James Bond’s eighth movie, “Live and Let Die,” was released in the US.
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Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
Iraqi warplanes bombed the town of Sardasht in Iran with a chemical attack.
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Colombia's militant group FARC agreed to lay down their weapons after 52 years of guerilla warfare.