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1. The president of which country gave an order on April 28, 1970 authorizing the invasion of Cambodia?
2. A military coup d'état in which African country brought General Idi Amin Dada to power on January 25, 1971?
3. September 5, 1972 saw one of the darkest days in Olympic history when Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic village and killed eleven Israeli athletes. In which country did this occur?
4. The socialist president of which Latin American country was overthrown by a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet on September 11, 1973?
5. Which country successfully conducted its first nuclear test on May 18, 1974, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power?
6. The Khmer Rouge seized control of which country's capital on April 17, 1975?
7. In which country did government forces fire on a peaceful demonstration of school children on the morning of June 16, 1976?
8. Major changes to international aviation procedures were made after two jets collided on a Tenerife runway on March 27, 1977, one of the deadliest accidents in aviation history. Tenerife is part the Canary Islands, an autonomous region of which country?
9. A revolutionary change in assisted conception occurred when the first "test tube" baby was born on July 25, 1978. In which country did this take place?
10. In which country's capital did a national march for lesbian and gay rights take place on October 14, 1979?
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