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Nicolae Ceauşescu becomes first Romanian president
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Danube-Black Sea Canal project restarts
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Nadia Comăneci, age 14, wins Olympic gold in gymnastics
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Vrancea Earthquake: 7.4 on Richter Scale
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Nearly half of miners in Jiu Valley go on strike; biggest protest in Communist Romania until 1989 revolution
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Ion Mihai Pacepa, a senior officer in Securitate, defects to the USA
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Construction of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant begins
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Fourth communist constitution is ratified
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Romania hosts Summer Universiade
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Romania is one of the three communist parties to take part in the Olympics (along with China and Yugoslavia)