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1.7 July

July 5 - Right to vote: The voting age in the United States is reduced to 18 from 21 (provision of the 26th Amendment formally certified by President Richard Nixon on this day)
July 9 - United Kingdom increases its troops in Northern Ireland to 11.000
July 10- 11 – Coup attempt in Morocco - 1400 cadets take over the king's palace for three hours and kill 28 people; 158 rebels die when king's troops storm the palace. 10 high-ranking officers are later executed for involvement
July 13 – Olafur Johannesson 's government in Iceland
July 13 – Jordanian army troops launch offensive against Palestinian guerillas in Jordan
July 14 – Libya severs its diplomatic ties to Morocco
July 14 – Yugoslavian government allows foreign companies to take their profits from the country
July 16 - Franco makes Prince Juan Carlos his successor.
July 16 - The four billionth baby was born. (see World Population).
July 17 – Italy and Austria sign a treaty that ends the schism about South Tyrol
July 18 – Trucial States formed in the Persian Gulf
July 19- 23 – Military coup in Sudan ousts Yafar al-Nimeiri and major Hashem al-Atta takes over. Fighting continues until on July 22 pro-Nimeiri troops win. Al-Atta and 3 officers are executed July 23. Nimeiri launches an anti-communist campaign
July 26 - Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15. On July 31 the Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover a day after landing on the surface
July 28 - Abdel Madgoub , Sudanese communist leader, is hanged
July 30 – In Japan, Boeing 707 collides with a fighter – 162 dead

1.8 August

August 9 - India signs a twenty year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union.
August 9 - British security forces in Northern Ireland detain hundreds of guerilla suspects and put them into Long Kesh - the beginning of an internment without trial policy. 20 die in riots that follow.
August 12 – 3000 people from Belfast and Londonderry has fled to Ireland because of the violence
August 12 – Syria severs diplomatic relations to Jordan because of border clashes
August 14 – British troops stationed on Ireland border to stop arms smuggling
August 14 - Emirate of Bahrain declares independence
August 15 – Number of British troops in Northern Ireland rises to 12.500
August 15 - President Richard Nixon announces that the United States would no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods Gold Standard
August 18 - Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam
August 18 – British troops in firefight in Londonderry
August 19- 22 – Right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan Jose Torres but eventually Hugo Banzer takes over
August 25 – Border clashes between Tanzania and Uganda
August 25 – Large flood in Bangladesh and eastern Bengal – thousands flee the area
August 26 - Civilian government in Greece.
August 30 - The Alberta Progressive Conservatives under Peter Lougheed defeat the Social Credit government under Harry E. Strom in a general election, ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in Alberta.

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