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== Events ==

=== December ===
* December &ndash; The world's first personal all-in-one computer (keyboard/screen/tape storage), the [[Commodore PET]], is demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in [[Chicago]]
* [[December 1]] &ndash; The Australian state of Queensland abolishes the [[inheritance tax]].
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] is incorporated.
(contracted; show full)
** [[Herbert Kappler]] escapes from the [[Caelian Hill]] military hospital in Rome.
* [[August 16]]
** [[Elvis Presley]], the "king of [[rock and roll]]", dies in his home in [[Graceland]] at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] for his funeral.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934884/elvis_presley_19351977_funeral_in_memphis Elvis Presley (1935–1977): Funeral in Memphis]
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** [[Supertanker]] ''[[Pierre Guillaumat (supertanker)|Pierre Guillaumat]]'' is launched at [[Saint-Nazaire]]; she is the all-time world's largest ship (by [[deadweight tonnage]] and [[length overall]]) at launch.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
(contracted; show full)* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] &ndash; [[Bertil Ohlin]], [[James Meade]]

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