| Carter and Mondale are elected President and Vice President.
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U.S. vetoes admission of Vietnam to the UN because the Hanoi government has failed to account for 800 U.S. servicemen still
listed as missing in action.
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| Women win 13 of 22 Rhodes Scholarships awarded to Americans; this is the first time the scholarships are open to women.
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| A severe earthquake in China kills over 600,000.
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Alex Haley, a black-American writer, publishes Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
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Israeli commandos rescue hijacked airplane passengers in Entebbe, Uganda. | |