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This Day in 70s History

1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1982 J”rgensen govt in Denmark resigns
1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
1979 Iran army conquerors Mahabad
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
1975 Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
1973 General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA
1973 Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as sect-gen of NATO
1970 After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
1970 Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia