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| 1978, March 16 |
| | | The Amoco Cadiz oil spill occurred off of the coast of Brittany. | 1 |
| | | 1979 |
| | | Statistics on crime in France indicated that in 1979 there were 1,645 homicides, compared with 21,456 for the same period in the United States. | 2 |
| | | July 7 |
| | | The first French nuclear attack submarine was launched. | 3 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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