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Some of the big fashion items in the 1970s were tie die shirts, platform shoes, mini, maxi and micro skirts, and bell bottom pants.
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Some of the big fashion items in the 1970s were tie die shirts, platform shoes, mini, maxi and micro skirts, and bell bottom pants.
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Montreal was awarded the 1976 Olympics
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James Cross (The British Trade Comissioner) was kidnapped by FLQ terrorists.
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The FLQ (Front de libération du Québec) began sending ransom notes towards James Cross, threatening his life if certain demands were not met.
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Pierre Laporte (Quebec Labour Minister) was kidnapped in Montreal by FLQ terrorists
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Pierre Laporte's body was found strangled in the trunk of a car parked at the St-Hubert Airport parking lot.
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After police surrounding the house holding James Cross, he was safely released in exchange of the kidnappers and their families be given safe conduct to Cuba
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The band officially confirmed their break-up on this day.
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Ontario Place opens on the Toronto lakeshore
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Paul Rose was sentenced for life inprisonment for the muder of Pierre Laporte
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Quebec premier Robert Bourassa rejected the Victoria Charter, a document that was a failed attempt of making English and French Canada's official languages.
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Thousands pay tribute to the late jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong at a public funeral in New Orleans.
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The rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Loyd Webber and Tim Rice opens on broadway.
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Canada wins the Canada - USSR hockey series.
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One person killed when a terrorist bomb was set off at the Cuban Trade Comission in Montreal.
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Canada and the US signed Great Lakes expresses the commitment of Canada and the United States to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the Great Lakes ecosystem, this agreement includes a number of guidelines to achieve these goals.
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Five men are arrested for breaking and entering into the Democratic National Comittee HQ in the Watergate complex in Washinton, D.C.
These men were later connected to the 1972 Comittee to Re-Elect the President via a slush fund, by the FBI.
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The 1972 Olympic Games were held in Munich, Germany. After the Berlin Olympics in 1936 under Nazi reign Germany was ready to show off a new democratic government.
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Frank Calder was appointed to the BC Cabinet who was the first Native to hold a Cabinet position in Canada
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Early morning eight members of the Palestinian terrorist organization snuck into the Olympic Village killing two Israeli athletes and nine other taken hostage.
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The freighter Irish Startdust ran aground north of Vancouver Island, spilling 378 000 L of fuel oil.
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US government completely pulled out all troops from Vietnam by this day.
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised the price of oil by 70%
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Pauline McGibbon was appointed lieutenant-govenor of Ontario, who was the first lieutenant-govenor in Canada
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India detonated a neuclear device using Canadian materials
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The Canadian Government suspended all shipments of nuclear equipment and materials to India, after India's denotation of a nuclear device.
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Russian ballet dancer defected in Toronto
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In the Middle East nine Canadian peacekeepers were killed when their aircraft was shot down by a Syrian missle
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Due to to effects of the Watergate Scandel US President Richard Nixon was impeached from position.
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Weather offices in Canada first used celsius to report temperatures.
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Ottawa created wage and price controls in response to the high inflation rates of 1974-1975
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Apple Computer is founded by Steven Wozniak, Steven Jobs and Ron Wayne. Ron Wayne designs the first Apple logo.
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The CN Tower, at 553 m the worlds tallest free-standing structure at the time.
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The Montreal Olympic Games was the first time that the Olympic Games had been in Canada. It turned out to be quite a success even though Canada cam 27th with 11 medals. THe games were opened by Queen Elizibeth II. One of the major highlights was the 13 year old gymnast Nadia Comaneci who scored a perfect 10.0 and won 3 gold medals.
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Canada won the first ever Canada Cup winning against the Czechs 5-4 in the final tournament. Bobby Orr was named the tournament MVP
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The Parti Québécois won the provincial election in Quebec, promising a sovereignty referendum as part of their campaign platform.
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The film series was released on this date in the US becoming a worldwide pop culture phenomenon and spawning two immediate sequals.
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Elvis Presley makes her last concert appearence in Indianapolis.
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Elvis is found dead at his home Graceland in Memphis.
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Louise Joy Brown was the worlds first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain.
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Jim Jones, the leader of the People's Temple cult, leads more than 900 members of the People's Temple to commit mass suicide with cyanide, in Jonestown Guyana.
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Dutch inventor Joop Sinjou and Japanese inventor invented the compact laser disc.
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In 1979 one of the biggest sports events in history took place. The 1979 NCAA final game was played between Magic Johnson's Michigan State and Larry Bird's Indiana State which led to one of the biggest rivalries between Magic and Bird who both went on to win many NBA championchips. IN the end Magic's Spartans won the NCAA title but woould later meet Bird again in the NBA Finals.
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In the 1979 general election, the Conservative Party won a 44 seat majority in the House of Commons therefore making Margaret Thatcher the first female Prime Minister of Britain
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Sony introduces the first model of the walkman TPS-L2
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Chris Haney and Scott Abbott invented the game of Trivial Pursuit and was first concieved on this day.They brought the game to market in 1982.
