| 1975 | Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. |
| 1977 | Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. |
| 1978 | Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. |
| 1980 | The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. |
| 1981 | The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK. |
| 1984 | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage. |
| 1984 | Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment. |
| 1986 | Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. |
| 1990 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. |
| 1991 | The current international treaty defe
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