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Rock Band KISS make their primetime television debut on ABC’s Paul Lynde Halloween Special.
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Also in the special, an aged Margaret Hamilton reprises her role as The Wicked Witch of the West from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz.
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ZANU militant Robert Mugabe at the United Nations in Geneva. In opening statements, Mugabe accuses Rhodesia of “brutal atrocities” and torture which Ian Smith calls “a complete pack of lies.”
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Mugabe became head of ZANU last year:
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Herbert Chitepo, leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) is assassinated by a car bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. Chitepo’s bodyguard and a bystander are also killed by the blast. It is unclear whether the white government of Rhodesia or a rival African group ordered the assassination. Robert Mugabe succeeds Chitepo as head of ZANU.
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Soviet Russian painter Konstantin Vasilyev dies in a railway accident near Kazan. He was 34. Here are some of his works:
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More Vasilyev paintings - the themes are a little less Russian and a little more…something else.
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Silent film star Gloria Hope dies in Pasadena, California. She was 76.
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“Look at What Happened to Rosemary’s Baby,” a TV movie sequel of the film “Rosemary’s Baby,” premieres on ABC.
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Funkadelic releases its ninth album, Hardcore Jollies.
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12 days after the general election in the German Democratic Republic, the Volkskammer elects Erich Honecker as Chairman of the Council of State, the de facto President of East Germany.
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The Toronto Zoo’s new two-week-old Bengal Tiger does not yet have a name, and they are soliciting name ideas. “Raja” is off the table, however.
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The Toronto Zoo also has new red pandas:
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Three new red pandas arrive at the Toronto Metropolitan Zoo.
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A hijacker commandeers a CŠA Czech Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 with 105 people aboard. The man forces the flight to go to Munich, West Germany, where he surrenders and requests political asylum in the west.
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Hijackings are very common, with one occuring about every 4-6 weeks:
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A Vietnamese man hijacks an Air France Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle on the ground at Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). He forces the plane to fly to Bangkok, Thailand, where he releases the 20 passengers and crew and then detonates two hand grenades, killing him and destroying the aircraft.
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Disco singer Donna Summer performs at Roseland, New York.
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British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins releases a new book, “The Selfish Gene,” which introduces a new term to the world: “memetics,” or “meme” for short.
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Northern Irish Sinn Féin politician Máire Drumm is assassinated by Ulster Defense Regiment (UDR) militants while she is recovering from surgery at the Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast. She was 57.
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The Government of South Africa ends its ban on American magazine Ebony, which has been banned in the nation for more than 10 years.
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Finnish Winter War and Continuation War hero Aarne Juutilainen dies in Helsinki. He was 72.
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