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| Shah of Iran is Forced Into
Exile and is Replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini 100 U.S. Embassy Staff and Marines are Taken Hostage U.S. President Jimmy Carter Agrees to Camp David Peace Treaty U.S. President Jimmy Carter Signs SALT-2 Arms Limitation Treaty Margaret Thatcher Becomes Conservative Prime Minister of Britain Joe Clark is Elected new Prime Minister of Canada Pope John Paul II Becomes first Pope to Visit a Communist country John Wayne, American Actor Known as "The Duke" Passes Nuclear Disaster is Narrowly Averted at Three Mile Island Pittsburgh Steelers Defeat Dallas Cowboys 35-31 to Win Super Bowl 273 Persons Die in America's Worst Aviation Disaster John McEnroe (U.S.) Captures His First U.S. Open Men's Single's Title Bjorn Borg (Swed.) Captures Wimbledon Men's Single's Title |
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