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1.2 February

February 4 - In Britain, Rolls Royce goes bankrupt - state takes over
February 5 - Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.
February 7 - Tuscany, Italy, wrecked in an earthquake
February 7 - Men of Switzerland vote for giving voting rights to women in state elections - but not in all canton-specific ones.
February 7 – Wladyslaw Gomulka is expelled from central council of the Polish communist party
February 8 - A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts
February 9 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
February 9 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
February 9 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing
February 11 - US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.
February 11- 12 – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in Amman
February 13 - Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
February 15 - " Decimalization Day" - United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency. See also decimalization.
February 15 – Angry Belgian farmers crash the EEC meeting in Brussels with three live cows with them
February 16 – In Italy, local parliament elects the city of Catanzaro as the capital of Calabria – residents of Reggio di Calabria riot for five days because of the decision
February 20 – 50 tornadoes rage in Mississippi – 74 dead

1.3 March

March 1 - Bomb explodes in men's room in the White House - Weather Underground claims responsibility.
March 1 - Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
March 1 - Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as 17th premier of Ontario
March 5 – Pakistani army occupies the East Pakistan
March 7 – Strike of British postal workers ends after 47 days
March 10 - Twenty-sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18.
March 12 - Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria.
March 16 – Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway
March 18 - A landslide at Chungar , Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200
March 23 – Military coup in Argentina – general Alejandro Lanusse takes power
March 25 – Pakistani army starts massive killing in East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh, after an open, non-democratic denial by Pakistani president Yahiya Khan, a military ruler, of election results that gave Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament.
March 26 - Secret radio station in East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan and the establishment of Bangladesh. This day is observed as "The Independence Day" of Bangladesh
March 29 - William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders in My Lai massacre and sentenced to life in prison. He is later pardoned.
March 29 - A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.

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