May 3 - Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington, D.C.; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released.
August 9 - British security forces in Northern Ireland detain hundreds of guerilla suspects and put them into Long Kesh - the beginning of an internment without trial policy. 20 die in riots that follow
November 24 - "D.B. Cooper" hijacks a plane with alleged bomb, demands and gets a ransom of $200,000 and parachutes out over the Cascade Mountains. Never caught.
... There are 205 housing units at an average density of 8.7/km² (22.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 46.37% White, 44.23% African American, ...