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1.6 June events

June 2 - Norway announces that it has rich oil deposits off its North Sea coast.
June 4 - Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
June 18 - Edward Heath is elected Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
June 24 - The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
June 28 - US ground troops withdraw from Cambodia.

1.7 July events

July 4 - Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona - at least 112 dead.
July 11 - The first tunnel under the Pyrenees links the French and Spanish towns of Aranoutes and Biesma
July 21 - Aswan High Dam in Egypt completed.
July 30 - Damages awarded to Thalidomide victims,

1.8 August events

August 17- 18 - US sinks 418 containers of nerve gas into the Gulf Stream near the Bahamas
August 17 - Venera program: Venera 7 is launched. It will later becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from another planet.

1.9 September events

September 1 – Assassination attempt against king Hussein of Jordan
September 3 - Salvador Allende wins the presidential election in Chile.
September 3- 6 – Israeli forces fight Palestinian guerillas in southern Lebanon.
September 5 - Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins - The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province (operation ends in October 1971).
September 7 - An anti-war rally is held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, attended by John Kerry, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
September 7 – Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan
September 8- 10 – Jordanian government and Palestinian guerillas make truces that keep breaking.
September 9 – Guinea recognizes East Germany.
September 10 – Cambodian government forces break the blockage around Kompong Tho after a 3-month siege.
September 11 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.
September 13 - First running of the New York City Marathon.
September 15 – King Hussein of Jordan forms a military government with Mohamed Daoud as the prime minister.
September 20 - End of term for Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III as the 4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
September 20 – Syrian armored forces cross Jordanian border.
September 20- 21 – Luna 16 lands on the Moon and lifts off the day later with samples. Lands on Earth September 24.
September 21 – Palestinian armored forces reinforce Palestinian guerillas in Irbidi , Jordan.
September 21 - Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, Sultan of Kedah becomes the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
September 23 – Jordanian army drives Syrian tanks back over the Syrian border.
September 25 – Jordanian army releases 15 people who had been Palestinian hostages.
September 26 – Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County butining 175,425 acres (710 km²).
September 26 – PFLP releases 32 hostages, victims of their plane hijackings.
September 26 – King Hussein of Jordan forms a new government, with Ahmed Toukan as the prime minister.
September 27 – Jordanian government and Palestinians sign a treaty where both sides withdraw their forces from Jordanian cities.
September 27 – Richard Nixon begins a tour in Europe and visits Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain, United Kingdom and Ireland.
September 28 – Gamal Abdal Nasser dies - vice president Anwar Sadat is named temporary president of Egypt.
September 29 – Last six hostages in the hands of Palestinians are released.
September 29 – US Congress gives president Richard Nixon authority to sell arms to Israel.
September 29 - In Berlin, Baader-Meinhof Gang members rob three banks, loot totaling over DM200.000.
September 30 – Britain releases Leila Khaled; West Germany and Switzerland release six other Palestinian guerillas.

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