Erno Rubik makes his cube puzzle
Lucy is found :+)
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This year ends in 5 pretty cool IMO
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1500 years have passed since the fall of the (Western) Roman Empire
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Star Wars begins filming in Tunisia.
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The Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is released by Seymour Cray’s Cray Research, with the first purchaser being the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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Viking Program sends out the Viking 1 and Viking 2. Here’s a video on Wikipedia I found about it (It should work I think?)
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The Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. It takes the photo “Face on Mars”
It is followed by the Viking 2, which takes photos of the surface of Mars
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The Muppet Show is broadcast in the United Kingdom for the first time, on ITV.
alright all that was the fun stuff now here’s a few disasters that occurred.
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A 7.5 magnitude Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured.
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The Tangshan earthquake flattens Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851.
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Hurricane Liza killed more than 600 people in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, striking the resort city of La Paz, Baja California Sur where 350 people died, and another 280 in the surrounding area.
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The 8.0 Magnatude Moro Gulf earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.
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The first known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire.
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1977
Apple Computers was incorporated.
Optical Fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
Star Wars opened in movie theaters.
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1978
The US Senate broadcasts their proceedings on public radio for the first time.
Charlie Chaplain’s remains were stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.
The Liberian oil tanker, Amoco Cadiz, runs aground on the coast of Brittany. (on my birthday too, bad omen)
San Francisco’s city council signs the U.S’s most comprehensive gay rights bill.
Several Somali military officers stage an unsuccessful coup against the government of Siad Barre
A group of mercenaries led by Bob Denard, former commander of the presidential guard, oust Ali Soilioh in the Comoros
I’d like to write more but I don’t want to write too much, and there’s just too much cool stuff that I’m not doing them justice with such brief descriptions.
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1979
Ayatollahs in Iran
Russians in Afghanistan
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ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY
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1981
3 more till the funny number. @Biolock ready your ass.
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1982
Canada is freed from the tyranny of British Parliament
The Canucks lose the Stanley Cup to New York Islanders in a four game sweep
Quebeçois F1 driver Gilles Villaneuve dies during a racing accident
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1983
There are 2072 posts in this thread yet we are almost a hundred numbers below.
Also this is a great way to farm the forums.
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1985
THE THREAD LIVES!
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1986 We are reaching the 2000 with this one 
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1987
When will they let you out Lenoox?
Also @Biolock failed his job 
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Congratulations, we have reached the end of history (no posts followed). Now please return to your daily scheduled dose of Colonial Marines.
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