| That was the year when...
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The Watergate
scandal brings about Nixon resignation |
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West Germany won the
football World cup (in West Germany) |
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Mikhail Baryshnikov became
the latest Soviet Ballet dancer to defect to the west |
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Haile Selassie Deposed
as Ruler of Ethiopia after 58 years in power |
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Famous Radio & TV
comedian Jack Benny died, aged 80 |
| While Nixon was squirming and Evel Knievel
was trying to leap the Grand Canyon Swedish pop sensations
Abba were hitting the top of the charts with Waterloo. |
| You Have been Watching... |
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The Godfather partII (Best Film Oscar) |
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Monty Python's The Holy Grail |
