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Golda Meir resigns and Yitzhak Rabin succeeds her as leader of the Labour party and Israeli prime minister
Mujibur Rahman, with most of his family, is assassinated by junior officers in a coup in Bangladesh
Chiang Kai-shek dies and is succeeded by his son, Chiang Ching-Kuo, as leader of the republic of China in Taiwan
The South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, is taken by North Vietnamese forces
South Vietnam surrenders, as President Duong Van Minh broadcasts an order to all South Viernames forces to lay down their arms
Khmer Rouge guerrillas, led by Pol Pot, take Phnom Penh and launch a genocidal reign of terror in Cambodia
The invasion of East Timor by Indonesia begins decades of guerrilla resistance and brutal repression
In a daring raid on Entebbe airport, Israeli troops rescue hostages hijacked on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris
Mao Zedong dies in Beijing, at the age of 82, and lies in state in the Great Hall of the People
The much-hated Gang of Four are arrested in China within weeks of Mao Zedong's death
Likud leader Menachem Begin, at the head of a coalition government, becomes Israel's first non-socialist prime minister
Zia ul-Haq, the Chief of Army Staff, takes power in a bloodless coup against the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Anwar el-Sadat, the Egyptian president, travels to Jerusalem to propose a peace plan to the Israelis
Anwar el-Sadat and Menachem Begin sign an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty at Camp David in the USA
Demonstrations take place throughout Iran, demanding Islamic rule under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini
Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat share the Nobel Peace Prize
Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
An Islamic revolution forces the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to flee from Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini receives a rapturous welcome on his return to Iran to head the Islamic Revolutionary Committee
Ex-president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Pakistan for allegedly authorizing the murder of a political opponent
Communist measures in Afghanistan provoke a Muslim jihad and the murder of more than 100 Russians in Herat
Saddam Hussein begins a reign of terror in Iraq, reading out at a meeting the names of fellow Ba'athists who are to be taken out and shot
Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini seize the US embassy in Tehran, taking hostage 66 US citizens
Soviet troops invade Afghanistan to suppress anti-communist anarchy
A US helicopter mission fails disastrously in its attempt to rescue the embassy hostages in Tehran
