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Events

January
January 1
In Venezuela, the law on the nationalization of the oil industry came into force.
The Boeing 720 crash near Qaisuma is the largest plane crash in the history of Lebanese aviation (81 dead).
January 3 – Tu-124 crash near Vnukov.
January 5 – Cambodia’s new constitution is promulgated and officially enforced. The country was called Democratic Kampuchea.
January 8 – After the death of Zhou Enlai, Public Security Minister Hua Guofeng is appointed Acting Premier of the State Council of China. He was confirmed in office on April 6.
January 11
As a result of disagreements in the leadership of the armed forces of Ecuador, the president of the country, General Guillermo Rodriguez Lara, resigned. Power passed to the Supreme Ruling Council consisting of the commanders of the three arms of the army, headed by Vice Admiral Alfredo Poveda Bourbano.
Colonel Joel Rakutomalala has been appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.
January 12 – The new Norwegian government is headed by Odvar Noordli.
January 14
Malaysian Prime Minister Hussein Abdul Razak has died in London. The next day, Hussein Onn became the new prime minister.
The new president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Rhodesia was John Wrathall.
January 21 - the beginning of the first regular flights of the supersonic passenger airliner "Concord" on the routes London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio de Janeiro.
January 27 – The United States vetoes a UN resolution calling for an independent Palestinian state.
January 30 – Il-18 crash near Frunze
January 31 – The world population reached 4 billion people.

February
February 4
In Guatemala and Honduras, an earthquake of magnitude 7.5, which killed 22,870 people.
In the Austrian city of Innsbruck started the XII Winter Olympic Games. Ended on February 15th.
Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR “On measures to prevent pollution of the basins of the Black and Azov Seas”.
February 8 – 99.42% of Mayotte residents voted in favor of secession from the Republic of Comoros and the preservation of the status of an overseas territory of France.
February 9 – Tu-104 crash in Irkutsk
February 11 – A single-party government led by Aldo Moro is formed in Italy (the previous government resigned on January 7).
February 13 – Nigerian President Murtala Mohammed is killed in a coup attempt led by Lt. Col. B. S. Dimka in Lagos. The new president of the country on February 16 became Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo.
February 15 – Cuba holds a referendum on a new constitution (effective February 24).
February 16 – the main conveyor of KAMAZ was launched and the first truck was assembled.
February 17 – by the resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR of Soviet industry entrusted with the creation of a universal rocket and space transport system (URKTS) “Dawn”, which later became known as “Energy”.
February 19 – Iceland breaks off diplomatic relations with the UK