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Daud faces pressure from the opposition party known as the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
In Angola, the MPLA gains control of the whole country. It receives large amount of aid from the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Romania and the United States sign a ten-year economic pact.
Vietnam is officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Mao Tse-tung dies, setting off a succession struggle in China.
Jimmy Carter
is elected president of the United States.
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