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Daud faces pressure from the opposition party known as the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
Read more about the
PDPA.
In Angola, the MPLA gains control of the whole country. It receives large amount of aid from the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Romania and the United States sign a ten-year economic pact.
Vietnam is officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
History of Vietnam
by the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Mao Tse-tung dies, setting off a succession struggle in China.
A great way to know more about a person - read his writings. Here are some
writings
of Mao Zedong.
A
picture gallery
of Chairman Mao and the Chinese Revolution.
Jimmy Carter
is elected president of the United States.
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