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Patrick White's novel The Eye of the Storm is published.
Graham Greene's novel The Honorary Consul'is published.
Philip Larkin's volume of poetry High Windows is published.
Tom Stoppard's play Travesties premieres.
David Hare's play Knuckles premieres.
Federico Fellini's film Amarcord premieres.
Louis Malle's film Lacombe, Lucien premieres.
John le Carre's novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is published
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago is published in English.
During the summer, civil war in Cyprus provokes an international confrontation between Greece and Turkey.
In June American president Richard Nixon conducts a whirlwind tour of the Middle East and the Soviet Union.
During the summer, floods in India and Bangladesh kill fourteen hundred people.
The Soviet Union conducts several Soyuz space-station missions.
Bangladesh, Grenada, and Guinea-Bissau are admitted to the United Nations.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) gains substantial support in the United Nations.
India and Pakistan move to normalize relations...
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